This Week: 5 Things I Think You'll Love

Happy weekend! This week, I kicked off Series 3 of the Danielle Newnham Podcast with a very special guest so if you are looking for a podcast to enchant you, a quote to embrace you, an interview to inspire you, a film to empower you or a book to enlighten you, please read on...

PODCAST

I was over the moon to launch Series 3 of the podcast with Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith. In this episode, Alvy talks me through the relatively unknown history of computer graphics and the pixel, the accident which changed his life, his career journey leading to Pixar, and the pivotal part Steve Jobs played in the Pixar journey.

Listen here.

QUOTE

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

Richard Feynman

INTERVIEW

"When I woke up (from an eighteen month coma), I was blind, I couldn’t talk, and I couldn’t walk."

Ramona Pierson: The Most Inspiring Woman in Tech. How an ex-marine left for dead fought back to become a serial tech entrepreneur. An incredible woman with a hugely inspiring story. Read her interview here.

FILM

"Everybody should believe in their own capability." Eliud Kipchoge

I have always seen a great connection between founders and elite athletes, and this documentary highlights this - the overcoming of obstacles, ignoring the naysayers, have a singular focus, grit and persistence. Executive produced by Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald, KIPCHOGE: The Last Milestone is a cinematic portrait of world record marathon holder Eliud Kipchoge as he prepares to break one of the last milestones in sporting history: the sub-two hour marathon. It follows his journey from his training grounds in Kenya, to the high-tech facilities in Europe, to his record attempt in Vienna. His lifelong motto: no human is limited.

Watch it here.

BOOK

Michael Dell has a new book out - Play Nice but Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader. A riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company’s evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. Buy it here.

Have a lovely weekend all and see you on the other side.

Danielle

PS Don't forget to hit the subscribe button for my podcast?here?- John Couch's episode is out on Tuesday - we discuss his life story and his decades long career and friendship with Steve Jobs.