Coyotes in my yard - Jan 31 by Heather Schlegel

The Snow Leopard - Chapter 1 Read by heathervescent by Heather Schlegel

Heather Vescent tests her new mic reading chapter 3 of Structured Procrastination by John Perry.

We’re increasingly using technology to create our online experiences, whether it’s music or news selections, dating prospects or a personalized social feed; artificial intelligence is becoming the backbone technology creating our future experiences. Will this improve our lives or will we live in a homogenized world, where chance, diversity and serendipity are overridden by algorithms? This is a low fidelity audio recording of the panel, "AI and the Suburbanization of the Mind," presented on March 16, 2017 at SXSW in Austin, Texas as part of the IEEE Tech for Humanity Series. Joining Heather Vescent on the panel, are Jay Iorio, Director of Innovation at IEEE Standards and BC Biermann, Founder of The Heavy Projects. Need a provocative future focused speaker? Heather is available for keynotes, panels and corporate events. Get in touch at www.heathervescent.com. SXSW photo by: http://jessicaklima.zenfolio.com/p2808929

As a form of structured procrastination, I recorded the first two chapters of the book, Structured Procrastination.

A few years ago I was procrastinating some really important task. It was down to the wire, and yet, I decided I had to record the first two chapters of the book, Structured Procrastination. It's a great book. Go buy it.

Rethinking Payments in the Sharing Economy was presented on May 11, 2016 at the Total Payments and Retail event in Melbourne, Australia. In this talk, Heather Schlegel explains how the sharing economy combines traditional financial transactions and also includes emotional experiences. It goes on to explain how technology facilitates trust through a payment platform, with local regulations and global reputation systems. (Blockchain comment at the 10 minute mark.) Heather Schlegel researches and reports on the global changes occurring in payments and transactions. Looking for a provocative future focused speaker? I'm available for keynotes, panels and corporate events. Get in touch at [email protected]. Thanks to Brad Court, Melissa Ching and the team at Total Payments and Retail. Very special thanks to Dave Birch, Ian Danksin for audio production and Sarafina Rodrigeuz Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/heathervescent/payments-in-the-sharing-economy-total-payments-melbourne-australia