Mike McBride

New Shared Link - The under-16 social media ban and the rise of “show me your papers” internet https://www.technollama.co.uk/the-under-16-social-media-ban-and-the-rise-of-show-me-your-papers-internet - There’s a small indie game from 2013 that I think about often. In Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please you play an immigration inspector at the border of the glorious…

New Shared Link - Comprehensive ESI Protocol Includes Hyperlinked Files, Generative AI and More https://ediscoverytoday.com/2026/07/09/comprehensive-esi-protocol-includes-hyperlinked-files-generative-ai-and-more-ediscovery-case-law/ - In this comprehensive ESI protocol, the parties negotiated the handling of hyperlinked files, disclosure of AI prompts and more.

New Shared Link - The AI Protective Order Double Standard https://craigball.net/2026/07/27/the-ai-protective-order-double-standard/ - I’ve spent forty-odd years watching the discovery process get weaponized—not always to protect legitimate interests, but often to price opponents out of the fight. I’ve seen it with discovery, p…

Blog post - Worth Reading – The AI Productivity Illusion https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/worth-reading-the-ai-productivity-illusion/

New Shared Link - The Networking Strategy: Building Your Foundation https://careersherpa.net/networking-strategy/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=networking-strategy - Stop relying solely on job boards. Learn how to build a proactive networking strategy, identify key connections, and master your elevator pitch to land your next role.

Recalled Messages Soon you'll be able to recall external emails in different M365 tenants #M365 #Exchange #eDiscovery https://newsletter.mikemcbride365.com/p/recalled-messages

New Shared Link - AI Security: A Human In The Loop Is Essential. It's Not Enough. https://www.newideaslegaltech.com/ai-security-a-human-in-the-loop-is-essential-its-not-enough/ - "Human in the loop" has quickly become one of the most reassuring phrases in the modern AI vocabulary. It suggests prudence, restraint, and—above

New Shared Link - AI agents are not your coworkers https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/29/1139849/ai-agents-are-not-your-coworkers/?utm_source=DamnInteresting - Marketing AI agents as digital employees may make human workers worse at spotting errors and more likely to offload accountability.

New Shared Link - Class actions against law firms for data breaches takes a new turn https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Class-actions-against-law-firms-for-data-breaches-takes-a-new-turn.html?soid=1103577314770&aid=AVHoi6BjIXY - Email from The Posse List/The Project Counsel Group   Class actions against law firms for data breaches takes a new turn __________________________   Project Counsel M…

New Shared Link - Discovery Isn't Sequential. So Why Is Your Workflow? https://www.prosearch.com/discovery-isnt-sequential-so-why-is-your-workflow/ - Our profession is redrawing its map as we speak. EDRM 2.0, the first real update to the reference model in over a decade, is in public comment through the end of July, and it is tho…

New Shared Link - Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach - IBM’s global Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 provides up-to-date insights into cybersecurity data breaches and their financial impacts on organizations.

New Shared Link - Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/hate-algorithm-rss-one-tools-youve-been-looking - Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we se…

New Shared Link - Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #194 https://mikemcbride.substack.com/p/thought-provoking-things-worth-sharing-c92 - Deep holiday weekend thoughts about career changes

New Shared Link - Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #195 https://mikemcbride.substack.com/p/thought-provoking-things-worth-sharing-840 - Are we destined to never stop working?

Blog post - Worth Reading – EDRM Invites Global Community to Shape EDRM 2.0 via Public Comment https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/worth-reading-edrm-invites-global-community-to-shape-edrm-2-0-via-public-comment/

New Shared Link - AI Governance is a Hollow Framework Without Data Governance https://blog.victoriaholt.co.uk/2026/06/ai-governance-is-hollow-framework.html - The Hard Truth: We are trying to govern the outputs of frontier AI without establishing strict control over the inputs. Imagine a near-futu...

New Shared Link - Lawyers’ Use of AI Notetakers and Client Conversations: Ethics Rules, Risks, and Best Practices (2026 Update) https://www.myshingle.com/2026/07/can-lawyers-legally-and-ethically-record-conversations-with-clients-using-artificial-intelligence/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9XEDg6jFF7L_FkW1yBByfhgRbDSJWnA7B6m_m3givm8z1zKShDENhYivPeac88XY8WM08Ry2FFp3zOntPtVSMWhyTuww&_hsmi=427808552&utm_content=427808552&utm_source=hs_email - This post has been updated as of July 2026 to incorporate guidance from NYC Opinion 1270 on ethical issues related to attorn…

Blog post - Worth Reading – Corporate America spends billions on mental health services. 97% never use it. https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/worth-reading-corporate-america-spends-billions-on-mental-health-services-97-never-use-it/

New Shared Link - Hunting for Agentic Attack Artifacts https://rodtrent.substack.com/p/hunting-for-agentic-attack-artifacts?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1254398&post_id=210396603&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1edcbi&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email - Traditional indicators of compromise still matter, but agentic attacks leave a different class of residue.

New Shared Link - Music influencers are getting paid to promote songs — and they're not telling you https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5849926/influencers-paid-music-promotion?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email - Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising that some influencers are bein…

New Shared Link - Stop Overloading Your Middle Managers and Start Redesigning the Role https://www.reworked.co/talent-management/stop-overloading-your-middle-managers-and-start-redesigning-the-role/?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cm&utm_content=soc-linkedin-260630-ac - Middle management are juggling two roles at once — and struggling with both. The problem is the role was never properly designed in the first place.

Blog post - Worth Reading – America is Heading Toward the Infinite Workweek Thanks to AI https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/worth-reading-america-is-heading-toward-the-infinite-workweek-thanks-to-ai/

New Shared Link - AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet?utm_source=DamnInteresting - AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

M365 News Roundup for - July 2026 Another new Copilot feature = another new cost #M365 #Copilot #Purview #Microsoft https://newsletter.mikemcbride365.com/p/m365-news-roundup-for-july-2026

New Shared Link - Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/10/microsoft-warns-customers-ai-will-mean-busier-patch-tuesdays/5269618 - More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools

Blog post - Have We Considered that it’s not Remote Work that Causes Mental Health Issues, but a Culture That Makes it Harder? https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/have-we-considered-that-its-not-remote-work-that-causes-mental-health-issues-but-a-culture-that-makes-it-harder/

M365 News Roundup for August 2026 Copilot Super-app? #M365 https://newsletter.mikemcbride365.com/p/m365-news-roundup-for-august-2026

New Shared Link - You can't teach organisations to value information management until you teach them to value information - and why that's a blindspot for us https://metairm.substack.com/p/you-cant-teach-organisations-to-value?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=488244&post_id=205142202&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1edcbi&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email - Why would anyone spend money to manage something that they don't value?

New Shared Link - Why Being Good at Your Job Can Hurt Your Career https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/optimizing-success/202607/why-being-good-at-your-job-can-hurt-your-career?ref=refind - The reward for doing great work isn't always a promotion. Sometimes it's just more work. Here's how the competency tax keeps high performers stuck.

Blog post - Shared Links (bi-weekly) July 26, 2026 https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/shared-links-bi-weekly-july-26-2026/

Blog post - Worth Reading – AI has made work almost endless, but it doesn’t have to be this way https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/worth-reading-ai-has-made-work-almost-endless-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way/

New Shared Link - Rising ‘bring your own AI’ trend can spell trouble for employers, expert warns https://www.hrdive.com/news/rising-bring-your-own-ai-trend-can-spell-trouble-for-employers/824319/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HRDive%2Fmagazine%2FTalent - Without clear oversight, employee adoption of personally sourced AI tools can lead to issues with accuracy and compliance, Keith Spencer, a career expert, …

New Shared Link - Why AI is Bad for Women Workers https://open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhirsch/p/why-ai-is-bad-for-women-workers?r=1edcbi&utm_medium=ios - turns out there are lots of reasons!

Blog post - Shared Links (bi-weekly) July 12, 2026 https://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2026/07/shared-links-bi-weekly-july-12-2026/

New Shared Link - Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #196 https://mikemcbride.substack.com/p/thought-provoking-things-worth-sharing-b66 - What does the foundation of your network look like?

New Shared Link - How to spot AI images: A fact-checker's guide https://www.snopes.com/articles/471427/spot-ai-images-guide/ - Though artificial intelligence tools have improved, our team has developed more skills for detecting AI fakes.