- How the 1944 CIA Sabotage Manual Accidentally Became Your Software Acquisition Playbook - as always, have less meeting.
- Stellan Skarsgård: ‘Don’t try to be perfect. Tell your children: I’m sorry, I’m a piece of crap, but I love you’ - “I believe that art is important because it allows you to see the world through someone else’s eyes. What language can’t explain, art can.”
- Every data centre is a U.S. military base - A history of US tech companies getting their tendrils onto Canada.
- AI set to boost cloud spending, again - Yes: ”Capital expenditures by cloud service providers are expected to increase by almost 40% in 2026, to nearly $600 billion, according to a report from S&P Global. Last year, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle spent a combined total of $437 billion, a significant increase of 68% year over year. ” But: “Nearly eight in 10 executives believe AI won’t start significantly contributing to enterprise revenue until 2030, according to a study published by the IBM Institute for Business Value. Yet the technology is expected to drive enterprise growth over the next four years.”
- BellSoft bets Java expertise can beat hardened container wave
- 12% of American workers use artificial intelligence in their roles every day - “Meanwhile, some 49% of the US workforce reported ‘never’ using AI in their role” Also, cool chart.
- UX of public restrooms - 3D UX for kids. Not good.
- My time at Amazon, Part I - Becca Selah - “Amazon is where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves.”
- “Someone said ‘you don’t need a Mac mini and those that buy them also have unused golf clubs’ and well I feel seen.” In the SDT Slack.