Hosting the short podcast Our Data, Our Future, with Robin Riback is proving to be a fascinating adventure.
Because?
Well, we’re keeping it under 10 minutes, focused on a topic around data and from our different perspectives.
The challenge – making it succinct, worth watching and with a least one ‘big idea’.
Episode 2 on data hoarding is out now – let us know how we’re doing and what you think of the ideas we pose.
I was fascinated by a talk last year about data storage given by Thomas Coughlin, president of the IEEE. What struck me most was finding out that magnetic tape storage is still used and not only is it cheaper than other mediums but its environmental impact is far less too.
So, this got me to thinking.
Why don’t we have a choice on how to store our emails and photos – those we don’t mind waiting 30 seconds to retrieve? Why can’t we choose to have them stored on magnetic tape?
Continue reading the post and the subsequent conversation on substack…
Published today – The Beast – check it out