ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Apple goes after the NSO Group Apple takes companies to court to prevent them from cracking into Apple phones. This touches on privacy as well as treating huge corporations as nation-states. Science fiction…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: New Fad – Work from Work Wednesdays Zooming from the office is what the NYT calls the “Worst of both worlds.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/business/return-to-office-hybrid-work.html Topic 2: Apple has killer deals with several State DMVs…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Skimpflation: Will this affect us? Aside from basic inflation, will the labor shortage cause this for IT services? https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/26/1048892388/meet-skimpflation-a-reason-inflation-is-worse-than-the-government-says-it-is Topic 2: China’s Privacy Law China’s new policy looks “western” at first, but is…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Looking at Tech Companies as nation states When one organization has so much money and does so many things that they “compete” with nation states, should we begin to treat them that way?…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Trolls Are Born, Not Made While self esteem is a factor, Internet trolls don’t have low self esteem. They have a high tendency to sadism. When mixed with high self esteem, you get…
ByKarl W. Palachuk This special edition of The Killing IT Podcast was recorded before a live audience in a special presentation made possible by Cisco. If you missed the “Live” portion, register at killingitlive.com to listen to the…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Interesting tidbit of the day: Statistics Don’t forget to join us for Killing IT Live – October 20th – https://www.killingitlive.com Topic 1: Slack upended the workplace — and gave power to the employees Slack (and…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Fun question of the day . . . If you were offered the position of mayor of your city, would you take it? . . . wherein two of our hosts determine that they are…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Question of the Day: What was your first W2 job? Topic 1: Vendors Selling Around their Partners Listener Lucy asks: “Why the **** do vendors keep overlooking the sales rep who owns the customer in…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Question of the Day: What is a photo? Topic 1: When AI Breaks Bad Once again we address the question of ethics and AI. From Axios: “A new report about artificial intelligence and its effects…
