Today we're joined with Steve Daly, CEO at Ivanti. We follow his career path, from mechanical engineer, to working in a garage for a startup, to CEO at a global IT software company. This episode is full of interesting career tips, no matter what industry you may be in. This is one of the first episodes we ever recorded, so enjoy the throwback!

We are absolutely delighted to have James Barrat, author of Our Final Invention, on today's episode. We talk to James about how he became interested in AI, the people he has interviewed, and how he developed in AI opinions, We discuss the Three Laws of Robotics. We also get into the concerns that surround AI, including smart malware attacks. We finish up with a little game of "Is McKay realistic or crazy?" Find his book here - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Final-Invention-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0312622376

Today we're joined by Matt Hooper, who jumps right in as we geek out about the new Tesla Semi and Roadster news. We talk about why Matt doesn't consider himself an IT expert, the common mistake IT departments are making, and how IT can become more strategic. McKay also makes a bold Uber Eats prediction.

We're talking self-driving cars in today's episode, with IEEE Spectrum journalist Philip Ross. We define the levels of self-driving cars and their potential unintended consequences. We speculate on the companies in the self-driving car race. We also discuss how these cars could possibly effect truck drivers. Find out more about Philip here - https://spectrum.ieee.org/author/ross-philip-e

On part two of our Silicon Slopes Tech Summit special, we interview Sam, JD, Jonas, and Gideon, four high schoolers with interest in the Utah tech scene. Next, we talk to Dan Roberts, a lawyer who works with start ups and an entrepreneur. Dan gives advice for people looking into starting a company. He also tells a horror story involving a CEO and an $80000 Uber tab. We end with Bruce Williams, founder of SpectraSoft Inc. We discuss what it's like working on a project you believe in, even though executives haven't caught the vision of the project yet.

On this very special episode of the podcast, we are coming to you straight from the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. We spent two days interviewing conference attendees and we talked to a lot of cool people. We talk about how to network at a conference. We also interview Jon Wallace, where we discuss how IT security is changing and ways to minimize your risk against security breaches. Next, we talk to Sarah Scott about technology in rural America.

You can buy a car via vending machine now, so basically we're here for 2018. We interview Landon Winburn, a former Appsense principal architect and current principal architect at Critical Design Associates. We talk about what IT departments need to be productive and how to improve user experience. We discuss challenges and gaps in executing IT projects. We also jump into Windows 10 migration challenges and strategies.

On this special episode of the podcast, we bring back fan-favorite, Chris Goettl. We talk about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in depth. We answer questions like what are the similarities and differences between the two vulnerabilities, who is vulnerable to these attacks, how were they discovered, and most importantly, what you should be doing right now to protect yourself and your devices from these vulnerabilities. You can find out more on the recent blog post written by Chris - https://www.ivanti.com/blog/meltdown-spectre-need-know/

Today we are honored to be joined by journalist at The Verge, Andrew Hawkins. After a fun lightning round, we discuss the lack of infrastructure currently in place that disincentives people to adapt electric car technology. We also get into the pros and cons for fuel cell vehicles. Andrew has a lot of interesting things to say, you don't want to miss this episode. Find out more about Andrew here - https://www.theverge.com/users/andyjayhawk

New year, new podcast episode. People think Apple might buy Netflix and we have a lot of feelings about it. In this episode, we go over some of the biggest technology fails of 2017. We also discuss the possible ramifications of self driving cars. We also talk about some of the tech successes in 2017 and our predictions for the new year.