Ian Fogg
@ianfogg.bsky.social
Tech industry analyst – Director, Network Innovation at CCS Insight. Also: XR, AI, mobile & more.
Signal: ianfogg.42
@ianfogg@mastodon.social
@ianfogg42 on threads (same username, but now inactive on twitter)
Signal: ianfogg.42
@ianfogg@mastodon.social
@ianfogg42 on threads (same username, but now inactive on twitter)
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
Watching the Cisco AI Summit. Lots of major speakers. Sam Altman first up. Stream and full agenda is here - www.ciscoaisummit.com/ai-virtual-s...
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Watching the Cisco AI Summit. Lots of major speakers. Sam Altman first up. Stream and full agenda is here - www.ciscoaisummit.com/ai-virtual-s...
"AI vibes" = people feel more productive with AI but are actually slower. With AI, developers take 19% longer to complete issues. But they believed AI had sped them up by 20%. metr.org/blog/2025-07...
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we…
metr.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"AI vibes" = people feel more productive with AI but are actually slower. With AI, developers take 19% longer to complete issues. But they believed AI had sped them up by 20%. metr.org/blog/2025-07...
Clawdbot, the ultimate homelab AI agent. Now, I just need to find something to run it on where I can *closely* manage what services it can access (i.e. not a main computer, but something with powerful enough hardware): www.macstories.net/stories/claw...
Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like
For the past week or so, I’ve been working with a digital assistant that knows my name, my preferences for my morning routine, how I like to use Notion and Todoist, but which also knows how to control...
www.macstories.net
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Clawdbot, the ultimate homelab AI agent. Now, I just need to find something to run it on where I can *closely* manage what services it can access (i.e. not a main computer, but something with powerful enough hardware): www.macstories.net/stories/claw...
In other news, I've installed Graphene OS -- but why, given there are no Google services included, did it trigger Google to send me a "welcome to your new Pixel" email?? Information on it here: grapheneos.org @grapheneos.org
GrapheneOS: the private and secure mobile OS
GrapheneOS is a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.
grapheneos.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
In other news, I've installed Graphene OS -- but why, given there are no Google services included, did it trigger Google to send me a "welcome to your new Pixel" email?? Information on it here: grapheneos.org @grapheneos.org
This is an extremely well articulated speech, it's a must read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney
In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it here
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is an extremely well articulated speech, it's a must read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are 17 Bluetooth devices paired with my main phone. Wow. Fortunately for my sanity only a few are connected at the same time.
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
There are 17 Bluetooth devices paired with my main phone. Wow. Fortunately for my sanity only a few are connected at the same time.
Timely: Ericsson CEO warns on the challenges for Europeans to become technologically sovereign. My additional take: Equally impossible for US telecom carriers given all of the top 4 network suppliers are either European or Chinese i.e. none are US www.mobileworldlive.com/ranvendors/e...
Ericsson chief warns Europe on sovereignty dangers
Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm reportedly cautioned a European push to reduce dependence on US technology and pursue sovereignty.
www.mobileworldlive.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Timely: Ericsson CEO warns on the challenges for Europeans to become technologically sovereign. My additional take: Equally impossible for US telecom carriers given all of the top 4 network suppliers are either European or Chinese i.e. none are US www.mobileworldlive.com/ranvendors/e...
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A Churchillian speech.
“The middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu” - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
“The middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu” - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A Churchillian speech.
“The middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu” - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
“The middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu” - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
So, I asked Confer what models it used. It declined. When pressed, "If you're interested, I can check Confer’s GitHub repository (github.com/conferlabs) for any technical disclosures or model cards. Would you like me to do that? " and then it "worked out" what it was using!
ConferLabs
ConferLabs has 2 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
So, I asked Confer what models it used. It declined. When pressed, "If you're interested, I can check Confer’s GitHub repository (github.com/conferlabs) for any technical disclosures or model cards. Would you like me to do that? " and then it "worked out" what it was using!
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Both book and BBC film have some flaws, but "An Ungentlemanly Act" is worth seeking out for a good account of the Royal Marines tripwire force on the Falklands, and their stand against the odds.
Hunt around enough and you can find the BBC version complete online. youtu.be/v53UT4QuFZ4?...
Hunt around enough and you can find the BBC version complete online. youtu.be/v53UT4QuFZ4?...
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Both book and BBC film have some flaws, but "An Ungentlemanly Act" is worth seeking out for a good account of the Royal Marines tripwire force on the Falklands, and their stand against the odds.
Hunt around enough and you can find the BBC version complete online. youtu.be/v53UT4QuFZ4?...
Hunt around enough and you can find the BBC version complete online. youtu.be/v53UT4QuFZ4?...
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There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
A new Black Mirror episode premiers in Vegas at CES
Would you ever actually want to put an AI companion in a tube on your desk? Razer’s most unexpected #CES2026 reveal, Project AVA, does just that.
January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
A new Black Mirror episode premiers in Vegas at CES
First 500 mile running year since 2022!! Plus it was injury-free too! Yay!
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
First 500 mile running year since 2022!! Plus it was injury-free too! Yay!
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Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
Visa bans may be moderate, but the message isn’t: the US is signaling it feels entitled to challenge EU rules governing digital speech.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
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So much for freedom of speech. Alternative voices aren't even allowed into the deeply divided country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
So much for freedom of speech. Alternative voices aren't even allowed into the deeply divided country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wow. Not good. The perils of relying on a cloud/online account for everything, including logging on to devices.
This is fucking terrifying.
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Wow. Not good. The perils of relying on a cloud/online account for everything, including logging on to devices.
So, Donetsk is the modern Sudetenland. Could I suggest Munich as an apt location for Trump to meet Putin next. www.ft.com/content/6ea9...
US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So, Donetsk is the modern Sudetenland. Could I suggest Munich as an apt location for Trump to meet Putin next. www.ft.com/content/6ea9...
Valve's Steam Frame is the beginning of the end of x86 as a PC gaming platform, as Valve now has FEX x86 -> Arm code conversion to complement its Proton Windows -> Linux solution
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Valve's Steam Frame is the beginning of the end of x86 as a PC gaming platform, as Valve now has FEX x86 -> Arm code conversion to complement its Proton Windows -> Linux solution
Differential take on Apple and AI - the company's slowness on generative AI will turn into a strength that insulates it when the AI bubble bursts
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Differential take on Apple and AI - the company's slowness on generative AI will turn into a strength that insulates it when the AI bubble bursts
Apple should sell Mac Pro enclosures so people can mount their own hardware inside, imagine using one to house multiple Mac Mini
Sad how neglected the Mac Pro has been as it's still such a stunning machine every time I see it. Apple did it dirty.
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Apple should sell Mac Pro enclosures so people can mount their own hardware inside, imagine using one to house multiple Mac Mini
Suspects spotted at Louvre before today's robbery, hat tip to a Douglas Adams
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Suspects spotted at Louvre before today's robbery, hat tip to a Douglas Adams
Unusual to see someone using #VR at an airport (or in any public place). This is why smart glasses are a much bigger opportunity than are VR headsets like Quest or Vision Pro. Pic was taken at Heathrow airport yesterday
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Unusual to see someone using #VR at an airport (or in any public place). This is why smart glasses are a much bigger opportunity than are VR headsets like Quest or Vision Pro. Pic was taken at Heathrow airport yesterday
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
care less people petapixel.com/2025/09/22/m...
Meta Accused of Using Photos of 13-Year-Old Schoolgirls to Promote Threads
Meta says its use of these photos did not break company policies.
petapixel.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
care less people petapixel.com/2025/09/22/m...