“Queen of Trees” is a re-score of a documentary set in Kenya, exploring the astonishing relationship between a giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasps that depend on it. As the film beautifully states: “One can withstand a river flood, the other can drown in a dew drop.” Through music, this album follows a delicate yet powerful cycle of birth, struggle, sacrifice, and renewal in one of nature’s most intricate partnerships. Each track is a sonic interpretation of this fragile balance that sustains an entire ecosystem.

8 Born to Bloom

3 Pink Mantis

16 Circle of Life

12 Harvest for All

2 Secret Garden

6 Rain

11 Chasing the Wind

4 Parasite

10 Breaking the Barrier

5 Legion of Ants

recorded between May 17th - 19th, 2025
8:00 - 10:35 features excerpts from Jabbernauts recordings

Quimby Variations [III] 0517-0519

Composed with field recordings from Becoming Owl workshop at Islandsbrygge Kulturhus

Becoming Owl

Dr. Abbasi and Amanda delve into the fascinating world of pollination, focusing on the critical role of bees in our ecosystem. They discuss personal anecdotes related to bees and pollination, the co-evolution of flowers and bees, and the importance of pollination in food production. The conversation also touches on the consequences of monoculture, the mutual benefits between pollinators and plants, and the interconnectedness of life. The episode concludes with insights into the craftiness of bees and their products.

Pollination - Essence of Science

Episode overview:
Guidione Machava has a confession: he's tired of being called an "African designer." The Mozambican product designer, now based in France and fresh from stints at Shopify and Paris-based 23point5, reckons that geographic qualifiers automatically strip away a third of your professional value before you've even started.

It's a provocative stance from someone who's built his career bridging African markets and global tech giants. Since launching- MozDevz - Mozambique's largest developer community - over a decade ago, Machava has been methodically executing what he calls his "Maria Sharapova strategy": a systematic approach to becoming world-class that he lifted from a Tim Ferriss podcast.

The strategy worked. From building communities across six African countries to creating a business directory that attracted 300,000 SMEs, to founding Kabum Digital (Mozambique's leading tech publication), Machava has consistently punched above his weight class. His secret? "Piggybacking" on successful people and refusing to let his environment dictate his ambitions.

Andile Masuku probes Machava on the realities of designing for African versus Western markets, why physical product development taught him to appreciate software's forgiving nature, and his mission to prove that world-class design talent can emerge from anywhere, provided you're strategic about how you position it.

Key insights:
- On strategic positioning: Despite building African communities and solving African problems, Machava deliberately brands himself as a "world-class designer" rather than a "world-class African designer." His reasoning? International clients and collaborators unconsciously devalue geography-qualified talent, even when they won't admit it.

- On market realities: Designing for Western markets versus African markets isn't just about different user needs, it's about fundamentally different quality bars. "In Africa, designing a product that works well is a plus. In France, it's the bare minimum," he observes.

- On the intersection economy: His time at 23.5—building design tools for made-to-order, sustainable fashion—taught him that the intersection of digital and physical economies is where the hardest, most rewarding innovation happens. Unlike software, physical products offer no "rollback to previous version" option.

- On manufactured serendipity: Rather than waiting for opportunities, Machava systematically identified people in positions he wanted to occupy, then found ways to provide value to them. The approach landed him interviews with executives from IDEO, Google, and Facebook for his World Class Designer podcast.

Notable moments:
1. How a Tim Ferriss interview with tennis champion Maria Sharapova became Machava's career template for achieving world-class performance in design

2. Why Shopify's hierarchy of priorities—solve merchants' problems first, make money second, never reverse that order—fundamentally changed how he approaches product design

3. The brutal economics lesson he learned at 23point5: physical product margins are tiny, error tolerance is minimal, and mistakes literally end up in landfills

4. His unconventional path from economics degree to postgraduate design studies, convincing Open Window Institute for Creative Arts & Technologies to let him skip three years of undergraduate work

The contrarian take:
Machava's most provocative insight centres on geographic positioning. Whilst celebrating African innovation has become fashionable, he argues that leading with continental identity in global markets is a strategic error. "If you say just 'world-class designer,' it's a completely different perspective," he notes, drawing from conversations with international colleagues who've confirmed his suspicions about unconscious bias.


World-class Design: Guidione Machava on Why 'African Designer' Is a Limiting Label

اپیزود چهل و هفتم رادیو دیو

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.سفر نیچرلین از دوستی با دانه‌ها و الهام از طبیعت آغاز شده، تا به مقصدش، یعنی «یک حال خوب» برسه

کاور از نقاش شهیر ایرانی پرویز کلانتری

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اپیزود چهل و هفتم: به تماشای بیابان

Martin Mocker reads MIT CISR's July 2025 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ina Sebastian. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2025_0701_MonetizingExDPs_MockerSebastian.

Abstract: To gain additional value from their digital platforms, some companies open them to external developers via APIs, thereby creating external developer platforms (ExDPs). Many companies struggle to monetize ExDPs, though. This briefing compares two distinct approaches to monetizing ExDPs: build-on, in which external developers create complementary solutions on top of the company’s platform; and build-in, in which external developers integrate capabilities  from the company’s platform into their own freestanding applications, often combined with data from other companies’ ExDPs. Using case studies of Salesforce and Schneider Electric, this briefing explores the distinct value, requirements, and outcomes of each approach to guide companies in selecting their ExDP monetization strategy.

Two Approaches to Monetizing External Developer Platforms

Welcome to Essence Of! Here you will learn about medicine, science, history, and life, all by our favorite neurosurgeon, Dr. Hamid Abbasi.

پادکست فارسی رادیو دیو
مجله ی شنیداری فرهنگی هنری
با شنیدن موسیقی و ادبیات به دنیای پیرامون یک موضوع یا یک اقلیم خاص سفر می کنیم

Africa-focused technology, digital and innovation ecosystem insight and commentary.

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Doc No is a Brooklyn based electronic musician working within the medium of modular synthesis, audio collage, and environment/life recording.

A research center at the MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT CISR helps executives meet the challenge of leading dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations.

As a passionate music composer for film and television, I bring stories to life through evocative and memorable soundscapes. I specialise in creating unique, tailored compositions that enhance the emotional impact and narrative depth of visual media.

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