New year, same noise, but it is shenanigans
01/10/23 • 88 min
Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) and Jim (https://twitter.com/secondej) start the year with shenanigans, and the usual madness covering:
- Mastodon rejecting funding https://technology.inquirer.net/120533/mastodon-rejects-funding
- Tech salaries https://mastodon.online/@chaosmonster/109545607020550255
- CES provides https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/loreal-brow-magic-eyebrow-printer-ces-2023-news/
- Salesforce ELT wouldn't understand Slack https://fortune.com/2023/01/05/leaked-slack-all-hands-meeting-reveals-a-strong-culture-clash-and-growing-rift-with-parent-company-salesforce/
- AWS nuclear layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/05/tech_workers_in_the_firing/
And the usual off-topic tangents.
Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) and Jim (https://twitter.com/secondej) start the year with shenanigans, and the usual madness covering:
- Mastodon rejecting funding https://technology.inquirer.net/120533/mastodon-rejects-funding
- Tech salaries https://mastodon.online/@chaosmonster/109545607020550255
- CES provides https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/loreal-brow-magic-eyebrow-printer-ces-2023-news/
- Salesforce ELT wouldn't understand Slack https://fortune.com/2023/01/05/leaked-slack-all-hands-meeting-reveals-a-strong-culture-clash-and-growing-rift-with-parent-company-salesforce/
- AWS nuclear layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/05/tech_workers_in_the_firing/
And the usual off-topic tangents.
Previous Episode
TikToks, Tantrums, Leaks, and some Christmas Cheer with Steve Goode & Christopher Miller
Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) couldn't get Jim to come to play, so instead dragged along Chris Miller (https://twitter.com/ccmiller2018) and Steve Goode (https://twitter.com/sociablesteve1) to keep me company during this holiday episode:
- Myspace Tom to replace Elon Musk https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/myspace-tom-twitter-elon-musk-ceo-position/
- SBF got out of jail for $250m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64068810
- LastPass leak https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/lastpass-says-hackers-have-obtained-vault-data-and-a-wealth-of-customer-info/
- TikTok reading data from Journalists https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23522808/tiktok-journalists-data-accessed-bytedance-internal-audit
- Twitter to have public view counts https://www.searchenginejournal.com/twitter-adds-public-view-counts-to-tweets/475185/
- Pokemon Samsung Accessories https://www.androidpolice.com/pokemon-samsung-accessories/
And the usual off-topic tangents.
Next Episode
Big biz has been weird this month, let's talk about it
Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) and Jim (https://twitter.com/secondej) missed a few weeks due to life but they're back talking about some of the weird and terrible things that have happened in software land:
- Twitter turning off the API with a week to spare https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/2/23582615/twitter-removing-free-api-developer-apps-price-announcement
- Netlify buys Gatsby https://thenewstack.io/netlify-acquires-gatsby-its-struggling-jamstack-competitor/
- Netlfix canning shared passwords https://news.sky.com/story/revealed-how-netflix-plans-to-stop-you-sharing-your-password-12800510
- More layoffs, this time PayPal with 2000 and Pinterest with 150
- Jamstack man all over promoted Twitter
- Microsoft is doubling down on OpenAI https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/23/microsoftandopenaiextendpartnership/
- Amazon closing AmazonSmile, one of the actually good things they’ve ever done https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-to-focus-its-philanthropic-giving-to-programs-with-greater-impact
- Dyson has made headphones with an air purifier... and you WILL look stupid https://www.dyson.co.uk/newsroom/overview/news/march-2022/dyson-zone-announcement
- Ring doorbells are terrible for onboarding
And the usual off-topic tangents.
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