Show Notes
Buffer Overflow: Decade in Review
Episode 140
The big tech trends of the 2010s
Hosts
Ned Bellavance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52
@Ned1313
Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner
Kimberly DeFilippi, Project Manager, Business Analyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-defilippi-77b3986/
Longer Topics
Ned’s Big Trends
- Public cloud accelerates everything
- Smartphone Ubiquity
Chris’ Big Trends
- 4G
- Addiction to Distraction: Runaway Screen Time
- As of 2018, the average American checks their phone 52 times a day
- Infinite scrolling is designed specifically to encourage users to continue traversing content with as little interruption as possible
- Facebook is the most famous example, with their like button addition in March 2010
- There is definitely a tech backlash in general going on
- And we have been finding more and more things that are bad about excessive screen time
- But the smartphone revolution came with its own addictive dark side
Kim’s Big Trends
- Health/Fitness/Shame Tracker
- Giggidy Giggidy Goo! (Gig Economy)
Music Credits
Intro: Jason Shaw – Tech Talk
Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B
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