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For Tech’s Sake

Elaine Burke & Kelly Earley

Join Elaine Burke and Kelly Earley as they look at tech through a critical lens – not evangelising or demonising it, but definitely throwing a bit of shade when it’s deserved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:05

v2.9: The drone ranger

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/09/20

Did you know that an Irish company is one of the world leaders in developing drone delivery services? We spoke to Manna CEO and founder Bobby Healy about the challenges of getting a project like this off the ground, and why Ireland has become a popular global testbed for drone development. You can follow Bobby @realBobbyHealy on Twitter, and find out more about Manna at Manna.aero. — You might also like to read this report on the drone industry in Ireland from Silicon Republic:

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38:29

Dr Colman Noctor, child psychotherapist

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/09/13

This bonus episode of For Tech’s Sake features our full, uncut interview with Dr Colman Noctor, child and adolescent psychotherapist, about kids and technology. It was a wide-ranging conversation that also touched on our own use of technology and the subject of regulation.If you want to jump to the parts that weren’t already covered in the main episode, head to about 18.55, and then 31.17.You can follow Colman on Twitter @colnoc77 and read more about him and his work at ColmanNoctor.com.You can also

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50:57

v2.8: The kids are online

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/09/06

Our online spaces are being taken over – by kids! Many children as young as eight have their own devices and social media accounts, and while efforts are made to make kid-safe spaces online, that's simply not going to have the pull of the major platforms. It's a challenging world to navigate for kids, parents, and all other adults alike, so we got some help from psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor on the matter. You can follow Colman on Twitter @colnoc77 and read more about him and his work at

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38:55

Dr David McKeown, rocket scientist and Dublin maker

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/08/30

In our latest episode we spoke to Dr David McKeown, one of the originators of Dublin Maker, a fantastic and free annual event that brings together makers of all kinds for a bit of show and tell.This year’s event takes place Saturday September 2nd in Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, and in this extended interview with David you’ll learn a little more about the passion that drives scientists and engineers like David to stage an event like this year in, year out (from 9 minutes in).We also talk more about

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39:10

v2.7: Be smart and break things

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/08/23

Dublin Maker is coming soon so we spoke to one of its founders, Dr David McKeown, to find out all about this year’s festival and discuss the importance of events like this in encouraging people to engage with science. This year’s Dublin Maker will be hosted in Richmond Barracks on Saturday, 2 September. It’s completely free and welcoming to the creative and the curious. You can find out more about it at DublinMaker.ie and follow David at @dj_mckeown on Twitter to keep up with his work. And keep an

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43:13

Dr Gareth Jones, search technologies expert

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/08/16

In this bonus episode of For Tech’s Sake you get to hear our complete interview with Prof Gareth Jones because we simply couldn’t fit all his knowledge on search technologies and information retrieval into the main episode.In this extended interview, you’ll learn how search engine optimisation (SEO) can be used responsibly but also deployed like a dark art to manipulate search results. You’ll also find out why effective information retrieval is getting harder, and how our search queries can actually

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44:50

v2.6: Dude, where’s my bias-free search engine?

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/08/09

How much do you know about a tech tool you use every day? Google is often the first port of call for many of us online, but how much do we understand the algorithms deciding the results of our search? And how are recommendations engines shaping our online experience? To discuss these things and more, we spoke to Prof Gareth Jones, an internationally recognised expert on information retrieval and search technologies based at the ADAPT Centre in Dublin City University. Gareth gave us an insight into

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45:08

Dr Patricia Scanlon, Ireland’s AI ambassador

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/08/02

In our latest episode we spoke to Dr Patricia Scanlon, Ireland’s AI ambassador, about the kind of work that needs to be done to build better AI, and we wondered why that isn’t already the done thing. In this extended cut of the interview, you can also hear Patricia’s thoughts on how every start-up is an AI start-up now, and why “computer says no” just won’t cut it when it comes to explaining your AI.Patricia is also the founder of SoapBox Labs, which uses AI to build speech recognition and

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45:22

v2.5: Please, AI responsibly

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/07/26

Dr Patricia Scanlon is Ireland’s first AI ambassador, and she sees it as her duty to start a national conversation on AI and, especially, ethical AI. She joined us to talk about the kind of work that needs to be done to build better AI, and we wondered why that isn’t already the done thing. Patricia is also the founder of SoapBox Labs, which builds kid-focused speech recognition technology. Follow her @ScanlonPatricia and their work at @soapboxlabs on Twitter (we’re not calling it X). You can read

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Brian Honan, cybersecurity expert and founder of BH...

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/07/19

There’s so much to talk to when it comes to cybersecurity that we could only fit a fraction of our discussion with internationally recognised expert Brian Honan into our main episode. Lucky for you bonus listeners, we have the entire episode here for you to listen, learn and rethink your cyber-hygiene.This one is also packed with insights for business leaders and decision-makers when it comes to cybersecurity, because as you will have heard in our main episode, Brian is not into victim-blaming when

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44:10

v2.4: Practising safe tech

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/07/12

We are not the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, at least that’s what expert Brian Honan says. Brian is internationally recognised for his expertise on cybersecurity and has advised Europol’s Cybercrime Centre along with several innovative security companies. He has even been inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame. And, according to Brian, it’s the tech-makers that need to take more responsibility for the safety of our digital information. While he has some sage advice on

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1:05:20

Aoife Barry, author of Social Capital

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/07/05

You may have already listened to our episode on online content and social media with journalist and author Aoife Barry, and we had so much more in this chat that we just couldn’t fit in the main feed. In this bonus episode, you can hear the full, uncut interview, going more in-depth on social media pile-ons, online toxicity, content moderation and being a journalist online.Aoife is the former assistant news editor of TheJournal.ie and has written the book Social Capital, a non-fiction book that

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49:37

v2.3: The good, the mods and the ugly

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/06/28

Social media can connect us, divide us, entertain us and enrage us. We’d love if online spaces were made safer and better moderated to keep the nasty parts at bay, but in the end it often comes down to how we moderate ourselves, with some people understandably pulling back from their digital lives just to protect themselves. We spoke about the good, the bad and moderation of social media with journalist Aoife Barry, the author of ‘Social Capital: Life online in the shadow of Ireland’s tech boom’

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32:13

David Singleton, Stripe CTO

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/06/21

If you already listened to our episode on how small start-ups become Big Tech behemoths and how that scaling cycle continues today, you might like to hear more from our expert guest, David Singleton, the chief technology officer at Stripe – especially if you are an entrepreneur, aspiring or otherwise, or a team leader looking for advice and guidance.Stripe is a fintech and payments company you have certainly interacted with if you have ever bought anything online, and this international tech

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42:00

v2.2: Big fish, little fish, corporate shocks

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/06/14

We’re talking Big Tech, small start-ups and how they scale, disrupt and sometimes become one. Our special guest is Stripe CTO David Singleton, who we nabbed for an exclusive interview during his recent visit to Dublin. David has been a fintech whizz ever since he built some invoicing software for his parents when he was a kid. But before he was the technical lead of a global financial services and software company, he spent many years in engineering at Google. Google was once among the

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46:34

Dr Caroline West, sex educator

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/06/07

Thisbonusepisode from For Tech’s Sake features our complete interview with DrCarolineWest a sex educator and host of the Glow West podcast.Carolinehas a master’s in sexuality studies and a PhD in feminism and pornography, and is the sex and relationship expert for Bumble Ireland and the UK. In our main episode, we talked about modern dating, cyberpsychology and sex education. In this expanded discussion you can hear about her experience with sex in virtual reality, the kind of goodie bags you get at

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44:35

v2.1: Let’s talk about sex-tech, baby

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/05/31

If you ever wanted to hear two nerds talk to an expert about sex, you’re in luck! In this episode, we speak to Dr Caroline West, a sex educator with a master’s in sexuality studies and a PhD in feminism and pornography, and she teaches us a thing or two about sex and dating in the digital age, from digital intimacy to dick pics. For obvious reasons, this isn’t an episode we would recommend for young, innocent ears, and we also discuss issues such as sexual violence online and offline. You can find

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31:00

We’ve only just begun...

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/03/01

It’s the last bonus episode of the season and we are letting you in on an exclusive chat on what we have in mind for season two of For Tech’s Sake, including our dream guest list (Pedro Pascal, hello!) and tech topics not yet tackled. We also reflect on the first 10 episodes and what we learned from the experience so far.For Tech’s Sake also wants to hear from you, the listener, about what you’d like to hear in season two. Be sure to let us know viafortechssakepod@gmail.comor find us

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42:30

v1.10: An open and shut case

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/02/22

Do you realise how much of the tech we rely on is maintained by volunteer coders? This isn't just Wikipedia. A plethora of everyday tech would collapse if not for the noble commitment of open source developers. And they are beginning to show their force in the form of protest, sabotaging their own code to send a message to the Big Tech corporations that profit from it. We brought in Dr Colin Keogh to tell us about about open source in both software and hardware, as he helped to build out a team to

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22:33

Sorting through the rubbish

For Tech’s Sake ·

2023/02/15

We follow up our For Tech’s Sake episode on tech waste with a closer look at what sustainability really means to tech companies, from explaining what a B Corp is to having a rant about the planned obsolescence of devices, which are designed to break down so that we just keep buying!You can also read more about B Corps here:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/what-is-a-b-corp-company-benefits Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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