AWS re:Invent

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

AWS re:Invent Keynotes

https://virtual.reinvent.awsevents.com/track/?trackID=E930FDEA03498D13B5CDACA0833D5A2

F.T.C. Sues to Stop Blockbuster Chip Deal Between Nvidia and Arm

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/technology/ftc-nvidia-arm-deal.html

UK regulator set to block Meta's Giphy deal

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uk-regulator-set-block-metas-giphy-deal-ft-2021-11-29/

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Have you tried WebEx lately?

Whither Skype?

Did Zoom depend too much on growth-hacking dirty tricks? https://findthethread.postach.io/post/the-thing-with-zoom

Zoom loses Five9 while WebEx extends gap with Contact Center capabilities

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/contact-center/webex-contact-center/index.html

Nvidia's on a Roll - Nvidia’s just beginning

TinyML

Global shipments of TinyML chipsets are expected to reach 2.5 billion units by 2030, representing a 164x increase from 2020.

https://www.arm.com/blogs/blueprint/tinyml

TinyML solution can decrease the size of the deep learning algorithms by 98% while decreasing accuracy by only 1%.

Ford and GM announce plans to develop chips amid ongoing semiconductor shortage

https://www.techspot.com/news/92299-ford-gm-announce-plans-develop-chips-amid-ongoing.html

No-Code/Low Code Update

Taplink is a tool used to quickly create mobile-friendly no-code websites. (Again - everyone is IT)

Rebranding of IT - This is relative of the role in organizations

https://www.idgconnect.com/article/3576598/the-changing-name-and-face-of-enterprise-it.html

Recommendations

Dominic

Belkin Soundform Connect

Zack

Like drawing on real paper for your iPad

https://paperlike.com/

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MongoDB.local London

https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon

AWS re:Invent

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

Recommendations

Dominic

People. Just people. In three dimensions and real life.

Mike

The Tim Ferriss Show - Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show/id863897795?i=1000540043607

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Facebook goes Meta

https://stratechery.com/2021/meta/ 

Microsoft wants to beat Meta at its own game

https://thehustle.co/11042021-microsoft-meta/ 

Tinder also goes meta, with NFTs

https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/11/03/match-group-details-plans-for-a-dating-metaverse-tinders-virtual-goods-based-economy/ 

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, by John Perry Barlow 

https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence 

Quick News

Low-code/no-code: Botmock acquired by Walmart

https://www.botmock.com/blog/walmart-to-acquire-botmock-technology 

Recommendations

Dominic

MongoDB.local London — hybrid event, in-person and online

https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon 

50% discount code: DominicWellington50

Mike

New Oura Ring Coming - $50 discount link: 

https://ablink.m.ouraring.com/ls/click?upn=N8tmOVmhlLmN-2BvzIQBg5G3IT8A2NTQkRZyCa1tZK-2F0qLMl0-2BqVeEIUKxyjaHEX33kBut-2FVEdMXeCL6Jk8oZcyDytT8r-2FRa4-2Bs8fI29Ubw-2B2DJhSeFUyUMpl0Al58prLQtceo5aMW8QvmF14i8dzdO-2FKnp20cbozCr17BNPGZwcUOCMz620zcTNt1SdhXkc7Mw0xZFB67exKv7hVbb6kdFQ-3D-3DZkCm_Id0GDeWFgkDhRsu8fkH4t9bRZZJLAwwoMgGS5MPZjgaEy4SkX295IFfN0mQk6nuK1Wh5bhkOsvNfCPIvmsi37YyX24kxFacmiFR21ZYFNTj7lZvOWn06rxSJQidVMXKktATiJjCM-2Ba9XB0o-2FL2NiiwgT-2BCPI63U7ZUCbC31M0iDS7vl5HIwOjtpQsJiHcv75D5p4MHyMQM7O-2BHVzAeycjuCc-2FKlzcmYHrukT-2Fi3-2BThazwDEq1-2FXN3HnkJpovSjM0FNOyo3RLLLdzGftR4atNQhGP4bg-2FOC6UcLUJTUUMfm5mYOHQuE9yXGMWyDvjksy4-2Fs35tUgEc9aeDRcc-2FBK2pCg-2FbgD1HZj4fXr6gQBfMcC8p1-2BvMJ7VhJS2Oe5m081I-2FdLr3OxFfg5gaxwnfuw7SmWS01W-2Bfl2bsJLj0IVkp26BA-2BjLEJik2jrqUL2dAwDAD0bxa9BXT85gSIKodMzjFq44nyAXy7LUpmgKNNWs27z2qnryjDQwiMuRECE2VtAjy4CB4Ij1gdxHJ5FwLytxNNPxE-2F2-2FcY31rB25ZQKofZNwod16TJeHMIk928Ik0z-2FcvnhXm1VK1R9yb03EX0hJ7l9v7uwKPgwzOUI-2FCUubgoSF8rhsI85MX-2FyV8OzzV-2FQMn3SjiOWwThR0jrg3ugq25A-3D-3D

Zack

Drone racing league https://thedroneracingleague.com 

Lilac

People. Just people. In three dimensions and real life.

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Google Next ’21

https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next

Google Cloud Removes Old Guard - Will it be enough?

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reorganizes engineering unit in hopes of gaining market share more quickly

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-reorganizes-engineering-eyal-manor-out.html

Google Cloud cuts its marketplace revenue shares from 20% to 3%

https://cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2021/sep/29/google-cloud-cuts-its-marketplace-revenue-shares-from-20-to-3/

Upcoming event we talked about:

AWS re:Invent

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

Microsoft Ignite

https://myignite.microsoft.com/home

Apple Event - October 18,2021

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2021/?useASL=true

Apple Announcement

Apple is desperate for you to adopt Siri….so much so they are reducing Apple Music if you use Siri https://www.smh.com.au/technology/with-voice-plan-apple-pays-you-to-use-only-siri-for-music-20211019-p591a5.html

New MacBooks — and no new standalone display

Apple Pro Display XDR

https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/

Apple Pro Stand

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWUG2LL/A/pro-stand

Recommendations

Dominic

MongoDB.local London — hybrid event, in-person and online

https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon

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Mike

Microsoft Ignite

https://myignite.microsoft.com/home

AWS re:Invent

https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

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Facebook outage, Twitch leak

Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet

https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/

Lost server

https://www.theregister.com/2001/04/12/missing_novell_server_discovered_after/

Twitch source code and payout data leaks

https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/06/twitch_data_leak/

Also blamed on config error

Best comment: “It’s complex systems all the way down; even the turtles are complex systems.” https://twitter.com/swagitda_/status/1445376680684572678

NPM outage

npm Status - Service outage

Verica Open Incident Database

https://www.thevoid.community/

Low-code/no-code

Databricks Acquires Low-code/No-code Company to Expand its Lakehouse Platform to Citizen Data Scientists

https://databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-acquires-low-code-no-code-company-to-expand-its-lakehouse-platform-to-citizen-data-scientists

Get Started in No-Code App Development with Unqork and MongoDB | MongoDB

Quick News

Cisco raising prices due to supply chain challenges

https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/06/ciscos_base_price_to_increase/

That Zoom/five9 tie-up we discussed back in episode 30? It’s not happening, in large part because it was to have been an all-stock offer, and Zoom’s stock is worth 23% less than it was when the deal was agreed.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/zoom-and-five9-agree-to-terminate-acquisition-plan.html

https://anchor.fm/roll-for-enterprise/episodes/S2E30-Apology-Podcast-e14uqn4/a-a672hvb

Recommendations

Dominic

MongoDB.local London — hybrid event, in-person and online

https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon

50% discount code: DominicWellington50

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Sorry for making some of our listeners feel old, because their “I feel old now” references are twenty years earlier than Nevermind!

Here’s what we talked about this week:

How IBM lost the cloud

https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud

Cloudflare Announces R2 Storage; Rapid and Reliable S3-Compatible Object Storage Designed for the Edge

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/press-releases/2021/cloudflare-announces-r2-storage/

EU proposes mandatory USB-C on all devices, including iPhones

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22626723/eu-commission-universal-charger-usb-c-micro-lightning-connector-smartphones

Positive example of standard: RJ-11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_jack

Recommendations

Dominic

MongoDB.local London — hybrid event, in-person and online

https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon

50% discount code: DominicWellington50

Lilac

Rocket customer conference, EVOLVE 21

https://www.rocketsoftware.com/events/evolve21

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30 years since Nevermind!

Listening guide: https://www.nme.com/features/nirvanas-nevermind-at-30-a-track-by-track-guide-dave-grohl-st-vincent-lorde-3048697

30th anniversary reissue: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nirvana-nevermind-30th-anniversary-reissue-1231124/

The kids don’t get filesystems: https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z

Dinosaurs evolving — including why email is better at email than Slack can ever be: https://findthethread.postach.io/post/dinosaurs-evolving

The college mindset list: http://themindsetlist.com/2017/08/beloit-college-mindset-list-class-2021/

Gen-X vs Millennials: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTS15PcDK-H/

Epikfail

Epikfail explainer: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/worst-i-ve-seen-in-20-years-how-the-epik-hack-reveals-every-secret-the-far-right-tried-to-hide/ar-AAOw25G

Programming is hard: https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

Recommendations

Lilac

Spotify — listening together

Dominic

Light Chaser by Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell https://www.bookbub.com/books/light-chaser-by-peter-f-hamilton-and-gareth-l-powell

Mike

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race https://www.amazon.com/This-They-Tell-World-Ends/dp/1635576059

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A look back at IT and technology in the 90s and the evolution that led us to today.

Timeline of Computer History

1993

https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1993/

1995

https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1995/

The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(1971_video_game)

Drug Wars (video game)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Wars_(video_game)

Silicon graphics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics

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