Episode description
LOG:
00:00 - Introduction
- 01:39 - How a camera falling on Marc’s head got him into television
- 3:44 - How ESPN Coordinating Producer Chris Farrow (SITM Guest #4) hired Marc offered him a job
- 5:04 - What Marc’s early career jobs were including editing, pulling cable, etc.
- 6:35 - What the process of getting a job at ESPN was like when Marc went to work there which included 3 primary things
- 8:36 - Marc’s thoughts on taking initiative and following up
- 9:00 - How he got into the CERN super collider in Switzerland
- 9:35 - What Marc produced at ESPN early in his producing career
- 11:34 - A partial list of Marc’s accolades while at ESPN
- 12:25 - How he started down the technology path
- 13:20 - Marc’s real mission with technology was to try to solve problems
- 15:10 - What one of the biggest lessons Marc learned when trying to make things happen in the technology space
- 16:38 - What he does when pitching new ideas to supervisors and to people in general
- 18:30 - How Marc and Don met and how the SportsCenter “Rundown” graphic came about
- 23:15 - What goes into building projects involving technology and the process of getting teams together
- 25:25 - How he became known as the Get “Stuff” Done guy at ESPN
- 26:15 - How playing video games has helped Marc in his career and how they are beneficial for the mind
- 28:30 - What some of the innovations Marc had prior to inventing the PylonCam and how it had nothing to do with technology
- 30:35 - What the role of graphics producer was before Marc and a coworker created that role
- 31:40 - Marc was the first e-sports producer at ESPN
- 33:10 - His thoughts on e-sports now
- 33:50 - Launching ESPN’s drone racing coverage as its first producer
- 34:40 - Continuing his accolades with first live 360 virtual reality use in Monday Night Football
- 35:50 - How the Emmy nominated PylonCam started
- 45:05 - Marc believes in giving up an idea to help create something bigger and how Pride can negatively affect a project
- 46:15 - How Legos are an important part of Marc’s life and being creative
- 50:35 - What the value of a Lego is for someone, even if they don’t work at ESPN
- 52:00 - How many inventions Marc has and how many things he touched at ESPN
- 54:30 - Marc holds a patent for minting Video in blockchain
- 56:30 - What NFT’s are, what minting video is and how it can benefit creators
- 1:03:45 - What the future is for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), MojoVision
- 1:06:15 - What Marc things the future of the Metaverse is
- 1:07:40 - Why Mempoverse is the technology to watch
- 1:11:10 - What the future of this technology is for sports
- 1:13:05 - How AR can affect wagering
- 1:14:25 - How data can be beneficial for storytelling
- 1:16:40 - How long the brain can read a graphic on screen
- 1:17:50 - What the coolest memorabilia Marc has
- 1:19:30 - What the importance is on inviting people to eat lunch