How We Know Us
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An Unlikely Google Solicitation
It’s not surprising to receive an unsolicited job offer, but the personalization and craftsmanship that went into the language of this one takes the cronut. Maybe an autonomous car was transferred to HR? (1) NEW OPENING WORKING WITH GOOGLE emorisse you were chosen as a candidate for this position
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13 Years of VC Connections in NYC
Anyone ever tell you that fundraising is a small world? Drawing the graph of connections between funders and NYC companies from 2001 through the present, we see a highly connected core with most outliers representing single deals. That level of connectedness is why reputation matters so very much. (Also thrilled to see the NYC funding ecosystem grow over…
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The Value in Cost Shifting of Cloud Computing
There are a lot of threads around asking, “Is cloud computing less expensive than on-premise?” The short answer is: it depends. Here’s a quick outline of the why the better question is which provides more value. In economics, there are two types of costs in production: fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs are independent…
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Joint Strike Fighter – Commodities and #FlightOps
With the deliberate abstraction of hardware from software in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) , the US and development partners are creating the potential for realizing the customization and training powers of commoditization we’ve seen in the datacenter server world.
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If it’s amazing, but unusable, is it still a cloud?
In Boston this week planning for the new fiscal year, I stayed in a brand new boutique hotel. So brand new that the price was well below any of the local chains, and they hadn’t worked out all of their kinks. The look and comforts of the room was excellent: clean design furniture, Lavazza in-room…
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West Village on Georgetown
Person of Interest is filming in my neighborhood today, and the crew has changed some of the street signs. I probably would not have noticed, except this happens to be the “famous” corner where Waverley intersects with itself. Remember Kramer getting lost in the West Village and stumbling upon intersection of 1st and 1st?
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Weather be damned, we’re putting the top down!
as seen on Waverly Place @ Gay Street
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McRib Model of Cloud Operations
McCloud
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On This Day in Transportation History, New York’s Penn Station Opened – WNYC
Good luck to all of today’s travelers. Happy Thanksgiving. http://www.wnyc.org/story/photos-day-transportation-history-new-yorks-penn-station-opened/
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Sargent vs Velazquez
http://www.newshelton.com/wet/dry/?p=11995
Got any book recommendations?