Monthly Archives: January 2009
Do clouds have doors and locks?
You can’t go a day without a dozen or so pundits preaching the value and virtues of the cloud. Most folks seem to accept its enevitable conclusion, that all things software will eventually be powered by a “cloud infrastructure” – … Continue reading
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Henry Ford could have built a faster horse, but didn’t
I’m not one to hunt for famous quotes, they sort of grab my attention dependent on mood and timing. I was reading something related to cloud technologies and came across a good one from Henry Ford: If I listened to … Continue reading
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How can we leverage the cloud?
I used to get this question a lot at my current old company. How can we, as a user of several operational systems, take more advantage of The Cloud? This is where the infamous Gartner Hype Cycle, of which there … Continue reading
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Open source needs to move to Open Business
When simplicity or logic creates new thought, I get excited. I know I can spend more time than necessary trying to dissect some esoteric principle, partly out of might to achieve some intellectual challenge, partly out of the hope of … Continue reading
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Solar power is the little engine that could
Occasionally I’ll read a report about how alternative energy plants are doing, either in their capacity, innovations, or future. I read a new summary from The Oil Drum that certainly puts things in perspective in relatively simple terms. A large(1,900 … Continue reading
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The cloud is all hype – shock horror!!
Chuck Goolsbee wrote this article entitled ‘Don’t buy cloud computing hype – business model will evaporate‘. Rather doom and gloom but catchy. I guess that is half the art to pay the bills. Unfortunately I think the hype of the … Continue reading
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Background
I was born in silicon valley in the 70s. I live in San Francisco with 2 girls and a lovely wife. I grew up in a sort of Who’s Who of silicon valley engineers not realizing until years later that … Continue reading
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