The only thing stronger than the impact of technology are the opinions of those who wield it. In this podcast, we’ll navigate these domains in an attempt to explore digital horizons, challenge strongly held technology beliefs, and try to make sense of the ever-changing digital landscape of the Midwest. Take the red pill and enjoy the show.
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Relax, let your mind go with the flow, here, as Angela reads stories, poetry, essays and other prose for your listening pleasure. And enjoy the longer podcasts where Angela also occasionally discusses and analyzes literature and modern daily topics with interesting and often humourous guests.
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Over the years, the number of enterprise platforms has grown exponentially. While these platforms offer turnkey solutions that can rapidly enable legitimate business value and lower build costs, they may not be the answer to all your problems. They might make things worse. Today on Real Technical Midwest, Jason Montague, Patrick Gaynor and Neal Sam…
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AI: The hype is real this time! Probably.
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By now you have likely heard about ChatGPT. Listen to the guys discuss the fundamentals of the technology, what they are excited about and even slightly nervous about, and whether they feel Natural Language Processing (NLP) and AI in this current iteration of ChatGPT is worth the hype! Support the show…
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Tis' the Season - Let's Improve Year-End Reviews!
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Well, it's closing in on the end of 2022, and you know what that means? Yep... It's Year-End Review Season! Listen to Jason, Neal, and Patrick discuss the YE review process, what's valuable, what might just be terrible, and ways to improve the process and help your employees learn (and thrive) in 2023. Support the show…
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Have you heard the well known saying in psychology that, “Everyone suffers from cognitive bias…even those that are aware of cognitive bias”? Well, we believe it’s true. Today Neal and Jason discuss the myriad of cognitive biases in tech, which ones to pay closest attention to, and how to minimize the deleterious effects of allowing them to go unman…
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Here's a Secret: High-Performing Teams Genuinely Like Each Other
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In this episode of Real. Technical. Midwest. @Jason Montague, @Neal Sample, and @Patrick Gaynor discuss the importance of building high-performing teams, how to do it, and a few secrets of the best teams they've worked with along the way. Support the showBy Neal Sample, Jason Montague, Patrick Gaynor
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"You Are What You Measure" - True, But Terrible Advice.
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Have you heard, "You can't improve what you can't measure" or "You are what you measure"? Do you agree? If so, why is it so challenging to use them? If you have issues infusing metrics and measures into your teams or organizations, you are not alone, and there's good news....this episode is for you! On this episode or Real. Technical. Midwest., Jas…
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A Front Row Seat to the Data Revolution: Insights from a Data Scientist
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Today we speak with our very own Neal Sample on his time learning in the Data Group at Stanford, post-doc work with the CIA, building data-centric startups in Silicon Valley, and helping foster the development of cutting-edge big data tools like Hadoop. Neal has had a front-row seat to the biggest technology revolution of our lifetime and (though h…
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Jim Benson, Shingo Prize winner has released a new book, The Collaboration Equation. In today’s conversation, we breakdown where most organization's lean and agile transformations stall and why most of your problems are people problems. Pull your inner andon cord and lets get aligned!!! Support the show…
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Do NOT Move to the Cloud ….Until You Listen to This!
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In today's episode we think that it's time for us to revisit the cloud. I think we should ask ourselves the questions: Should everything go in the cloud? Should nothing go in the cloud? What have we been surprised at? What's really been liberating and powerful and accelerating? What didn't live up to the hype? What are some of the myths of the clou…
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The Myth of the 10x Software Developer
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In this episode of Real. Technical. Midwest., the hosts discuss the myth of the 10x developer. Does this person exist? If so, what are the hallmarks of a 10x Dev? Should you hire them no matter what your context? Find out in this installment of Real. Technical. Midwest. Support the showBy Neal Sample, Jason Montague, Patrick Gaynor
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Welcome to Real. Technical. Midwest.
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In today's episode, Jason and Neal discuss the idea of kicking off a new show! They discuss why they want to start a Technology & Leadership podcast, primarily focused on the Great Midwest. They also share the types of topics in the crosshairs, potential formats, and the outcomes they intend to create. Ultimately they both agree this show needs to …
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How the internet and frequent technological advances since the 1980's have changed childhood.
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A mother son, intergenerational discussion of how technology affects our childhood point of view. Email: angelaveneziano@yahoo.com for comments or questions. https://discord.gg/gMsAeCS to join Angelo in a Discord chat. (CHILD APPROPRIATE ONLY OR HEADS WILL ROLL!)
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Part 1: 'SEVENEVES' -A Novel by Neal Stephenson. Music sample: 'Book of Days' by Enya.
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For information or to comment: angelaveneziano@yahoo.com is my email address.
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Neil Gaiman: Part 2 -'October in the Chair'.
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Write to: angelaveneziano@yahoo.com to request or critique literary works for our podcast.
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I love short stories! Don't you? And, how 'bout short stories written by Neil Gaiman? Join us!
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Paul Laurence Dunbar and Horses Talking to Trees?
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American poetry. "The Haunted Tree".
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Today in the premiere sample episode of Passive Listening for Active Minds I'm learning how to podcast edit (be patient and kind, friends) with an old American favourite of poetry, 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost.
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