Nerd Stalker

In this episode of the Nerd Stalker podcast, Adolfo and Greg talk all things small business applications. We run down what a small business, team, family or individual can use to take their game to the next level. Solutions mentioned: * 17:27 File sharing - Hightail, Google Drive, Dropbox, Air Drop, Ghump, Younity, Backblaze B2, Evernote * 05:30 Instant messaging - Messages, AIM, Twitter, Facebook, Slack, Twist * Audio, web, video conferencing/chat - Google Hangouts, Facetime, Loom (side note some people using https://appear.in/ Facebook for this and Echo/Dot now has a voice mail type feature) * Scheduling - Meetingbird, Google Cal

Nerd Stalker interview with Marion McGovern, we focus on her new fascinating book, "Thriving in the GIG Economy, How to Capitalize and Compete in the new world of work". Some of the topics covered in the episode: Sizing the gig economy, getting a lay of the land Building your independent brand The Nasty little employment problem The Employee experience as an independent The Future of the gig economy To learn more about Marion go to: http://marionmcgovern.com/ Marion McGovern is the Founder and CEO of M Squared Consulting, one of the first gig economy companies; and Founder of Collabrus Inc., an Independent Contractor Compliance firm. Now, she works with CEOs through The Alliance for CEOs,. She is a Board member of CPP, the owner of the Meyers Briggs Type Instrument and The Front Porch, a Continuing Care Retirement Communities enterprise.

In this episode Adolfo and Greg talk: The new MacBook Pro Google Hangout set up via Dongles Dongles Samsung go mic connect CMD-D Conference Mac Power Users Podcast Workflow Zapier Ifttt AppleScript OMNI JS and more! How smart phones destroyed a generation - The Atlantic Screen/Internet Addiction and its implications Adolfo is meh about the Segway Mini Pro Greg wants to teach you how to pack a lightweight camera go bag Hooked Pochi - is going to pay writers. Interview with the author of, "The Gig Economy" Dreamforce is coming to SF November 6-9

As part of our Agile in business series, we get Agile expert Erich Bühler to explain how we (the product owner) should best prioritize a backlog and more. Erich Bühler is the founder director, main mentor and trainer at Innova1st. He began his professional career in 1993 and spent several years in positions of different global enterprises in Uruguay, Spain, London, Malta and New Zealand before establishing his own company. His beginnings were in software, which gave him the bases to know in depth the problematic and transition towards a digital and agile organization. He has helped several private and governmental initiatives, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, outstanding youth 2002 in Uruguay, has several publications (McGraw-Hill) as well as he is the creator of Enterprise Social Systems. He usually collaborates with Scrum Alliance and runs seminars around the world.

We discuss how an Agile Product Owner can ensure to the stakeholders that they are building the right product. We also discuss terminating a sprint and so much more. Erich Bühler is the founder director, main mentor and trainer at Innova1st. He began his professional career in 1993 and spent several years in positions of different global enterprises in Uruguay, Spain, London, Malta and New Zealand before establishing his own company. His beginnings were in software, which gave him the bases to know in depth the problematic and transition towards a digital and agile organization. He has helped several private and governmental initiatives, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, outstanding youth 2002 in Uruguay, has several publications (McGraw-Hill) as well as he is the creator of Enterprise Social Systems. He usually collaborates with Scrum Alliance and runs seminars around the world.

Erich Bühler is the founder director, main mentor and trainer at Innova1st. He began his professional career in 1993 and spent several years in positions of different global enterprises in Uruguay, Spain, London, Malta and New Zealand before establishing his own company. His beginnings were in software, which gave him the bases to know in depth the problematic and transition towards a digital and agile organization. He has helped several private and governmental initiatives, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, outstanding youth 2002 in Uruguay, has several publications (McGraw-Hill) as well as he is the creator of Enterprise Social Systems. He usually collaborates with Scrum Alliance and runs seminars around the world.