In this episode, Carly, George, and Dan discuss Quibi’s launch failures, how to make business education better for all students, the dopamine hits of battle royale games, and Carly’s interview with Cindy Gallop.
Show Notes
- The rat is the first in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac, so there is actually a link between the two, even though George was totally making it up
- How to play Balderdash vs how to play the very different Twister, main difference: level of flexibility required to play
- Jackbox Party Pack for your quarantine friendly game nights
- Trivia Royale for iOS and Androids, which may or may not be bombarded by bots
- Is Anyone Watching Quibi?
- Meg Whitman, CEO of Quibi, co-founder of eBay and Jeffrey Katzenberg, founder of Quibi, both of whom may be suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect
- Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, a professional Battle Royale Player and Streamer on YouTube
- Charli D'Amelio, the most followed TikToker today
- Nandini Jammi’s, co-founder of Sleeping Giants, Medium post I’m leaving Sleeping Giants, but not because I want to
- Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
- Trapital podcast, hosted by Dan Runcie
- George’s Everything In Its Right Place: How Blockchain Technology Will Lead To A More Transparent Music Industry book
- Copyright Law of the United States and registering your work
- Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn and If We Ran The World, and the focus of Carly’s upcoming piece
- Dan’s Artists as Media Companies: Breaking the Release Cycle piece
- Join our Slack channel to be the first to know when we’re holding the next open office hours session
Three Things
Carly
- Watching: Madame Gandhi’s music video for Waiting For Me, an anti-oppression anthem which is not only a good song but visually beautiful
- Listening: The Broccoli Talk podcast, a podcast for “cannabis lovers”
- Loving: Sydmar Lodge Care Home residents and carers classic recreating iconic album covers during lockdown
Dan
- Using: The app Notion to outline his content writing process, and enjoying its learning curve
- Listening: To New Jersey’s Pete Yorn’s new single The World and quoting the first line “The world is a beautiful place, even though I don't like it sometimes”
- Watching: “The Artist” by Peter McKinnon, commissioned by Canon to promote their new full-frame mirrorless EOS R5 digital camera, (here is that Canadian silver coin featuring one of his photographs), which reminded him of Casey Neistat’s “Do What You Can’t”
George
- Quoting: Oscar Wilde’s “The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist."
- Celebrating: Mavis Staples’ birthday on July 10. He recommends listening to I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers for musical perfection
- (Re)reading: Stanley Booth’s The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, rebels in the truest sense of the word
