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From 8-bit beginnings to the executive boardroom—this podcast brings you grounded, real-world tech insights from a 30-year IT veteran. Hosted by Mike Madole, a lifelong technologist who got his start on a TI-99/4A and went on to lead IT strategy at startups, Fortune 100 companies, and private equity-backed firms. Each episode blends personal stories with practical commentary on AI, cloud, cybersecurity, career growth, and the evolving IT landscape. Whether you're just starting out in tech or making executive-level decisions, Tech It From Me delivers clear, no-hype advice from someone who’s been there.

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S1E19 Animating Holiday Lights to Music: Behind the Scenes of Rusty Griswold’s Light Display

Sep 29, 2025 16m Transcript

Every December, my Burlington home transforms into Rusty Griswold’s Light Display — over 14,000+ LED pixels choreographed to music. In this episode, I take you behind the scenes: the tech backbone…

S1E18 SpaceX’s $17B Spectrum Deal: Direct-to-Cell Wireless, Explained

Sep 09, 2025 16m Transcript

SpaceX just made a $17B spectrum play — acquiring AWS-4, H-Block, and S-band/MSS rights from EchoStar to accelerate direct-to-cell service. In this episode of Tech It From Me, I break down what…

S1E17 The Rise of AI-Generated Scams in 2025

Sep 07, 2025 15m Transcript

AI is making scams look real—voices, video, even “your CFO.” Here’s what to watch for and how to protect your family and business. In 2025, scammers are using generative AI to clone voices, fake…

S1E16 Meta’s $10 Billion Bet on Google Cloud: What It Means for AI and the Cloud Wars

Aug 22, 2025 12m Transcript

Meta just signed a six-year, $10 billion deal with Google Cloud to power its AI ambitions. This surprising partnership brings two rivals together and reshapes the balance of power in the cloud wars…

S1E15 Do Certifications Really Help Your Career? The Truth About Credentials in 2025

Aug 18, 2025 13m Transcript

Are job certifications worth it in 2025? In this episode of Tech It From Me, Mike breaks down when credentials actually help your job search—and when they don’t. He looks at cloud & data…

S1E14 Open-Source AI vs. Big Players: Can Mistral, Ollama and LLaMA Compete?

Aug 15, 2025 9m Transcript

💡 Open-source AI is no longer a niche experiment—it’s a movement. In 2025, models like Mistral , Ollama, and Meta’s LLaMA are stepping into the ring with industry heavyweights like GPT-5, Claude 3.5,…

S1E13 The Real Cost of AI: Who’s Paying for the Compute Arms Race?

Aug 13, 2025 13m Transcript

The AI boom isn’t just about innovation — it’s a compute arms race with billion-dollar cloud bills, scarce GPUs, and a massive environmental footprint. In this episode of Tech It From Me, Mike…

S1E12 The Case for Personalized Superintelligence: Zuckerberg vs the AI Mainstream

Aug 06, 2025 16m Transcript

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled a bold new AI vision—and it’s not about one centralized superintelligence ruling the world. Instead, he’s imagining a future where each of us has our own…

S1E11 Tech It to the Bank: How Cybercriminals Really Get Your Info

Aug 05, 2025 16m Transcript

Think you’re safe online because you don’t click shady links or fall for obvious scams? Think again. In this episode of Tech It From Me, I break down how cybercriminals actually get your info—and why…

S1E10 Chasing the $4 Trillion Club: Microsoft’s Moonshot & the Tech Power Shift

Aug 02, 2025 13m Transcript

Microsoft just became the second company in history to close a trading day with a $4 trillion market cap, right behind Nvidia. In this episode, I break down what drove Microsoft to this historic…

S1E9 Behind the Buzzwords: What Is a Large Language Model (LLM), Really?

Jul 28, 2025 20m Transcript

We hear the term “large language model” everywhere these days—GPT-4, Claude, Gemini—but what does it actually mean? Are LLMs just next-gen autocomplete machines? Are they intelligent? And how do they…

S1E8 Why Wi-Fi Still Sucks in 2025

Jul 25, 2025 21m Transcript

It’s 2025. We’ve got mesh networks, gigabit plans, Wi-Fi 6—and even Wi-Fi 7 breaking through the horizon. So why does your video still buffer, your Zoom call still freeze, and your smart home still…

S1E7 From Y2K to AI: The Evolution of IT Departments

Jul 21, 2025 18m Transcript

What happens when you spend nearly 30 years in IT — and live through every major shift from dial-up to AI? In this episode of Tech It From Me, I reflect on how IT departments have evolved since…

S1E6 The Real History of AI: From Turing to Transformers

Jul 17, 2025 26m Transcript

Artificial Intelligence didn’t start with ChatGPT — and it’s not all sci-fi and speculation. In this episode, we take a journey through the real history of AI, tracing its evolution from Alan…

S1E5 Watermarking AI: The End of Undetectable AI Text?

Jul 12, 2025 14m Transcript

OpenAI has begun piloting watermarking technology to identify AI-generated text — a move that could reshape content creation, education, and business. In this episode, Mike explores: What…

S1E4 Nvidia Hits $4 Trillion – How the AI Gold Rush Changed Everything

Jul 10, 2025 17m Transcript

Nvidia just became the world’s first $4 trillion publicly traded company. A company that started out making graphics cards for gamers is now worth more than Amazon and Google combined. In this…

S1E3 Tech Layoffs: How to Protect Your Career and Stay Relevant!

Jul 07, 2025 17m Transcript

Microsoft just laid off 9,000 employees. But they’re not alone – Amazon, Google, and countless startups have done the same. No matter how strong your performance is, no one is immune to layoffs in…

S1E2 Canada’s Digital Tax Backtrack: Fair Play or Policy Fail?

Jul 03, 2025 11m Transcript

Canada’s proposed Digital Services Tax (DST) aimed to make tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon pay their fair share. However, after the U.S. issued trade threats and political pressure,…

S1E1 Will AI Really Replace All Mundane Jobs?

Jul 01, 2025 9m Transcript

Will AI Really Replace All Mundane Jobs? Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” says AI will replace everyone doing mundane intellectual work. That’s a bold claim. But is it true? In this…

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