Jim is an author and podcast host with over 40 years of experience in the technology industry. He brings real life experience to stories about technology.
Jim spent more than a decade as the CIO and the Chief Content Officer at the former IT World Canada.
An author and musician, Jim’s latest novel, Elisa: A Tale of Quantum Kisses explores our relationship with AI in a not too distant future. His most recent albums Last Man Standing and Highland Lullaby have received a great deal of critical acclaim as well. If you are curious, you can find them and more at his music website.
December 23, 2025 Thank you. None of what follows happens without your support. Hashtag Trending has now passed three million downloads and is growing at roughly two million listens a year. Cybersecurity Today, which I host with David more...
December 23, 2025 Editor's Notes: This is the first of two articles reflecting on the year but Yogi Schulz. Schulz' long career in IT and experience in industry give him an invaluable perspective on the industry. We are more...
December 23, 2025 Spotify says it has identified the user account behind what it describes as “unlawful” scraping of its platform, responding to claims by Anna’s Archive that it has archived nearly all of the service’s music catalogue. more...
December 23, 2025 Waymo temporarily suspended its self-driving taxi service in San Francisco over the weekend after a citywide power outage caused its vehicles to stall at intersections and block streets. The incident has renewed concerns about how more...
December 23, 2025 South Korea will require facial recognition scans to open new mobile phone accounts. The new rule is aimed at stopping phone-based scams after massive data breaches exposed how easily criminals can register numbers using stolen more...
December 23, 2025 Google parent company Alphabet said Monday that it will acquire Intersect Power for $4.75 billion in cash plus debt. Intersect will continue operating independently, but Google says the deal helps it bring new capacity online more...