Tech Times

Today, I've have the pleasure of talking with Paul Eversley, CEO of KPN Consultancy, a cybersecurity risk management firm based in Bridgetown, Barbados. This is a bit longer than my usual 7 minute podcast, so I hope you enjoy what Paul has to offer.  KPN Consultancy can be found online via the following: www.linkedin.com/company/kpn-consultancy/ www.kpnconsultancy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kpnconsultancy/

Passwords - how do you set yours, do you use a password manager in your mobile devices, have you ever had an account compromised because your password was breached? Have you ever heard of passkeys? I touch on a little of each in this episode. Never have any confusion about setting a strong password, unlike Morris Day and Jerome LOL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xect030DfSQ. Find out more about The Fido Alliance at fidoalliance.org. Listen to my other podcast, The Sunday Soundtrack, at vibesnscribes.com…click on the page entitled The Sunday Soundtrack, which will take you to all previous episodes,

That Telsa Model 3

Discussing more of my takeaways from Cal Newport's book “Digital Minimalism”. Today, it's about FOMO aka “fear of missing out”. Thanks for listening!

Did you watch it, love or otherwise? I give my two cents on my favorite take aways. What are YOUR thoughts? Feel free to respond, if you'd like. EDIT: I stated Emergency SOS is only free for two months, my mistake. Apple will be providing that service free for two years.

I just finished reading Cal Newport's book, “Digital Minimalism”. This NYT best seller is, to me, a game changer for anyone who wants to avoid the daily grip of the “digital attention” landscape that is so ubiquitous.

Season 4 is here! Touch ID, voiceprint ID, unlocking your iPhone via Face ID? How many of you use biometric identification casually or regularly? Let me know.

Season 4 begins in January 2022!

Let's goooooo (to our destination)! This is the final day of #NaPodPoMo. I succeeded at the challenge of 30 podcasts in 30days! This is also the final episode of Season 3! Thanks so much for listening!

“Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!!”. My earliest memory of what a robot is comes from that line said by the robot on the space adventure series, “Lost In Space”. Look how far robotics have come

70 degrees in November 2021, pretty much the same geographic region that I lived in as a young child, where temperatures back then it was ALWAYS cold. Climate change is real

Greetings: Here's your change to participate in the Tech Times podcast. Shoot me an email message to: mach_seven@hotmail.com OR leave me a voice message if you're listening via the Anchor app, and I'll cover, to the best of my ability, in Episode 56. Let's see how this works out. Have a good one.

It's still a real concern.

It's heeeere….but why will we see of it in 2041?

Black Friday is quickly approaching - by what methods, or combination thereof, are you getting your shopping done?

We Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, erect, but when's the last time you sat down to write a letter (or have you ever?)

The WWW = WWW (World Wide Web = Wild, Wild, West) when it comes to protecting data privacy. Lotta villains out here.

Podcasting as been around for almost two decades now. Do you know how the term “podcasting” originated?

“Ad Astra” is a term often used when wishing the best of everything regarding the success of a space launch. Now that term is used to commercial space flight launch missions as well.

Which one do you associate yourself with?

The constant input of information *can* get to be a bit much at times, don't you think? How do *you* deal with it?

I know you have THAT drawer…the one with your old mobile devices, etc. the tech gadgets you don't use anymore but never got rid of…c'mon…fess up

“Hey Siri…! “Google, play “Celebration”, “Alexa, what's the weather like?”

Today, Russia launched a direct ascent anti-satellite missile against one of its own satellites which has resulted in at least 1,500 pieces of trackable debris. The ISS is continuing to monitor a debris cloud in Low Earth Orbit.

NFTs - Non Fungible Tokens have really been popular this year in mainstream social media, but do you know the first NFT was purchased seven years ago?

Social media is continually trying to show you what *it thinks* you want to see, right? Trying to suggest who you should be friends with, etc. Why? The answer is algorithmic :)

Software apps have been around for a long time and blogs have been also. Are you one that now pays a subscription fee to use either or both. Today, I talk about the new offering by Twitter called Twitter Blue, as an example.

Music production has come a long way from the use of analog tape for recording. AI is now on the mix (no pun intended) and I chat a little bit about it as well as the previous technologies along the way.

We regularly spend digital currency now, in the form of electronic cash transactions, but crypto…that's a bit different. When will spending that be as commonplace?

What's your favorite approach to music listening in 2021? Which approach gives you the most satisfaction?

Have you been using social media long enough to remember when the original term was called “social networking”? I have :)

In 2021, what is your preferred method of reading - hard copy publications, e-reader, online articles, audio books? How about a service like Blinkist? I address all of those in this episode.

Podcasting (a term coined from the Apple iPod) has been around for decades (I started my own podcast, The Sunday Soundtrack, back in 2007) and has evolved since then along with social media. My thoughts on it you'll hear in this episode.

Facial Recognition - it's evolving. This week, Facebook says no, but Meta says yes! Do you use Face ID? I give you my thoughts in this short episode. Thanks for listening. Have a great day.

If you were/are a fan of Whitney Houston and found you can go see her in concert…as a holograph, would you? Today I talk about holography and love entertainment. Enjoy.

Are you ready to share your transportation routes with vehicles lack a driver inside? The technology is slowly advancing past that of what Tesla has demonstrated. Today I'm giving examples of what Waymo and Einride are doing in that area. The Tech Times Podcast - fully mobile via the Anchor app, my iPhone 12 mini, and me. No post production! Enjoy!

Garmin, Nike, Apple, Amazfit, Suunto, Polar, Fitbit - these are major players in the fitness tracking world and have been popular for many years. Today, I talk about being a user of two of them and how my mindset has evolved to what I think of them and my current philosophy on the fitness tracking game. Short and sweet.

We are in the age of convenience more than ever! Today's topic is about the various types of pre-prepared meal kit services, specifically those like Blue Apron and Home Chef. Enjoy!

Today, Facebook officially announced it will be changing it's name to Meta. The rebranding activities have been going on since 2019. What does this now mean for the social media platform? Read more here: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/facebook-company-is-now-meta/

This is a special edition podcast discussion about some non-consumer technology evolution: thrust vector controlled (TVC) model rocket technology and open source software coding for the masses. I'm speaking with Lemon, the CEO of BLR Rocket Technologies and Binary, Inc, Enjoy!

How much assistance, technologically, do you like to have when you’re driving? GPS? Backup camera? Lane sensing? Hands free phone calling? Today, I talk about my experience with one aspect of the above. Thanks for listening.

Here we are in 2019, a time where the proliferation of citizen surveillance is ever increasing - that is the government and other entities watching the general public and the public watching the general public. Should the concern with privacy be a thing of the past?

Today’s episode reflects my thoughts on the use of drones in the military, commercial, and consumer space. How do use see the technology advancing, especially from a commercial and consumer standpoint? Thanks for listening!

On today’s episode, I talk a little about the ongoing development and popularity of the self quantification movement, the degree to which I subscribe to the “quantified self” movement, and leave you with a question. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Season 2 of the Tech Times Podcast. Season 2 will be comprised of all new episodes, and possible topic refreshes since 2013/2014. In this episode, I briefly discuss the advent of autonomous vehicle development, the technology, and the culture surrounding it. The Tech Times Podcast is now available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Radio Republic, and Pocket Casts. For those of you listening via the Anchor app, please feel free to leave a voice message, if your so inclined. Thanks for listening!

The Tech Times Podcast, originally recorded during the summer of 2013 through that of 2014, is made of 5-7 minute bite-sized episodes where I talk about my thoughts on various tech topics of the day. They will be recorded randomly, I hope you enjoy them. Original episodes 10 through 23 can be heard hear: http://www.vibesnscribes.com/tech-times-a-mobile-podcast/ . Thanks, in advance, for listening