by Karl W. Palachuk | Aug 13, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
Live from CompTIA ChannelCon. Recorded in the “Think and Drink Lounge.” We have lots of reflections about the activities and people at ChannelCon. Topic One: There’s a growing tendency to encourage people to skip college and just go to trade school....
by Karl W. Palachuk | Jul 2, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
Ryan’s off to Scotland this week, but Dave’s back from New Zealand. So Dave and I enjoyed a casual conversation about travel . . . and other Summer topics. If you want business stuff, hang in til the end. In the meantime, we covered travel tips, bar-cades,...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Jun 25, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
Dave was off to New Zealand when we recorded Episode 13. So Ryan and Karl took on three topics on our own. Dave will be back next week. We kick off with a discussion of social media moderation. In particular, why does one social media outlet (Facebook, YouTube,...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Jun 18, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
We start off arguing about whether to investigate and breaks up some of the big online services. Listen for Dave’s challenge to the listeners! Next up, we jump into the following article from the MIT Technology Review: Revising DNS to include Blockchain....
by Karl W. Palachuk | Jun 11, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
Topics here include technology in schools, Windows 7 EOL, and SpaceX. Technology in schools has become more important than ever, but the “digital divide” is getting worse. Some districts have amazing, cutting edge programs while others are struggling to...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Jun 8, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
A follow-up to the topic we started last week. We kick off with a discussion about ethics in emerging technology. Ethics need to be both internal and outward-facing. And the sooner ethics enters the discussion, the better. Inventors don’t normally consider the...
