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Mindset Digital's Content Strategist Jen Michaels gets Pete up to speed on a social network archiving platform that helps resolve the ancient muffin vs. cupcake debate. Plus, how to buy a saddle for your horse, the music Facebook thinks we like and the secret name for that thing they use in shoe stores to measure your foot. All good times.

Check out digi.me, especially the About page instead

Learn about digi.me's partnership with Iceland's Directorate of Health to provide medical data to Icelandic citizens

About digi.me's investment relationship with Swiss Re, a global reinsurance company and digi.me's expansion plans

General notes about digi.me's emerging partnerships in finance, healthcare, retail, etc.

America's Test Kitchen on "What's the Difference Between a Muffin and a Cupcake?" [embedded YouTube video, on their blog].

That shoe measuring thing is called a Brannock Device #eponym

Jen's blog, The Saddle Geek at http://www.thesaddlegeek.com/

Are you overwhelmed by your e-mail? Are you using Gmail? In this episode, Mike Taylor walks us through the benefits of using Gmail plugin Sortd to turn your inbox into a To Do list.

Learn More:

Sortd: https://www.sortd.com/

Trello: https://trello.com/

Incredible Email Statistics and Facts: http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/email-statistics/

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Have you been to the Magic Kingdom lately? If not, you’re going to be surprised as the tech Disney uses to support your experience. In doing so, are we getting a glimpse of our even-more-connected future? Creative Director Pete Brown gets the scoop from producer Jessica James.

Links:

Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband (Wired)

https://www.wired.com/2015/03/disney-magicband/

Disney FAQ on RF technology (Disneyworld.com)

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/my-disney-experience/frequency-technology/

12 Most Important Things To Know About Disney’s Magic Bands (TravellingMom.com)

https://www.travelingmom.com/top-destinations-disney/12-questions-answered-disneys-magicbands/

Magic Bands Bring Convenience, New Services to Walt Disney World (RFID Journal)

http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?11877/2

Why did I Implant a Chip in My Hand? My So-Called Cyborg Life (Popular Science)

http://www.popsci.com/my-boring-cyborg-implant

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Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and some SFX are courtesy of freesound.org. Both licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

Instagram and Snapchat keep cloning each others features. In this episode, two of the office millennial square off in a no-holds-barred who-has-the-better-stories-feature death match while Creative Director Pete Brown tries to keep up. Plus, an update to our Episode 16 review of Digit.

Instagram Stories hits 200M users, surpassing Snapchat as it copies its AR stickers (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/13/instagram-stories-bigger-than-snapchat/

Instagram Stories clone now more popular than Snapchat (USA Today) https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/13/instagram-stories-clone-now-more-popular-than-snapchat/100443696/

Instagram Stories VS. Snapchat Stories: What It Means for Marketers SimplyMeasured http://simplymeasured.com/blog/instagram-stories-vs-snapchat-stories-what-it-means-for-marketers/#sm.00006xrker686cxxx7q1yr8r6czsb

Snapchat users stay loyal, but Instagram could block its growth (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/09/snapchat-survives/

Ford Transit vs. Mercedes Sprinter vs Dodge ProMaster (Car and Driver) http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/diesel-cargo-vans-compared-ford-transit-vs-mercedes-benz-sprinter-ram-promaster-comparison-test

Episode 16

https://mindsetdigital.com/msd-podcast-ep-16-check-app-digit/

Digit app: https://digit.co/

iTunes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digit.android&hl=en

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digit.android&hl=e

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Audio mastering by Jeff Gehlert of Allegro Media Design. Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

We love trying out new social networks and tools at Mindset Digital, and in this episode, we put Mastadon.Social to the test. Some call it "Twitter with a Conscience," but is it really? And does the crowded market really need such a thing? Plus, Ashley the Intern tries to find something on the internet to make you laugh.

Links:

Mastadon.social

Mastadon: The Mindset Digital Review - http://bit.ly/2oH1LCI

Mastodon.social is an open-source Twitter competitor that’s growing like crazy (The Verge) - http://bit.ly/2oIXEXu

Mastadon the awesome heavy metal band - http://bit.ly/2pwzlQw

Wooly Mammoth to be Cloned - http://bit.ly/2q1Mr5d

Twerking Turtle Comes out of his Shell - http://bit.ly/2p1sXzb

Little Toot - http://bit.ly/2klltXl

The digital era has ushered all sorts of on-demand conveniences into our lives - from entertainment to banking and bill paying to productivity at work. Now grocery stores are getting in on the act - letting customers fill their cart online, and then simply picking it up on the way home.

Three Mindset Digital team members put local grocery store’s online ordering systems to the test, and then sat down with Creative Director Pete Brown to talk about how it went. Find out what happens when groceries go digital.

When Groceries Go Digital: Mindset Digital Blog http://mindsetdigital.com/demand-economy-heres-happens-groceries-go-digital/

Grocery online ordering, at-store pickup service increasing in popularity: Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www.richmond.com/business/local/grocery-online-ordering-at-store-pickup-service-increasing-in-popularity/article_75ff83d7-dc36-593e-b820-e0d2753cb603.html

Kroger Online Ordering https://www.kroger.com/onlineshopping

WalMart Online Ordering http://grocery.walmart.com/

Giant Eagle Online Ordering https://curbsideexpress.gianteagle.com/

Ep 17: Punch up your PowerPoint

Have you been subjected to death-by-Powerpoint? Have you ever rained down death upon your colleagues with your own presentations? It's OK to admit it - Seems like we've all done it one time or another. In today's Tool Time episode, presentation guru Mike Taylor shares some quick tips and free tools that will take your PowerPoints from deadly to killer. (Killer in the good way, right?)

Rock Your Next Presentation (Blog post with Duarte audience questions and BBP template) http://mindsetdigital.com/rock-next-presentation-dont-skip-critical-offline-steps/

PowerPoint's Morph Transition - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Using-the-Morph-transition-in-PowerPoint-8dd1c7b2-b935-44f5-a74c-741d8d9244ea

Microsoft Office Insider program - https://products.office.com/en-us/office-insider

PollEverywhere.com

TalkBook.co

PowerPoint Labs: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pptlabs/

PPT Grid layout templates http://blog.synapsiscreative.com/your-free-powerpoint-templates

and also...

PowerPoint Info http://powerpointinfo.blogspot.com/2012/02/powerpoint-usage-statistics-and-market.html

PowerPoint usage and Marketshare: https://infogr.am/PowerPoint-usage-and-Marketshare

Death to Powerpoint! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-30/death-to-powerpoint

Dave Paradi, Think Outside the Slide Annoying Slide Survey (2015): http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/free-resources/latest-annoying-powerpoint-survey-results/

A new (and secret) take on saving money!

Today we unveil out new "Hey! Check Out This App!" episode format as Morgan Mulgrew takes me through her experiences using the Digit automated savings app. Take ten minutes to learn of a disruptive new way to save money.

Digit app: https://digit.co/

iTunes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digit.android&hl=en

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digit.android&hl=en

Acorns App: https://www.acorns.com/

Qapital: https://www.qapital.com/

Digit Savings App Walkthrough (Business Insider)

Savings App Showdown: Qapital vs. Digit (Lifehacker)

Are Savings Apps, like Digit and Acorns, Better than Savings Accounts? (HuffPo)

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Special thanks to Kevin Davison of Twittering Machine Productions for the new episode stinger; Audio mastering by Jeff Gehlert of Allegro Media Design. Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and is licensed un Creative Commons 3.0.

You think you know how to Google? You’d be surprised at all the functionality hiding behind that search bar. Mike ‘the Tool Man’ Taylor returns to the Mindset Digital podcast to walk me through a whole lot of tips that will make you a true Google Ninja. Plus the Keyboard app you didn't know you needed.

Social media is often the first harbinger of breaking news, but when that news is dangerous, misinformation and rumors start to fly. That’s where journalists step in to post solid news, appropriately sourced. But what happens if those journalists are college students? In this episode, we sit down with Ohio State’s director of student media to talk through how his student reporters covered the attack on campus this past November.

Clarification: At one point in this episode, we refer to the text of the Buckeye Alert system as “run, fight, hide.” The actual order was “Run, Hide, Fight.”