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18 October 2024

Slightly more fun than doomscrolling.

Slightly more fun than doomscrolling.

The five things that caught my eye this month - something fun for a Friday afternoon.

The internet is currently alive with talks about AI, global affairs and the usual topics of global warming and climate. I've caught a glimpse of a few of these things, but also am aware that everything is not all doom and gloom... if you want to cheer yourself up, take a look at Bop Spotter below and escape to the streets of San Fran.

Now, on with the content.

The Five Things.

Marketing Industry

Move over podcasting hosts, there's a new creator in town.

I’ve been experimenting with the new NotebookLM over the weekend, and I hate to say it, but the audio output is outstandingly similar to how current podcasts are structured and delivered.

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Running

33,000 sound effects from the BBC archives.

Free clips of reindeer grunts, the gentle patter of rain, ticking clocks, horses walking through mud and more!
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More Running

You're listening to the streets.

Bop Spotter a cool little project where someone set up a box in San Francisco to listen to and try to detect the tunes people play in cars, on boomboxes - the tunes that echo out to the world.
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DOC Huts

Teenage kicks. Instagram launches new ‘Teen Accounts’.

I’m not sure what I think about this bold move.
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The Balancing Act

LinkedIn, more like Opt-OUT.

LinkedIn is now using your data to train AI robots... do you agree?
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And that's a wrap for this edition...

As always, keep in tough via LinkedIn or reply to this email. :-)

Always happy to have a yarn. #opentoyarn​

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Mat

Ōtautahi, Christchurch, Waitaha Canterbury 8011
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