While the World is Upside Down

They say discontentment breeds revolution and necessity is the mother of invention. Throughout my career I have experienced both the necessity and discontentment in the workplace and from that ideas were born and executed. From the creation of a mobile app for the Nokia store or the development of a branded Smart TV channel called Volume TV. 

So this time it’s COVID-19 and what has it inspired? Out of the orders to stay home comes the Open Source Podcast with my creative, tech buddy and host Tony Mottley. Tony and I have talked about doing a podcast for a couple of years and with the shelter in place orders we thought now was the perfect time. I joke that it has been so easy as just rolling out of bed and doing a show.

Creating the podcast has been a joy. It's been a great way to reconnect with old associates and make new connections on LinkedIn. Everyone has a great story to tell and their motivated to share their stories. As a content creator and digital marketing strategist, I have been preaching to clients the importance of podcasting as a tool to effectively tell their stories in a multimedia format and how valuable it is to have your brands message on multiple platforms such as the various podcast platforms in the market space. Today, platforms such as Podcasts and Smart TV's are to brands what Facebook was 10 years ago, you have to have a presence on them to be relevant.

Tony is an Emmy awarding winning Television producer and tech enthusiast and he brings every bit of his knowledge and professional know-how to the production and hosting of the show. His smooth voice, insightful questions and genuine conversation, shines through on each episode. I'm not sure where this is going but it was definitely the right decision in the current time and space. So as you stay safe check out our series on iTunes, Spotify and Anchor https://anchor.fm/tony-mottley