Ben shares highlights from speakers and topics that stood out for him at the WXG Web Conference in Guildford and Al talks about getting more sleep and why people are better than robots.
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Show notes
- Web Expo Guildford – A conference with inspirational speakers from the creative and technical industries
- The Rather Inventive newsletter
- Helen Coldicott – Social media training
- WXG speaker: Task Walker – Human behaviour, too much choice (Ben’s bug bear), utility not content
- The £60 Wusthof knife
- Buyer’s remorse – ‘is the sense of regret after having made a purchase.’
- WXG speaker: Steve Bartlett – Multiple message from different sources can improve chance of conversion, Make people feel something positive or negative
- Trending tweet experiment
- Ron Johnson’s book ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed‘
- WXG speaker: Conor Ward – User testing: ‘Look at people’s behaviour not what they say
- PODVERT: Rethink Printing – Save money on Ink and Toner and make printing fun again with a hassle free managed printer from Rethink
- WXG speaker: Guy Armitage – How not to be replaced by AI: Understanding over remembering, cognitive over manual, agility over routine, story telling over information
- The Terminator film
- Xero accounting software
- Aliens film
- 2001: A Space Odessey film
- What Star Trek got right about modern technology
- DARPA/Boston Dynamics Big Dog video
- WXG speaker: Gion-Men Kruegel – Less strategy, more doing (Ben totally agrees)
- DO WHAT YOU CAN’T video by CaseyNeistat (He’s a YouTuber)
- PODVERT: Astute Graphics – Learn 9 ways to reduce file size in Illustrator https://astutegraphics.com/blog/9-ways-minimize-file-size-adobe-illustrator/
The Hosts
Al Osmond (@inventiveal) – An unusual mix of logical thinker with a creative eye
Ben Kinnaird (@benkinnaird) – Knower of Social Media, SEO and ‘the Web’
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Audio edited by Donalize – ‘Goofy Vocal Groove‘ intro music by Dave Girtsman – Photo: Tom Godber, Tea Cup