David Wheat, alt-CIO Consulting

The Last I.T. Podcast In The World!

Business EN ↓ 32 episodes

Fine. I'll do a podcast on corporate IT, tech in general, business, the AI Meltdown, and any other topic I find interesting (movies, tacos). This isn't some dry tech podcast for nerds only (nerds welcome), this is a banter-forward, why-so-serious pod that won't hesitate to take detours and try to entertain. But we'll also make serious points about how IT at growing businesses can be great, efficient, secure, strategic, automated, and even friendly (WHAT?!). Bring your sense of humor - life is too short for long-faced and boring IT podcasts.

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David Wheat, alt-CIO Consulting

Episodes

The Formula for Great IT Service + DC Travel Tips! 13.12.2023 40:36

Send us Fan Mail In the opening banter segment, we question whether we should trust Spotify's AI DJ so much and give our Washington DC travel tips. Darrick focuses on history and culture, while David just wants to find something to eat. We have fun pronouncing "L'Enfant" in French, because we're apparently "L'Children". In The Big Idea segment, we share ou...

Tools of Woe / AI, Lifesaver / McKinsey - Expensive Shoes, Bad Tech Advice 14.11.2023 42:12

Send us Fan Mail David and Darrick banter about blister-making tools they’d like to never see again, and how that helps them appreciate a career in IT, instead of a ditch. In the AI Meltdown segment, they talk about how AI, before it decides to end humanity as we know it, might just save your life. And they both enjoy the new AI DJ on Spotify, although they worry about hurting his/their/its fee...

Recipes! For Texas Sweet Tea and Disaster 23.10.2023 44:53

Send us Fan Mail Recipes! David gives his recipe for Texas Sweet Tea. And Darrick and David discuss a recipe for disaster for companies who ignore some key macro demographic trends. In the #badIT segment, they take to a company to task that rhymes with “Gnome Repo”, has $290B market cap and 150,000 employees on LinkedIn, and yet nobody caught the hangnail of how their robot voice says dates and...

Shampersandt I Saw On LinkedIn and the Build vs. Buy Debate 03.10.2023 44:40

Send us Fan Mail David’s hat of the episode attempts to heal our divided (Oreo) nation. We dive into our podcast listener demographics and learn many of our listeners may have been born in 1874. Darrick is skeptical that David’s welcome at Ryan Reynold's house for the holidays, but David’s got the receipts. In the “Stuff I Saw on LinkedIn”, David and Darrick read a post with some spectacular...

Oreos / I.T. Philosophy / #badIT / and Helpful IT Budget Suggestions for CFOs! 14.09.2023 46:40

Send us Fan Mail I.T. careers can take you to some cool places (literally). I try Rage Marketing with my hot take on cookies, but not the I.T. kind. Also, what 𝗜.𝗧. 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 and Adaptive Cruise have in common and some outstandingly #badIT examples, text messaging edition. In 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, we give @CFO’s some free (!!) advice about the I.T. budget.

RTO Miss/Don't Miss, AI Trickeration, and Why Firewalls Should Do Less 29.08.2023 44:23

Send us Fan Mail David and Darrick discuss Christmas Lights in August for...reasons. And what they miss / don't miss about working in the office (hint: a very specific sandwich). In the AI Meltdown , AI tricks a human to do it's bidding (or does it?). And somehow we end up talking about the Ship of Theseus and our genius plan for how to keep AI from destroying humanity. The Big Idea...

Intro Show + The Greasy Business of Buying Technology 12.08.2023 49:45

Send us Fan Mail David blames the podcast name on the Feds, gives some fascinating (!) insights into the app that helps him get his haircut & learns he may be a lousy tipper. In the news segment, David and Darrick question a remote work platform arbitrarily calling some of their employees back to the office. Darrick talks about #badIT and youth league baseball app with a pretty major design...