Episodes

  • 218: Context Matters
    Jul 18 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #218 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Stephanie, Bill, Ryan, Dimitri, Pete, Rob, Steve, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Don't Stop Believing", Journey
    * The state of AI-generated goatees - Is it good enough?
    * The key to good AI is context. Why is it so hard but easy to imagine and assume?
    * Ryan dives in to private wireless solutions in his new gig!
    * The secret to customer centricity - solving problems.
    * AT&T data breach. Is this a look into our future of privacy and cybersecurity?
    * The asymmetry of the IP rights fight against the big LLM guys.
    * Is Amazon a monopolistic marketplace or just hyper competitive?
    * Why foldable smartphones are still just 1 to 2 percent of units sold.
    * Another debate about IoT "scalability".
    * The Gap of the Ugly is where the money is at!
    * The shifting thesis of Generative AI revolution!
    * Spain wins the European Cup with the help of immigrants!
    * The infamous AI-powered churro maker business case! Start of the revolution we have been hoping for?

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 217: Tech Betrayal
    Jul 14 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #217 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Dimitri, Pete, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Some tune", Pete Bernard
    * Why fake food is tough for some folks to eat
    * Leonard kicks off Day 2 at SEMICON West 2024
    * What happened to sustainability? What is the semiconductor industry saying at SEMICON West 2024?
    * Climate change - Was Al Gore right?
    * The state of generative AI in the semiconductor industry
    * How people (eventual victims of technology betrayal) get Amara's Law wrong?
    * Moving AI to the edge and toward purpose-built/designed AI chips
    * Why NVIDIA is really ahead in AI supercomputing
    * Digital twins in the semiconductor industry
    * The cost of AI stupidity
    * Patterns for practical and useful GenAI
    * Do we need to think differently about AI and computing to get to better AI or even AGI?
    * The unsexiness of great GenAI

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    1 hr
  • 216: Formula 1 IoT
    Jul 14 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #216 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Tom, Rob, Dimitri, Pete, Jan, Leonard, and David jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "All Along the Watchtower", Bob Dylan
    * Why need to go to London to breakout globally! The Jimi Hendrix story!
    * Tom and Leonard's great lunch adventure in Mayfair, London!
    * The pre-fixe menu at 34 in Mayfair is like modular enterprise software
    * Big is not tall. Don't get it twisted!
    * Spending the 4th of July in the U.K.
    * Reinventing the fan F1 experience
    * Why Dimitri does not dig F1 the app
    * How could AWS be redefining the F1 live experience and broadcast?
    * Is x86 dead or about to die? The art of clickbait headlines
    * IoT enabled sports gambling
    * The importance of Formula 1 storytelling
    * Rob is the Ricky Bobby and Dimitri is the Jean Girard of IoT
    * The magic of DOS Box! Rob reminds us of OS/2

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    58 mins
  • 215: Tiny Smart Sensors
    Jul 3 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #215 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Tom, Rob, Dimitri, Pete, Jan, Leonard, and Marc jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Panama", Van Halen
    * The gang opine poorly on the meaning of the Van Halen classic, "Panama".
    * Rob's recommendation for reference music to test premium speaker quality.
    * Pete makes us jealous by having a cappuccino in Milan to start his evening.
    * Pete breaks down the key takes from Tiny ML in Milan.
    * Rob's Frankenstein moment.
    * Leonard's breakdown of key takes from Sensors Converge 2024.
    * Tiny, narrow AI versus world models.
    * Is Leonard a generative AI hater? Or isn't he? Has he had a change of heart?
    * Simple ML making a difference,... or about too once they make it reliable.
    * Regulation and their role in stifling competition at what price?
    * The Copilot+ PC era has begun with Lenovo's Snapdragon X Series-powered Yoga Slim 7x.
    * IoT starts with the sensors.
    * Sensors Converge - the great grounding
    * Will tiny smart sensors kill the cloud?
    * Be good to your sensors!

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    57 mins
  • 214: Brain-sucking Space Bugs
    Jun 23 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #214 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Stephanie, Rob, Dimitri, Pete, Leonard, and Bill jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Electric Gypsy", Andy Timmons
    * Rob Tiffany, Starship Trooper
    * Happy Juneteenth!
    * Taking "Didn't Get The Memo" to the next level
    * Leonard gives NJ Transit at bit thumbs up!
    * It's Copilot+ PC day powered by ‪Qualcomm‬ Snapdragon X Series!
    * Leonard's Best Buy tour of Copilot+ Day
    * Total Recall of Recall
    * Dimitri's Rabbit review
    * Lenovo, the workhorse of enterprise Copilot+?
    * Recall - the KM equivalent of brain-sucking space bugs (Starship Trooper)
    * Rick's no-show
    * eSIM nightmare

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    1 hr
  • 213: Jumping the Gen AI Shark
    Jun 13 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #213 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Rob, Dimitri, Pete, Leonard, and Jan jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)", Beastie Boys
    * Jan accused Leonard of getting soft on generative AI
    * Generative AI, the village idiot
    * An apolitical commentary on French snap elections
    * WWDC 2024 disappoints Pete with no AirPod Max
    * What has Gen AI done to WWDC?!!
    * Microsoft's Recall privacy and security fail
    * Is privacy a constitutional right?
    * Is Apple real about privacy or just privacy washing?
    * The truth about Apple Intelligence and what everyone is getting wrong!
    * Did Apple Intelligence just out Copilot Copilot?
    * Apple's Private Cloud Compute builds a case for hybrid AI and on device AI
    * Did Apple just unravel the Gen AI monetization thesis?
    * The truth about Apple's OpenAI "integration".
    * Apple's AI strategy - "Crap Gen AI business offload".
    * How Elon is wrong about Apple Intelligence and Apple + OpenAI

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 212: AI PC FINALLY Explained!!
    Jun 7 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #212 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Rob, Dimitri, Eric, Pete, Leonard, and Marc jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Panama" (the cowbell version), Van Halen
    * Why running an IoT business is like having constipation
    * How TinyML could benefit the developing world with edge AI
    * Leonard's impression of Computex 2024
    * Qualcomm puts a stake in the Copilot+PC ground
    * Does the AI PC exist? What is it?
    * Why the NPU matters and won't matter
    * The IoT Coffee Talk crew inadvertently boosts Microsoft's Copilot+ PC
    * Will the AI PC be a revolution or a replacement?
    * Why Moore's Law is definitely is not dead
    * Why Recall makes us recall all the possible privacy issues we already deal with
    * When TGIF Fridays used to be the gourmet Western restaurant in Asia
    * It's weird that hardware matters more than software
    * The scary and brutal startup game

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 211: Naughty AI
    Jun 3 2024

    Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #211 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

    This week, Rob, Debbie, Pete, Leonard, and Marc jump on Web3 to talk about:

    * BAD KARAOKE: "Round and Round", Ratt
    * Taming naughty AI by teaching it values
    * Do AI agents need managers?
    * How do we know if an author is actually the author and does it matter?
    * Teaching IoT to the next generation,... with generative AI?
    * The key to IoT monetization - write a college textbook!!
    * The new business model for college textbooks on IoT - TBaaS (Textbook as a Service)!!!
    * IoT business model innovation: (HaaS) Hole as a Service!
    * Leonard's Taipei snooze alarm snafu and first time in Taiwan
    * What does 250 percent humidity feel like?
    * All AI PC insanity will converge at Computex 2024
    * Windows on Arm at thing with Snapdragon X Series
    * Why zero-clients solutions are always dead on arrival
    * HTML5 is not dead!
    * The $2 piece of digital paper powered by body heat!

    It's a great episode. Grab an extraordinarily expensive latte at your local coffee shop and check out the whole thing. You will get all you need to survive another week in the world of IoT and greater tech!

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    39 mins