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Talking Cleveland on KIRO
John Curley at KIRO had me back on the radio (look it up kids) to recap the trip to Cleveland and what we learned about Seattle from that trip. (The audio and video are not synced, so it is easier to just listen — will update with a synced version).
Sooner or later, our politicians are going to have to explain how we’re not on a path to repeat Cleveland’s 50 years in the ditch.
Remember When Nirvana Opened for Me?
If you squint just right, it was this week.
This is Your Community with a Data Center
Great piece on Quincy, Washington and how the town has benefited immensely from being a data center hub.
I used to do a presentation for people who thought they were doing cloud computing (but weren’t). It was a travelogue that went from Seattle to Quincy and showed the scale (and energy infrastructure) of the hypercloud build-out. My favorite slide was zooming on the biggest building in town: “This is an Apple facility. More specifically a facility for apples. The largest cold storage facility in the world is in Quincy.”
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Data about the actual impact of data centers, Wherever Will We Put Data Centers?, You Can’t Blame Data Centers in Seattle for Our Skyrocketing Electricity Prices, Release the (Electrical) Scapegoat!, The Pain in Maine Stems Mainly from the Insane, The Pain in New England Stems Mainly from the Insane, The Pain in Maine Compounds, Cloud Power Up
Never Take a Dependency on Crazy Mark: Episode 2
I’ll let Mark explain the risk in his own words:
“Since this is not an open source model, this is I think the first time that we’re doing a real serious API,” Zuckerberg said, referring to the application programming interface used to access Meta’s AI.
Software Migration Warning: Workday
It is important to know the three stages of software migration associated with private equity:
Stage 1: BE READY: There is heightened risk of private equity software acquisitions. (We have been in Stage 1 for over a decade).
Stage 2: BE SET: A warning has been issued and there is a significant chance your software provider will be acquired by private equity. Organizations that may need extra time should begin planning their migration now.
Stage 3: MIGRATE NOW: ALERT Private equity has purchased your software provider ALERT.
Quick(er) Hits
RIP Darryl Taft – one of my favorite tech reporters with his incomparable early hours of the morning mellow jazz DJ style. He will be missed.