ChatGPT in 4o mode is not running the new features yet - “They also made the new 4o model available to paying ChatGPT Plus users, on the web and in their apps. But, crucially, those big new features were not part of that release.” // I guess vendors have always done this - releasing betas and previews - but it’s become more acceptable to pre-release features that aren’t actually available yet. I call them “spoilers."
With Selipsky Out, What’s Next For AWS? - “AWS’s differentiation historically has been in infrastructure. Rather than compete in areas like enterprise software suites, it can double down on custom silicon GPUs as an NVIDIA alternative. AWS could bring its “go build it” cloud strategy to genAI to help customers home in on use cases that matter most rather than pushing AI everywhere. Still, this approach risks ceding ground to Azure as Microsoft courts business users by embedding AI into souped-up versions of Microsoft 365 and Dynamics while rolling out OpenAI-based services more generally. Google Cloud, which climbed into many enterprise accounts as a second or third cloud focused on data, has its own powerful AI offerings as well as general-purpose cloud capabilities. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is now in the mix for enterprise cloud customers, putting pressure on AWS and others with its low egress charges and overall price competition, as well as its premium database services and growing AI offerings. Red Hat continues to have a strong play in multicloud and hybrid environments."
Internet use statistically associated with higher wellbeing, finds new global Oxford study - “The study analysed data from two million individuals aged 15 to 99 in 168 countries, including Latin America, Asia, and Africa and found internet access and use was consistently associated with positive wellbeing.” // At this point, who knows? Like everything else in life, it’s probably how you use it that matters.
The Presentation Mistake You Don’t Know You’re Making - ’If your very expensive luxury hotel rooms offer ocean views, silk sheets, and a Jacuzzi, don’t mention the ironing board in the closet or the coffeepot.’ // Seems a little too turns out… // This replication study show that it sort of works. Furthermore that if you include an expensive item for free on the bundle, people see the bundle as good. // I generally think this kind of BOGO stuff is a scam and pricing tricks. So when I see it, I get suspicious that I’m being tricked.
Notes on Spain – Matt Lakeman - “Not only is there a €1 coin, but a €2 coin too, in addition to 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cent coins. So if you pay for a €2.65 bottle of wine with a €10 euro note, you had better prepare yourself for the hail of loose change coming your way."
AWS CISO: In AI gold rush, folks forget application security - “the places where we’re seeing the security gaps first are actually at the application layer”
Aligning with User Needs with Rod Johnson - ’Spring Source ended up not monetizing Spring at all — but rather worked on monetizing with products that were complementary to Spring. “We monetized Spring by not monetizing Spring, by using it to open the door”’ // Great interview if you’re into the whole open source business model thing.
Dan Vega - Spring Developer Advocate, YouTuber and Lifelong Learner - Dan and DaShaun are great devrel people, and they’ve built a great corner of the Spring community, in just a year!
Boomi Dismembers TIBCO Through Acquisitions - “TIBCO’s mistake was cobbling together a bunch of unrelated products and not investing in a cohesive user experience. I’ve called it the ‘TIBCO Frankenstein’ to my clients. TIBCO needed to build a unified user experience across its integration products. But with the sale of Mashery, it appears that ship has sailed."
About my studio - Working from home, artist edition. (1) no commute saves time and means booting up into work is faster and frequent: “there is also an advantage to not having a separate studio outside your home. When I did rent a studio in the past it meant that all my artwork in progress was elsewhere, and that required overcoming inertia to make myself go to my studio. When the artwork is right next to me then it’s simple to do a few minutes extra work on it – correcting a mistake or enhancing a part of the image – without needing to trek to the studio.” (2) you think about work more frequently, a good version of living rent free in your mind…work lives rent free in your house? “And having my work-in-progress continuously visible out of the corner of my eye while I’m decompressing from my day job – streaming a film, reading a book, browsing the web – means that I unconsciously reflect on it during my downtime, allowing flashes of lateral insight to spark in my head while I’m actually concentrating on something else.” // These more apply to solitary synchronized, creative endeavors. When it comes to synchronized collaborative management (“meetings”), maybe not so much.