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The Craft is a Shorthand podcast for professional content creators to learn more about the people, process, and strategy behind the best content on the web. Join us as we talk with writers, designers, and editors about how to build better digital content. If you're looking for tips, tricks, and inspiration for your content strategy, then The Craft is for you.

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How storytellers are defining the future of the web with Ricky Robinson

August 02, 2022 • Shorthand • Season 1 • Episode 6

In this episode of The Craft, our host Rachel Westbury welcomes Ricky Robinson, CEO of Shorthand.

Ricky explores the democratisation of storytelling, and how digital tools are allowing for continuous innovation online.

As Ricky says, “It might feel like we've already pushed the web to its limits, but there are whole new dimensions of magic to be discovered in what's possible within a web browser and how that translates into brilliant new ways to conjure emotion, transmit knowledge, and move minds and hearts. I know, because like we're hard at work on this stuff.”

Listen as Rachel and Ricky discuss making hard decisions as an entrepreneur, embracing emerging technologies, and his vision for the future of storytelling and for Shorthand.

Guest-at-a-Glance

Name: Ricky Robinson
What they do: Ricky is the CEO of Shorthand
Company: Shorthand
Noteworthy: Ricky co-founded a couple of machine learning startups and spent eight-and-a-half years at Australia's premier technology R&D institute as a researcher and business developer.
Where to find Ricky: LinkedIn