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Linked – Is AI the new bloatware?
ByMike McBride September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Whether you consider it bloatware or not may depend on your plan to use AI on a mobile device, but one thing is for sure about all hardware and many services that are adding AI features: They’re getting more expensive.

Adding the power to run AI tools locally costs money. If all Pixel phones are going to do all the AI work on photos and all the iPhones are going to process ChatGPT interactions locally, that’s going to require more expensive hardware.

If all Windows PCs will come with Recall, the same thing applies. The chips that can handle these transactions are in high demand and are not cheap.

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Mental Health

Linked – Is There A Mental Health Crisis In Digital Forensics?
ByMike McBride August 28, 2024August 27, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

It’s a job. Even if you love your team, it’s a job. When it no longer serves your life, you can leave. When it’s overwhelming to you, you can take a break. If the rest of your team is overwhelmed because you took a day off or left shorthanded because someone left for a better job, that’s management’s problem. You didn’t create this “do more with less” strategy around hiring. They did.

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Career | Mental Health

Linked – The 3 Most Kind Things You Can Say with Someone
ByMike McBride August 20, 2024August 18, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

Yes, those are things we should tell our family and friends. They are also 100% the things we should tell employees. What makes a difference for employees other than pay? Knowing that the work they do is appreciated and makes a difference. How will they know if you don’t tell them? How will they know that you notice their effort if you don’t tell them you notice it?

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Security

Domestic Violence as Workplace Safety
ByMike McBride August 19, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes

How would you react to domestic violence if you were to view it as a company security issue instead of a personal problem? There is plenty of evidence that it is a workplace issue. Employers could play a role in keeping their people safe if they took it seriously as a workplace issue.

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Tech

Linked – At ILTACON, Anticipation for the Shiny Object
ByMike McBride August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It’s easy to walk away from a conference like this one with the impression that it’s just a matter of time. On the other hand, we must also acknowledge that the AI technology we see in front of us is just OK. It’s not world-changing, and it’s sometimes downright awful. As I’ve said before, will the huge investments ever pay off? We are all waiting to see. How long will we continue to talk about the future of AI instead of how it’s changed our world?

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Mental Health

Linked – Workplace leaders must be ‘given the right tools to manage mental health conditions’
ByMike McBride August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

One glaring example of this is mental health. How many of your managers have even the barest of training in how to deal with mental health issues on their team? How many have more than a cursory knowledge of what your employee assistance program offers and the requirements for accommodations for your area and industry?

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Linked – Is AI the new bloatware?

Linked – Is There A Mental Health Crisis In Digital Forensics?

Linked – The 3 Most Kind Things You Can Say with Someone

Domestic Violence as Workplace Safety

Linked – At ILTACON, Anticipation for the Shiny Object

Linked – Workplace leaders must be ‘given the right tools to manage mental health conditions’

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