Category: FIRtopics

  • How big a loss to society would Twitter’s demise be?

    How big a loss to society would Twitter’s demise be?

    As Elon Musk continues remaking Twitter in his own image, I wonder what tomorrow’s Twitter will look like, if it survives the current carnage. The question of Twitter’s survival as a going concern isn’t a far-fetched point given the extraordinary…

  • Topics for FIR 279

    Topics for FIR 279

    My topics for discussion with Shel in For Immediate Release 279, our monthly long-form podcast episode for August 2022, published on August 22, 2022: What’s New in the 2022 Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Every year, IT industry analysts Gartner publishes their…

  • Topics for FIR 270

    Topics for FIR 270

    My topics for discussion with Shel in For Immediate Release 270, our monthly long-form podcast episode for July 2022, published on July 18, 2022: The Uber Files The Uber Files are a leaked database of Uber’s activities in about 40 countries that reveals…

  • Topics for FIR 263

    Topics for FIR 263

    My topics for discussion with Shel in For Immediate Release 263, our monthly long-form podcast episode for June 2022, published on June 20, 2022: Google has not created sentient AI — yet The suspension of a Google engineer called Blake…

  • Discussion topics for FIR podcast 257

    Discussion topics for FIR podcast 257

    My topics for discussion with Shel in the For Immediate Release monthly podcast episode 257 for May 2022, published on May 23, 2022: The death of ‘mandatory fun’ in the office If you’re an adult being forced to attend a…