ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Lessons from the Stripe Layoffs – for tech ITs, vendors, and everyone. Stripe layed off 14% of their workforce, and were very open about the reasons. We all make mistakes in periods of rapid growth and rapid decline. This stuff is hard! …
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why. So we get to make up reasons! Can this be attributed to the Quiet Quitting Phenomon? Maybe. But maybe not. (Again, we get to come up with our own theories today.)…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Japan pushes for digitization Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance. As the naming…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Marketplaces — McBain is big on them, but how well do they scale down? AWS Marketplace makes it so you find everything you need in one spot. As a seller, the appeal is apprent. As a vendor, especially a small to medium business, the playing…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Some juicy stats… The U.S. tech market accounts for 35% of the total world market. The U.S. tech industry is expected to grow by 6.7% in 2022. The U.S. tech industry employs roughly 12.2 million workers as of 2020. Check out these stats…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: The Open Internet as We Know It Dodged an Existential Bullet Last Week In an election for the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), members chose Doreen Bogdan-Martin from the United States – the…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Public Cameras, Social Media, Art, and Privacy concerns Great article on how to use publicly-available surveillance systems and open source facial recognition to mash up Instagram selfies with Earthcam video. Artist shows all the…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: NANC and KRUZ ETFs – Outperforming the Market Now you too can get away with insider trading. These new Exchange Traded Funds track the performance of members of Congress. Topic 2: US Military on social media to engage in…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Could it actually be possible that the SolarWinds hack was “good” for their business? No one would argue that being the victim of “the largest and most damaging security breach in US history” is a good thing. But as a result of the…
ByKarl W. Palachuk
Topic 1: Any surprises in the research? SMBs need MSPs “A new survey of over 500 IT decision makers at small and medium businesses, from threat detection and response specialist Vade, shows 69 percent say a serious breach had bypassed their current…