Jon Reed
jon.diginomica.com
Jon Reed
@jon.diginomica.com
diginomica co-founder + Enterprise Irregular who blogs/videocasts on the enterprise, w/ dash of bootstrappin' + media hacks. OK, I rant sometimes.
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Enterprise hits and misses - want #AI success? It's about change management, not tech. Plus: the sixty hour workweek debate heats up diginomica.com/enterprise-h... by @jon.diginomica.com. #EnSw #ChangeManagement #FutureOfWork #HRTech
Enterprise hits and misses - want AI success? It's about change management, not tech. Plus: the sixty hour workweek debate heats up
This week - our AI project success results are in. It's about change management, but with a data (and process) twist. The future of work heats up, with sixty hour workweeks as the hot topic. Plus: cha...
diginomica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

-> because streaming is revolutionizing entertainment baby - have with with all your apps and log ins...
Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television?
It shouldn’t be this hard to be a fan.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Disney animator slams CEO and encourages viewers to 'pirate' show over AI-generated content www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

""If you pay us we'll let you make your own content slop! That we will own!' "

-> I guess maybe this isn't the best holiday present then lol
MSN
Disney Channel animator Dana Terrace did not hold back in her social media response to CEO Bob Iger's AI announcement, encouraging fans to 'unsubscribe' from Disney+
www.msn.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It’s the fake thing: Coca-Cola tries another AI Christmas TV ad pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/04/i...

"This is the best ad that Pepsi never paid for. Coca-Cola: it’s the fake thing."

-> ouch
It’s the fake thing: Coca-Cola tries another AI Christmas TV ad
It’s early November! And you know what that means? Coca-Cola’s done another of its terrible AI Christmas TV ads! Where they take their 1995 ad “Holidays Are Coming” and remake it with a slop genera…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Spats, risks and stock market insights, AI bubbles, the M&S cyber attack recovery, CIOs and the Microsoft price hikes... all these and more in your hits and misses this week from @jon.diginomica.com. Plus some whiffs to make you smile. bit.ly/43j4rwr
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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ASUG Tech Connect brought AI adoption to a head. What do customers need to build with SAP AI? Is the Gen AI Hub for BTP message getting out there? @jon.diginomica.com discussed this with SAP's Walter Sun - starting with SAP's RPT-1 foundational model news: bit.ly/3JVxT53
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You www.404media.co/podcast-peop...

-> Being a creep used to be free, now you have to fork over $60 #aiisawesome
Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You
We talk all about our articles on Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, and AI-generated ads personalized just for you.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic' www.404media.co/automattic-a...

-> but what about "hyyyyyrdomatic?" Why not try and claim that while you're at it lol cc: @brianssommer
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic'
Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, is asking Automatic.CSS to rebrand.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Risks of Generative AI for Therapy and Companionship enterprisespectator.substack.com/p/risks-of-g...

-> really good one by @fscavo, who is always pushing the research forward and not relaxing into stale positions. I learn from him....
Risks of Generative AI for Therapy and Companionship
Using GenAI products like ChatGPT for “emotional applications” carries huge risks that are not easily mitigated.
enterprisespectator.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop : r/technology www.reddit.com/r/technology...htt> Spotify's music recommendation engine is comically bad, with AI slop making it worse, but I've found a ton of stuff on YouTube.....
From the technology community on Reddit: The algorithm failed music | Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop
Explore this post and more from the technology community
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November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...

-> my rule is: if it's more convenient and faster for me to get the info, then I'm going to absolutely trust it... lolz
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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SAP TechEd Berlin is well underway - and so is ASUG Tech Connect. What have we learned from this event mashup so far? What SAP AI news stands out? Do customers have the tools (and skills) to move forward? @jon.diginomica.com is in Louisville for us with a timely mid-event gut check: bit.ly/4hPd5c2
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Vendors made their agentic ambitions clear this fall - but the role of partners? Not so much. Oracle AI World was an exception. @jon.diginomica.com boils down some AI agent lessons from a demo with Auditoria.AI, and a talk with Oracle AI Agent Marketplace launch partner Apex IT: bit.ly/3JtMHaY
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Enterprise hits and misses - is there an agentic #AI gap between vendors and customers? #Amazon's #outage fallout continues, and deep fakes are ready for prime time diginomica.com/enterprise-h... by @jon.diginomica.com. #EnSw #AgenticAI
Enterprise hits and misses - is there an agentic AI gap between vendors and customers? Amazon's outage fallout continues, and deep fakes are ready for prime time
This week - events cast light on the agentic gap between vendors and customers. Audio deep fakes are conversational, and facial recognition is problematic. The Amazon outage fallout news continues, as...
diginomica.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors newatlas.com/computers/mu...

Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors newatlas.com/computers/mu...

-> not the most attractive looking gear, but I'm in....
Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors
They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but…
newatlas.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses www.wired.com/review/ray-b...

"The glasses are great, but I find myself feeling hesitant to wear them around in public."

-> no worries, you can always wear them around the house lol
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Cybersecurity experts warn real-time voice deepfakes are here www.techspot.com/news/110006-...

> if you haven't spoken with family members about this (especially aging relatives) and established safe words etc, now is the time...
Cybersecurity experts warn real-time voice deepfakes are here
Cybersecurity firm NCC Group has demonstrated that combining open-source AI tools with off-the-shelf hardware can generate real-time voice deepfakes with minimal latency. The technique, dubbed…
www.techspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

-> not to worry, Meta takes your privacy very seriously, as long as they can keep selling their (hackable) surveillance/video glasses lol
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers…
www.404media.co
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...

-> my dumb bed never felt so good. But to be fair, Alexa wasn't very nice to me that night.
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Millions Of Windows Users www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

"A new, mandatory security update is a “total disaster” and an emergency update has suddenly been confirmed."

-> no problem, Copilot can fix this lmao
Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Millions Of Windows Users
This is a “total disaster” — what you do now.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

-> everything is awesome
Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online
: Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald's struggling
www.theregister.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin www.404media.co/reddit-answe...

"Reddit’s conversational AI product, Reddit Answers, suggested users who are interested in pain management try heroin and kratom"

-> Hey, it's call "Reddit Answers," not "Reddit Answers Correctly" lolz
Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.
www.404media.co
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

"to cut support for something that is legitimately a flagship product is bizarre"

-> my Win 10 machines aren't going in the landfill but my computing relationship with Microsoft is.....
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
www.404media.co
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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With an AI news flurry on the one hand, and customer realities on the other, #OracleAIWorld is now in high gear - but where do the two intersect, and where is the value? @jon.diginomica.com went behind the news with Oracle's Steve Miranda: bit.ly/479NXro
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM