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DDK Pod Episode 032: The Energy Storage Conundrum.  New and efficient ways to store and release energy are a requirement if we are ever going to decarbonise our world and halt climate change.  There has been a lot of progress in this area in recent years, so we thought we should talk about some of the latest developments.  We also cover many of the technologies in industrial scale use today.  Bet you can’t guess what the most popular method of large scale energy storage is!  Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners.   Timecodes: 00:43 - The News 11:54 - Space! Part 3: The Future of IT in Space.  41:27 - DDK Recommends Stuff 48:36 - Get in touch  Get in touch with the show: Email us [email protected] us: @ddklimitedOur Website: www.ddklimited.comFind us on LinkedIn: DDK Limited Audio edited by Charlie McConville, www.interflowcreations.co.uk

DDK Pod Episode 031 Space! Part 3: The Future of IT in Space. Space, the final…yeah let’s not do that.  Star Trek did have a point though.  Just what will we find out there in space?  Space is almost infinitely vast, so how come we haven’t made contact with anyone else.  When we eventually do, will anyone be able to sell them managed service IT contracts?  We might not be able to answer all of these questions, but we can certainly talk about them.  Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners.   Timecodes: 00:56 - The News11:06 - Space! Part 3: The Future of IT in Space.  28:55 - DDK Recommends Stuff42:23 - Get in touch Get in touch with the show: Email us [email protected] us: @ddklimitedOur Website: www.ddklimited.comFind us on LinkedIn: DDK Limited Audio edited by Charlie McConville, www.interflowcreations.co.uk

DDK Pod Episode 30 Space! Part 2: The Environmental Impact of Technology in Space. The more we go into space and take things with us, from satellites to space stations, the more human detritus is left behind. This can be in terms of emissions into the atmosphere from rocket launches or the ‘space junk’ left behind in orbit as a result of space-based operations. It’s becoming an increasing problem and could lead to the space around our planet becoming unusable. We examine the impacts, and a few of the potential solutions technology offers. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners.

029 Space! Part 1: Current Use Cases for Space DDK Pod Episode 29 Space! Part 1: Current Use Cases for Space. Space is cheap now. That’s a little flippant, but it’s becoming increasingly true. Getting things into space is much cheaper than it ever has been before and commercial companies are making it all possible. We look at the implications for the technology sector. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:24 - The News 11:00 – Space! Part 1: Current Use Cases for Space 30:24 - DDK Recommends Stuff 35:23 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 28. Is Effective Business Change Possible When Working Remotely? The Covid pandemic may not be in full swing in quite the same way anymore, but many of us are still working either full time from home or in a ‘hybrid’ model with a foot in both the office and home working. We explore the often misunderstood role of a good Business Change manager, and try to answer the question of how effective business change can be without the face to face element. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 02:06 - The News 10:12 – Is Effective Business Change Possible When Working Remotely? 35:34 - DDK Recommends Stuff 45:12 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 27. Personalised Medicine. We increasingly live in a world where technology is enabling concepts such as individually tailored medical treatments to become reality. The balance of cost effectiveness is often not quite there yet, but it isn’t far off. We take a look at some of the methods used to personalise medical interventions, and look towards the future when the ubiquity of technologies like genome sequencing could make personalised medicine the new normal. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:36 - The News 08:20 – Personalised Medicine 36:08 - DDK Recommends Stuff 43:10 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 26 Right to Repair. Old devices which cannot be upgraded or repaired are difficult to recycle into new devices, and often just get dumped instead. Items such as laptops, phone and tablets are screwed and glued shut. Consumers are threatened with voided warranties if they open them up to try to repair them when they go wrong. This kind of thing is commonplace across the IT industry but has to stop if we are to tackle the e-waste problem. We discuss. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. And yes, Julian was spectacularly wrong about Jim Al-Khalili. It’s Robin Ince who hosts the ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ with Brian Cox on BBC Radio 4. That said, ‘The Life Scientific’ which is hosted by Jim, is also fantastic. Timecodes: 01:10 - The News 12:47 – Cyber Warfare and Propaganda 49:20 - DDK Recommends Stuff 54:06 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 25 Cyber Warfare and Propaganda. With events in Ukraine spiralling into truly miserable territory, we decided to cover an important and heavily related topic this month. Cyber Warfare has often been touted by western media as something Russia and China do, but reality as always is a little more nuanced. We talk about how tech enables propaganda and what cyber warfare is, why it’s important and how you can protect your own devices. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Apologies for the issues with Jatinder’s audio in this episode. We are working on it. Timecodes: 01:12 - The News 16:45 – Cyber Warfare and Propaganda 39:10 - DDK Recommends Stuff 44:31 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 24 High Performance Computing. Genuine High Performance is cool. Often words like ‘High performance’ get thrown around by marketing departments, but within IT there is a pretty tight definition of what High Performance Computing (HPC) actually is and why it’s different to other types of computing. We discuss both what it is and some of the super interesting applications it can be used for. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 01:06 - The News 09:22 – High Performance Computing 34:03 - DDK Recommends Stuff 41:16 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 23 The Metaverse – Do we care? The Metaverse as a term is becoming increasingly hard to define. Facebook recently rebranded their parent company to ‘Meta’, muddying the waters even further. So what is a Metaverse and should you care about it? Will it change the way you live your life in a meaningful way? It just might. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:20 - The News 08:19 – The Metaverse – Do we care? 32:56 - DDK Recommends Stuff 42:43 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 22 – Technology and Loss. Everything we do leaves a digital trace. Our social media presence becomes a timeline of our life, a digital reminder, permanently etched into the fabric of cyberspace. But what happens when that life ends? We die, but our digital ghost lives on and that is not without implications. On a more positive note, what of the people who lose limbs or eyes or voices? Technology can allow such things to be recovered in ways which were simply inconceivable even a few years ago. We discuss all of this and more and touch on how we personally have been effected by these very emotive issues. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:50 - The News 11:29 – Technology and Loss 37:45 - DDK Recommends Stuff 46:11 - Get in touch

DDK Pod Episode 21 – The Great Facebook Outage. Facebook had a bit of a blip recently. And by ‘a bit of a blip’ we mean ‘an enormous global outage which quite literally knocked the entirety of Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and all services which rely on Facebook for authentication off the internet.’ It’s fascinating to understand exactly how this happened, especially given that it was an error of Facebook’s own making. We discuss the outage, how it happened, and the wider implications for the IT industry. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:19 - The News 08:25 – Management Jargon 28:21 - DDK Recommends Stuff 39:09 - Get in touch