Episode 16: Hacking creativity & design with John Lilly. VDTBOM and a "How Might We?" on Meerkat

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• Episode: Episode 16: Hacking creativity & design with John Lilly. VDTBOM and a "How Might We?" on Meerkat
• Website: IDEO Futures
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• Duration: 00:41:13
• Published: 2015-04-02 20:49

In Episode 16 we focus on our IDEO Futures design theme of "Hacking Creativity and Design". Specifically, we took Episode 16 on a mission to explore the future of a broad spectrum of digital media: the media we listen to, the media we write on (blogs and Twitter that is, not so much paper), the media we broadcast with, and even the media we print with. We're very honored to have John Lilly join us as our guest and co-host for the middle portion of Episode 6. The three of us got together to discuss the idea of using social media as a tool for creativity and design. How do we choose to express ourselves in different types of social media? Should we be consistent across everything, or tailor our content to fit? How does Twitter fit into our workflow? Is it an aid to creativity? And how about the recent emergence of broadcasting via Periscope and Meerkat? John is not only a prolific tweeter with a massive Twitter following, but is one of us, a dreamer, a builder, and an operator. He loves to ship stuff. He is a partner at Greylock Partners, where he has invested in a few companies you may have heard of, including Tumblr, Instagram, and Dropbox. Before joining Greylock he was the CEO of Mozilla and a serial entrepreneur. He is also on the faculty of the Stanford d.school, and last year he and Diego taught a class there about hacking refrigerators. We think you'll agree with us when we say that it was educational and fun to have John join us as a co-host. Back in Episode 15 Joe promised us a new "How Might We?" segment on this new-fangled thing called Meerkat, and so went there. Meerkat, Periscope — we find them both fascinating and entrancing, both as users of these apps and as business designers trying to make sense of it all. Check out the last third of the pod for that HMW. Before that we take you on a rip-roaring journey through the land of Venture Design That Blows Our Minds (VDTBOM). Three words: Wu Tang Clan. Say no more! Episode 16 is a bit of a wild and mysterious beast, as wide and free-ranging as the Western slop of the Rocky Mountains. We love the big open spaces of the internet and the beasts that roam across its packet-beflecked tubes... how else to explain the cosmic convergence of John Lilly, Wu Tang Clan, and a revolutionary new 3D printing technology, all in one place? What can we say? It's the IDEO Futures podcast. Please follow us on Twitter, @ideofutures, to send us a tweet or shoot us an email at [email protected]. And as always, the IDEO Futures podcast is available on iTunes. Thank you for listening! Performance image by Napalm Filled Tires: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_Tang_Clan_on_Stage.jpg