41 episodes

An unsafe space where we discuss the internet, the media, and the information ecosystem in all its flawed glory.

Alex Fink spent 15 years of his life building perception systems. Cameras, computer vision, that sort of thing. At some point it dawned on him that the world doesn't need more cameras. More information doesn’t lead to better decisions. Quality beats quantity.

The biggest problem facing the internet today is junk. It is everywhere, and we are drowning in it.

This podcast is the place where the smartest people we know discuss the information ecosystem, why it is broken, and how we can fix it.

The Other Web Alex Fink

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An unsafe space where we discuss the internet, the media, and the information ecosystem in all its flawed glory.

Alex Fink spent 15 years of his life building perception systems. Cameras, computer vision, that sort of thing. At some point it dawned on him that the world doesn't need more cameras. More information doesn’t lead to better decisions. Quality beats quantity.

The biggest problem facing the internet today is junk. It is everywhere, and we are drowning in it.

This podcast is the place where the smartest people we know discuss the information ecosystem, why it is broken, and how we can fix it.

    #41 - Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

    #41 - Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

    Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now.
    Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 52 min
    #40 - Steve Lubetkin - How to Start A Successful Podcast

    #40 - Steve Lubetkin - How to Start A Successful Podcast

    In 2012, The Philadelphia Business Journal named him one of its “Social Media Stars” for his work in podcasting.
    But he is also on the cutting edge in using technology for communications and marketing.In fact, he was the first music writer to use a portable computer to cover a rock concert – it was a Grateful Dead concert in Englishtown, New Jersey -- in 1977.
    Steve has included an email address on his business card since 1988.
    He spent more than 30 years in corporate PR and print and broadcast journalism.For the past 19 years, he has been managing partner of The Lubetkin Media Companies. The firm is best-known for producing award-winning audio and video podcasts, corporate photojournalism, and other multimedia content.
    He is the co-author with Toronto-based podcaster Donna Papacosta of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional.
    Join us for this fascinating discussion about the ins and out of podcasting.
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 30 min
    #39 - Michele DeFilippo - Publishing Your Own Book Without Getting Ripped Off

    #39 - Michele DeFilippo - Publishing Your Own Book Without Getting Ripped Off

    Michele has been in book publishing for over 50 years, and is currently running an independent publishing house that does everything traditional publishers do "a la carte". She warns us about the danger of hybrid publishers and how writers get ripped off by paying fees in advance, and then also paying a chunk of their royalties if (or when) copies of their book are sold.
    In this episode we also cover the entire process from beginning to end, with editing, publishing, promotion, and distribution. Everything you need to know to publish your own book, whether it's a new career or a PR stunt.
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 18 min
    #38 - Jeff Ward - All Politics Is (Was) Local

    #38 - Jeff Ward - All Politics Is (Was) Local

    Jeff Ward is a journalist, a columnist, a radio show host, and a political campaign manager who specializes in local elections - mayors, county chairmen, sheriffs, judges, etc.
    We reached out to Jeff to understand the connection between journalism and local politics, and how both are evolving over time.
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 53 min
    #37 - Jeff Einstein - Digital Media Addiction

    #37 - Jeff Einstein - Digital Media Addiction

    Jeff Einstein is a digital media pioneer, who created the first "how to" book on personal computers, and the first digital marketing agency  - way back in the mid-80s.
    Recently, he is exploring what he calls the "default meta addiction", which causes people to sink all their time and money and freedom into digital media, and to neglect the social structures and rituals that gave meaning to people's lives in the past.
    Besides, how could I pass on an opportunity to speak with Mr. Einstein?
    You can find Jeff's work at https://riseofhuxwell.com and the Quality of Life Resistance Movement (on substack).
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 47 min
    #36 - Michael Ostrolenk - Cultivating Resilience

    #36 - Michael Ostrolenk - Cultivating Resilience

    Michael Ostrolenk is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified coach, master coach at Sealfit's unbeatable mind academy, and the director of human resilience at Apeiron Zoh. If anyone can get our bodies and minds to operate at their maximum capacity - Michael's the guy.
    Find him at https://www.michaeldostrolenk.com/ and https://apeironzoh.com/ - and tell him I sent you.
    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
    Our website: https://otherweb.com/
    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
    Join us!
    Sincerely,
    Alex Fink
    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    • 54 min

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