Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #228 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.

This week, Rob, Marc, David, Ryan, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:

* BAD KARAOKE! "Feel Your Love", Van Halen
* Catering to the universal human 15 second attention span!
* AI is acquiring and expanding its attention as we shorten ours. What does it mean?
* Why telcos subconsciously get in their own way with IoT
* Is there a "We" in "Telco" or "IoT"?
* Rob discovers that being an analyst is all about the glamor of it all!
* How to make storage sexy again... make it about AI!
* The speed of IoT - what is it and why does it matter?
* Why IoT projects get cancelled - because you called it an IoT project?
* Depreciation is the vendor's greatest sales cycle foe!
* The religion of open tech and the burden of Kumbaya!
* The missing holistic thinking about IoT... after all these years.
* Why plumbers make more than IoT people.
* The Things Conference 2024 - tracking the evolution of the IoT mindset

Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.