Dad of 4. Consultant. Ex-Google/Coke/SBUX. Musings on marketing, business, entertainment, tech, parenting... whatever's on my mind, really. Thoughts are my own.
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100% agree here!
If you learn how to draw something by watching a video on YouTube, then draw something and sell it, does the owner of the YouTube video deserve a cut?
Expecting AI companies to pay for training material freely available online is missing the point entirely.
James Cameron says the AI copyright debate is backwards: "You're a model already."
Humans learn like AI models do — we absorb, emulate, iterate.
But we don't get sued for our influences. Only for what we output.
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I usually hate surprises... but this one was nice.
Thanks to RETHINK Re Retail for naming me a Top Retail Expert (TRE) for 2025!
#Top #Retail #Expert #Consultant
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It's here!
Get your copy of my first book, "Tom Talent and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Recruitment Process" (in Kindle or Paperback) on Amazon!
Use mindburst.ca to save yourself a search and go directly to the book's page! :)
#talent #recruitment
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Third convocation.
(First one as an instructor, though...)
Congrats to all Schulich students graduating today, but especially to those who put up with me for an entire term!
#YorkUConvo #Schulich #Convocation #Celebration #CongratsSchulichGrads
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My boys and I played hooky from school/work this afternoon to catch an early showing of #TheFlashMovie
Run, Barry, run!! ⚡❤️
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Why aren't more people talking about that last episode of #TedLasso ?!?
Ted's conversation with his mom?
Ted's conversation with Jamie?!
Coach Beard's speech to Nate?!?
Wow.
What a consistently incredible show.
Happening in Toronto right now: @OpenAI founder @sama, interviewed by @Shopify founder @tobi. (Presented by #ElevateTechCA)
Not a coincidence: it's happening in the same room as @karaswisher and @profgalloway filmed their live episode of @PivotPod a few years ago!
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I'm not saying this is the worst #interview I've ever watched...
Wait, no, that's exactly what I'm saying. The absolute worst.
Say what you will about @ElonMusk, but the man is clearly intelligent, and to go after someone like him without proper preparation is just foolish.
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Breaking from @WaltDisneyCo 's Shareholder Meeting: a Moana live-action film is coming.
What can I say, except, you're welcome...
#Disney #Moana #Entertainment
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I watched this last night -- wow!
This film was incredibly well done -- worth a watch!!!
(I'm predicting another Oscar nomination for @TaronEgerton )
@TaronEgerton stars in #Tetris—the game you couldn’t put down, the story you couldn’t make up.
Now streaming on Apple TV+
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Absolutely horrified how ironically long it took me to get today's #Wordle.
Wordle 630 4/6
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I have yet to NOT laugh when I watch this clip, and I must have seen it three dozen times...
#WFH #HomeOffice #DaddyIsWorking
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Okay, this is well-done...
(But I'm embarrassed to admit I deciphered the entire braille message before I realized the person holding the sign was dressed as Daredevil, which of course makes this 1,000x funnier.)
#Disney #Daredevil #Braille
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I don't live in Toronto, and I don't agree with many of Councillor @gordperks' positions based on what I've read in the past...
But this is a really great speech.
And on one point, I agree fully:
Many times when you hear a "can't", it's actually a "won't".
Kudos, sir.
Councillor Gord Perks is on a heater. He’s taking shots at Mayor John Tory for how he’s handled the budget and Councillor Brad Bradford for his attempt to goad Councillor Bravo into saying ‘defund the police.’
Worth a listen.
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"If seeing is believing, I believe we've been seen."
- Ted Lasso
Such a great line, and it's applicable to so much more than just this one incredible TV series.
Mark your calendars: #TedLasso Season 3 premieres on March 15th on @AppleTVPlus!
#believe
youtube.com/watch?v=5m14CQFt…
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Seriously, @netflix... Think about it!
Add inexpensive, $2.99/month "family add-ons" as a benefit to Premium plans, and watch people upgrade their Netflix plans instead of cancelling their subscriptions.
Win-win-win.
#streaming #media #entertainment #subscribers #cancellation
Why isn't @Netflix offering those on Premium plans ($19.99/mo) the option to add people outside their HHs for a LOT LESS than $7.99/month?
The ability to add family members outside your HH for $2.99/pp would be a benefit worth upgrading from Standard vs causing subscriber rage.
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Why isn't @Netflix offering those on Premium plans ($19.99/mo) the option to add people outside their HHs for a LOT LESS than $7.99/month?
The ability to add family members outside your HH for $2.99/pp would be a benefit worth upgrading from Standard vs causing subscriber rage.