Tednologic Ted Kritsonis

Digital marketing, along with  a huge appetite for online video and social media have allowed some to become "gurus" who claim to have the goods on how to work or live better. We look back at where some of this started and highlight the warning signs to steer clear of all the rhetoric and see what's really happening between the lines.

The "digital gold rush" with cryptocurrencies is easy enough to spot, but how about the way scammers and charlatans try luring in those who aren't in the know on all things crypto? We dive into what a lot of these frauds look like, especially on social media channels, where crypto "experts" are happy to take people's money.

Work from home. It's what WFH stands for, and the idea behind it is no longer just conceptual to most workers. The Covid-19 pandemic and existing tech forced employers to adopt it, exposing their own people to the benefits of a home office. Is the hybrid model of splitting the average week between home and office going to win out?

Is your Instagram account hacked? Has it ever been hacked? This growing problem comes with another caveat where Instagram itself doesn't make it all that easy to get it back. Tune in to see what happened to one unlucky user, and what steps you might be able to take to keep your own account safe from cyberattackers.

It's no secret social media impacts people's lives, and we can look at that from a variety of angles, but in this episode, we're talking about how it comes into play when war breaks out. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the latest example of how the fog of war can both galvanize and confuse a global audience bearing witness from afar.

You can probably come up with a few suggestions when talking about which piece of consumer technology had the biggest impact in the last decade, but there is one that may stand out above others. The smartphone camera really did change the game over the last decade. Just about everyone has one now, and qualitative improvements only make these cameras more effective as a means to communicate and tell stories around the world. We explore that trajectory in this episode, especially when it comes to how dramatic scenes can mobilize people around the world to act.