Rory Cellan-Jones (born 17 January 1958) is the BBC’s principal technology correspondent reporting on the biggest developments and news stories in the field. From the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s to the rise of Google and Facebook, from the Psion organizer to the iPad, he’s covered all the big gadget and business stories. He has interviewed countless tech visionaries from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk to Tim Berners-Lee. Dot.Rory, his previous blog, was named among the Top 100 blogs by the Sunday Times. Rory has been described as “the non-geek’s geek” and aims to look at the impact of the internet and digital technology on our lives and businesses. He hosts the BBC weekly podcast Tech Tent, which looks at technology trends and businesses around the world and is the author of Dot.Bomb: The Strange Death of Dot.Com Britain. His twitter handle is @ruskin147.
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Episode 202
Rory Cellan-Jones
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Rory Cellan-Jones (born 17 January 1958) is the BBC’s principal technology correspondent reporting on the biggest developments and news stories in the field. From the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s to the rise of Google and Facebook, from the Psion organizer to the iPad, he’s covered all the big gadget and business stories. He has interviewed countless tech visionaries from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk to Tim Berners-Lee. Dot.Rory, his previous blog, was named among the Top 100 blogs by the Sunday Times. Rory has been described as “the non-geek’s geek” and aims to look at the impact of the internet and digital technology on our lives and businesses. He hosts the BBC weekly podcast Tech Tent, which looks at technology trends and businesses around the world and is the author of Dot.Bomb: The Strange Death of Dot.Com Britain. His twitter handle is @ruskin147.
In Episode 202 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with veteran BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones about the biggest developments and news stories in tech from the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s to the rise of Google and Facebook. These stories and more are included in Rory’s new book “Always On,” which chronicles the rise of the smartphone era and how technology has altered our customs, expectations, and lives in ways that are easy to forget only fifteen years since the launch of the first iPhone.
This is a conversation unlike most any other that you will have heard on this podcast, because there isn’t any one particular lesson that you are meant to take away from it. Instead, we want you to use it as an opportunity to reflect on just how much change we’ve seen in our lives over the last fifteen years and think about not only the causes of that change, but how different the world will be over the next fifteen if current trends continue and what that’s going to mean for our lives, for our businesses, and for our political systems.
In the overtime, Rory shares his impressions of Silicon Valley culture and what he’s learned from interviewing some of the most powerful people in tech. Demetri and Rory also discuss the transformation of media, cultural differences between British and American journalists and the press, and the future of independent publishing and podcasting and what it means for the viability of traditional news outlets, especially those that depend evermore on sensationalism and controversy in order eke out a profit in this hyper-competitive media landscape.
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Rory Cellan-Jones (born 17 January 1958) is the BBC’s principal technology correspondent reporting on the biggest developments and news stories in the field. From the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s to the rise of Google and Facebook, from the Psion organizer to the iPad, he’s covered all the big gadget and business stories. He has interviewed countless tech visionaries from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk to Tim Berners-Lee. Dot.Rory, his previous blog, was named among the Top 100 blogs by the Sunday Times. Rory has been described as “the non-geek’s geek” and aims to look at the impact of the internet and digital technology on our lives and businesses. He hosts the BBC weekly podcast Tech Tent, which looks at technology trends and businesses around the world and is the author of Dot.Bomb: The Strange Death of Dot.Com Britain. His twitter handle is @ruskin147.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
