Year: 2014
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They dubbed it Slack and released it in August 2013. Since then, Slack has grown swiftly: more than 300,000 people use it each day, and the company has more than 73,000 paid users. The company has also raised a lot of venture capital funding—about $163 million since the company switched its focus to Slack. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532606/three-questions-with-slacks-ceo/…
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[H]ighway billboards have returned as a coveted status symbol for tech’s directionless marketing departments So that’s what billboards are for! http://valleywag.gawker.com/billboards-of-semi-nude-brogrammers-are-lining-silicon-1660933261
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To me this almost the image of…a dog running ahead of the fire. And, as a bonus: “my contention is that the Mac in the 90s sucked!” Exponent: 024: A Celebratory Goblet of Champagne http://overca.st/Bihkhrizk
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Coté Memo #055: It’s cold in Toronto
Follow-up I mentioned the Software Defined Talk recording last week, the episode is up for those who were waiting. At DockerCon EU – turns out I’ll be at the Amsterdam DocerCon the first week of Dec, just for a day and half, though. If you’re there, it’d be fun to meetup. I’ll have been traveling…
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Coté Memo #054: CA World wrap, Docker orchestration
Tech & Work World Quick Hits Rackspace reports solid growth in the third quarter – time to turn back on the love-pipes, I guess. The point being: it’s hard to figure out how to rate a company, esp. on short-term financials. Microsoft rebrands Lync as ‘Skype for Business’; readies 2015 releases (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) –…
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Meetings are where I go to find out what kind of work I should have been doing while I was at the meeting. Back to Work: 195: Prima Facie Butter Coffee http://overca.st/BZhSUqJc
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Coté Memo #053: there’s a lot of earth for software to eat, day 1 of #CAWorld
Follow-up It’s been awhile. The family and I were on vacation for a bit in Paris, and then I was at the OpenStack Summit. Tech & Work World Quick Hits Why Podcasting Is Bigger Than You Think – Edison Research (Annotated Tab Pile) – there’s a thought-technology battle going on to convince people that podcasts…
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What they will not do is maintain steady eye contact or smile. If a stranger of the opposite sex smiles at you, it’s best to do as the French do and return only a blank look before turning away. If you smile back, you might find yourself in a Pepé Le Pew–type situation. http://www.fodors.com/news/story_3925.html
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Coté Memo #052: Two types of clouds and headless doctors
Follow-up Hey there! It’s been awhile. I warned you, things are monkey-balls over here. Tech & Work World Quick Hits Nancy Gohring summarizes OpenStack vendor sports of late – an excellent, concise overview of the OpenStack movements of late. Nancy is one of the best tech reporters out there working on cloud. I’m glad she’s…
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docker has a straightforward CLI that allows you to do almost everything you could want to a container. All of these commands use the image id (ex. be29975e0098), the image name (ex. myusername/webapp) and the container id (ex. 72d468f455ea) interchangably depending on the operation you are trying to do. This is confusing at first, so…
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When in Rome, format your PowerPoints like the Romans do
One of the “tricks” you learn in programming – “soft skills,” apparently they used to call them – is that you should match the style and formatting of the code you’re editing. If you’re starting with your own code from scratch, no problem, go crazy. But if you’re like most developers in the world and…
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Now you’re a zombie with bags. Upgrade: 5: Macworld Cosplay http://overca.st/DeCk_eS8Q
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There used to be time to arrive. Incremental geographical changes would ease the inner transitions: desert would gradually give way to shrub, savannah to grassland. At the harbour, the camels would be unloaded, a room would be found overlooking the customs house, passage would be negotiated on a steamer. Flying fish would skim past the…
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Coté Memo #051: Meetings suck, links galore
Tech & Work World Quick Hits Join the Foglight beta The look of a leader Developer Events Run Down: What’s Coming Up and What Not to Miss – nice list of developer related events coming up Comparing Uber &co. To traditional taxi fares – yes, indeed. With New Analytics Service, Salesforce Challenges Startup Visualization Crowd…
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It was ‘fly.’ Roderick on the Line: 128: “Arcadum” http://overca.st/BmEM1RTP0
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I go through a mall, and I have no idea why any of the stores in there – except the Apple store – is open. I don’t know who goes in there, why they go in there, how the lights stay on because they must be buying something. The Critical Path: 126: Making the world…
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A long wait for a scanning machine can induce many of us to start asking ourselves if we have perhaps after all left home with an explosive device hidden in our case, or unwittingly submitted to a months-long terrorist training course. A Week at the Airport, Alain de Botton
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Coté Memo #050: not much on Friday, pretty boring for #50
Meta-data Hello again, welcome to #050. Today we have 54 subscribers, so we’re +1. Keep your best behavior up for this new person! I’d love to hear what you like, dislike, your feedback, etc.: memo@cote.io. (If you’re reading this on the web, you should subscribe to get the daily email.) See past newsletters in the…
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