The IRC – The Internet Chat

The Internet Relay Chat, IRC, was the way we communicated online before applications such as AoL Chat came along.

The original Chat Rooms grew on the IRC – the hashtag/pound sign was used to sort messages, organically creating ‘rooms and ‘communities’.

The Office Technology Tap IRC is a collection of the links we found interesting.

Enjoy.

• Nov 30
• The Unfolding AI Landscape: A Candid Chat with Louella Fernandes on the What’s Happenin’ Podcast
• Anthony Sci and ACDI’s Mark Hart Discuss SMB Trends in Print Management and Cloud Solutions
• Cyber Security Panel at Office Equipment Dealer Conference is Eye Opening
• Nov 23
• Your WFH policy is becoming investors’ latest way to predict company success
• Remote work guru Nick Bloom thinks we’ll never go back to the office full-time—but ‘maintaining discipline is important
• How to redefine work in the AI age
• Why Your Boss Isn’t Coming To The Office
• IT leader’s survival guide: 8 tips to thrive in the years ahead
• Nov 16
• Five Issues Keeping CIOs Up At Night
• Smart Parking Solutions Industry to Witness Impressive Growth by 2030 | Siemens, Cubic Corporation, Swarco AG
• Front Office BPO Services Market Is Booming with Progressive Trends and Exciting Opportunities by 2030 | Xerox, HP, IBM
• Merit-based flexibility could be the future of work as return-to-office mandates fail to prop up productivity
• Nov 9
• Q&A: ServiceNow CIO sees an ‘iPhone moment’ for genAI
• Three Key Office Trends of 2023
• Some of Gen Z wants to return to the office out of a kind of professional FOMO
• Workflow in Sales and Customer Experience: A Timeless Odyssey from Papyrus to Pixels
• Can AI Rescue Recycling?
• Nov 2
• How much is that remote job worth to you? Americans will part with pay to work from home
• Case Study: IBM’s Turnaround Under Lou Gerstner
• New to Copier Sales – Your Anti-Sales Plan
• Ricoh’s Vision for Medical 3D Printing: An Interview with Managing Director Gary Turner
• Oct 19
• AI Could Spur an Economic Boom. Humans Are in the Way.
• Transforming Organizational Workflow: The Power of Smart Lockers
• What is business email compromise (BEC)?
• Oct 12
• Toshiba Expands Printer Availability Via Distribution Partnership
• Mark Zuckerberg touts potential of remote work in metaverse as Meta threatens employees for violating return-to-office mandate
• The Geography of Working From Home Begins to Shift Again
• Harvard Buss. Review 2020 – A Brief History of the Modern Office
• Oct 5
• Who Owns SpongeBob? 
• Hollywood Writers Reach Agreement With Studios, Streamers to End Strike
• Even a Booming Economy Can’t Save Atlanta’s Office Market
• Toshiba Shareholders Approve $13.5 Billion Deal to Take Company Private
• Smurfit Kappa to Merge With WestRock to Form $20 Billion Paper Powerhouse – WSJ
• Sept 28
• Frontier Airlines CEO Bemoans Work-From-Home Culture
• What Zoom learned from bringing employees back to the office
• City of Palo Alto Manages Info for a Paperless Office, Happier Employees, and Major Savings
• Toshiba LEAD Beyond Event Showcases New Offerings 
• Sept 21
• Xerox and PEAC
• Is Xerox Holdings (XRX) Too Good to Be True? A Comprehensive Analysis of a Potential Value Trap
• Stargel Office Solutions Acquires Round Rock Copier
• Meet the typical remote worker, who makes good money, runs errands during the day, and will take a pay cut to avoid RTO

• Sept 14
• Dear remote workers: You’re the first to go in recession layoffs
• It’s Alive! Worms Revived After 46,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost
• MICR Ink vs. MICR Toner: What Is MICR Ink?
• Artificial Intelligence, Steam Closets, European Dryers: The Future of Laundry Has Finally Arrived
• Sept 7
• The Quantum Leap of ChatGPT: A New Dawn in AI’s Transformative Journey
• Elevating Human Potential: AI as a Support Tool, Not a Replacement
• The Rise of Hybrid Work: How Major Companies Are Balancing Flexibility and Collaboration
• Collaborating in a hybrid work environment: the link between office layout and teamwork
• Aug 31
• How long until a robot is doing your chores?
• The $900,000 AI Job Is Here
• Elon Musk says, ‘LinkedIn cringe level is so high,’ brings his own job feature
• Crump is MPSA President
• Aug 24
• The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Document Management Systems
• The Hottest New Office Is the Gym
• Brother UK launches three new MPS services for partners
• Netflix Finally Starts Testing Cloud Gaming
• Aug 17
• The Best Laser Printers To Create Sharp Monochrome Or Color Images
• The AI Nanny in Your Baby’s Future
• That Cool New Bookstore? It’s a Barnes & Noble.
• FUJIFILM Business Innovation boosts print security with the launch of MPS Guardia™
• Aug 10
• Ranked: The U.S. Cities with the Most Vacant Offices
• US labor market resilient; productivity rebounds in the second quarter
• How Yellow’s Downfall Is Rippling Through the Economy
• Konica Minolta (KNCAY) Stock Forecast, Price & News
• Unlocking the Potential of Your Digital Presence
• Aug 3
• Millions to benefit from new flexible working measures
• Xerox Releases Second-Quarter Results, Raises 2023 Guidance
• Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses
• If you miss August’s Super Blue Moon, you’ll have to wait 9 years for your next chance
• July 27
• Better with Age: The Rising Importance of Older Workers
• ChatGPT can now remember who you are and what you want
• America Is Becoming a Nation of Early Birds
• Corsair Eyes Premium Keyboards with Drop Acquisition
• July 20
• In rage rooms, you can destroy printers with sledgehammers. But should you?
• The Rise of the Triple Peak Day
• Huge New York landlord says Fridays in the office are ‘dead forever’ — and Mondays are ‘touch-and-go’
• The New Workday Dead Zone When Nothing Gets Done
• July 13
• American Express is being investigated over sales practices. Salespeople say they have been made scapegoats.
• Generative AI will become ‘part of our daily workflow,’ says DoorDash CFO
• The State of Work in 2023
• The Next Challengers Joining Nvidia in the AI Chip Revolution
• July 6
• Green Lake Gets into AI
• A.I. Is Translating History
• Augmented Reality Devices for Schools. Product Diversification?
• June 29
• All the HP Instant Ink programs
• Work-from-campsite: The latest camping trend in the US
• Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution
• Bank says it will roll out generative AI to 45,000 employees
• June 22
• 10 Ways Apple’s Vision Pro Will Transform Retail and eCommerce
• How Small Businesses Can Use ChatGPT Now
• Virgin Galactic will Start Commercial Spaceflight as Soon as June 27
• Radio Station Gets Part-Time Based on its Midday Host
• The AI Surge: A Dot-Com Déjà Vu or the Dawn of a Tech Utopia?
• Pre June 2023
• Facebook Winds Down Its Newsletter Service
• A man who wrote the Onion’s Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously 
• Quiet firing: Let’s call it what it is – toxic workplace culture. Read, it here.
• Wisk Aero unveils new pilotless air taxis it plans to ask FAA to certify
• U.S. Recessions: History, Causes, Lengths, Stats
• Update some of HP’s printers refuse ink cartridges from companies other than HP.  Read, it here.
• JPMorgan Raises Price Target for Xerox – from $14.00 to $16.00.
• HP Inc. stock outperforms competitors – it really does, but the competition isn’t that much
• Is The Office More Important Now Than Ever Before? Watch this, it is worth the 4:34.
• A new malware called Chaos is spreading – new and rampant, just another day
• Workflow Automation: Facts vs. Myths – good stuff with real-world applications
• AI is increasing employee productivity – someday it will be simply called “intelligence”
• Will First Contact With ET Spark a War Among Humans? – if movies have taught us anything
• Sharp Announces New A3 Monochrome MFP Lineup Built On Common Platform with Workgroup Color Series 
• HP (HPQ) Gains But Lags Market – the future of Office Technology?
• Global Laser Printers Market to Reach $25.6 Billion by 2027 – the future of print?
• Copier Market Projected to Surpass 707.0 million USD and Grow at a 0.7% CAGR During the 2022-2027 Forecast Timeframe [123 Pages Report] – the future of copiers?
• New to Copier Sales: The Three Levels of Prospects, part 1 – Everyone sells.
• Future Outlook for Konica Minolta Inc. – the future of copier manufacturers?
• Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from UK competition watchdog – a metaphor for life?
• Sustainability is the key strategic technology trend for 2023 – Greenwashing technology?
• How did the CIA work with copier maker Xerox to snoop on Soviet confidential documents? – I’m working up a treatment…” Copier Tech Saves America”. Are you with me?
• “Alas poor Yorick…” the Danes ban Google Analytics.  Watch this, Google is stacking up fees and fines all over the world.  
• Don’t Spy on Employees to Ensure They’re Working, Microsoft Says.  Big Brother is alive and well, especially when jobs are on the line. 
• Not a flying car but AWS IoT FleetWise makes it easier to use real-time data to improve vehicle quality, safety, and autonomy.  
• 5 Ways to Be an Object of Interest.    My favorite hint is “Get Out of Your Echo Chamber”.
• HP Prints metal, in 3D.
• Canon serenades the work-from-home movement with Harmony.
• Xerox won managed print services deal away from Canon, in Maine.
• Xerox stock is rated down from ‘c-‘ to ‘d+’.
• Quiet quitting is all the rage.
• Girl Scout mom kicked out of Radio City and barred from seeing Rockettes after facial recognition tech identified her
• Business in the era of Everything-as-a-Service
• Is your copier spying on you?
• Sequoia’s Carl Eschenbach, who led deals for Zoom and Snowflake, to run Workday as co-CEO