Patterns vs Platforms - It’s all hard stuff. Instead of centralized platforms, perhaps consider public cloud instead, mixed with conventions. Variation: don’t build your own platform, outsource it to a vendor/cloud.
The Homework Apocalypse substack.com/inbox/pos… How to incorporate ChatGPT (etc.) in school and lessons…in a good way.
Confused Coté Corner: The RHEL Drama
Recent picture of me trying to figure this all out. (I seem to have forgotten my toupee that day.)Source CodeI’ve almost figured out the drama around Red Hat redoing how they distribute the source code for RHEL. Is this it?Here is my understanding of it:
Before the changes, anyone could get the source code (and I assume configuration, build methods, etc.) so that they could create an exact copy of RHEL (“bug for bug,” as people like to say).
Midjourney and Adobe Stock - Using AI to make stock photography, etc.
The real story of how Facebook almost acquired Waze, but we ended up with Google - “Acquisitions are the first moment when founders and investors have diverging interests. This is the one time when you should be wary of feedback from your investors. And, of course, like any negotiation, whoever is willing to walk away will get the better deal – always have a red line and hold firm to it."
Gsma | Mobile Industry Eyes Five Billion ‘Dormant’ Phones Sitting In Desk Drawers For Reuse Or Recycling - 5 billion phones sitting in desk drawers.
Midjourney and Adobe Stock - Using AI to make stock photography, etc.
‘Zero trust’ was supposed to revolutionize cybersecurity. Here’s why that hasn’t happened yet. - ’John Watts, a Gartner analyst, wrote in the firm’s annual predictions memo from last December that “moving from theory to practice with zero trust is challenging,” and that fewer than 1% of large enterprises are actually using it today…. Moreover, Watts predicted that “over 60% of organizations will embrace zero trust as a starting place for security by 2025 but more than half will fail to realize the benefits.” A report from Nathan Parde of MIT’s Lincoln Lab last May, meantime, estimated the typical zero-trust deployment will take anywhere from three to five years. That is a depressing thought, to be sure.’
Beyond belt-tightening: How marketing can drive resiliency during uncertain times | McKinsey - What’s a little crazy is: shouldn’t this all just be the way marketing always works?
28 Questions to Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-Ones - Good things to talk about in your meetings if you can’t think of anything else.