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Massive demand, limited suppliers, huge barriers to entry. It’s a good time to be a manufacturing company. It is, potentially, a good time to be Intel. After all, of those four companies, the most advanced, by a significant margin, is Intel. The only problem is that Intel sees themselves as a design company, come hell or high water. -THE INTEL OPPORTUNITY

Most of these dynamics predate the internet, but digital technologies are magnifying their salience. People keep returning to the mantra of “work-life balance” as a model for thinking about their lives, even as it’s hard to distinguish between what constitutes work and what constitutes life, which is presumably non-work. But this binary makes little sense for many people. And it raises a serious question: what does labor mean in a digital ecosystem where sociality is monetized and personal and professional identities are blurred?

The flavour might best be described as being a cross between medicine, crushed plants, and bitter mud.... The drink's numerous medicinal claims came in handy during the American prohibition; as a medicine, Fernet Branca was still legal. --Fernet Branca

Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay-Z going to Cuba - it's unbelievable. I've got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one. --The President

As IBM now cleverly says Mobile isn’t a Device, Its Data... We’re heading into a beautiful, bright, future where Data is Eating The World and solving tough problems... --Mobile, Informed Consent, and the Permission First Web

Check it out! Charles and I recorded an episode. In Video! Charles and I discuss DevOpsDays Austin, how programmers keep up with things now-a-days, and some detailed examples of the social parts of GitHub.

Well played... More: White Men Wearing Google Glass

I was in and out of DevOpsDays Austin over the past few days. It's always a fun, event, packed with plenty of old friends and folks to catch up. We gave away a Sputnik to a lucky winner, a fine fellow from Boston as I recall. Also, check out Barton’s video interview with Patrick Debois.

Some take aways from Rob. More: 7 takeaways from DevOps Days Austin

menswear techniques that sounds really important and next level, but, when you think about it, is really just a basic move you used to do all the time as a kid. --The Truth About Pattern Matching