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The Shiny Object Trap: Don’t forego the basics
Software quality declines as leaders chase shiny features while ignoring basic reliability. Outlook fails at calendar imports. PowerPoint uses ancient tools. This complexity creates security risks. You must audit your core tasks and fix friction first. Do not add new code until the fundamentals work every time. Reliability is everything.
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Too late; Amazon’s Kindle finally waterproof
Amazon have launched a waterproof Kindle. Speaking as someone that has lost many a device to the aqua gods I should welcome this. But I am going back to the printed page.
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Orlando-Richmond :: A 1600 mile Tesla story
After a 1600 mile roundtrip journey in my Tesla, I have fallen in love with road trips again, even with the overhead of charging.
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Tesla Model S warned driver in fatal crash to put hands on steering wheel
The NTSB concluded today, with their release of a 500 page report, that the driver had failed to respond to directions to put his hands on the wheel
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RNC research firm leaks data of 200m US citizens
1.1 terabytes of data includes birthdates, home addresses, telephone numbers and political views of nearly 62% of the entire US population.
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Do you still buy e-books as much as you did?
With e-book sales dropping as much as 26% year-on-year, has the shine gone off the kindle?
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Amazon will change Whole Foods – but to what?
Could Whole Foods morph into an Amazon’s version of CVS/Walgreens like store? Everything you need under one roof.
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Amazon buys Whole Foods $13.4B
Okay so this caught most of the industry off their feet, with Amazon announcing they are getting into bricks’n’mortar business big time by buying a Whole Foods, the horrendously expensive supermarket.
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Email still the king of social networks
Around 40% of your emails are being tracked for marketing purposes.
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FaunaDB – Pay-as-you-Store/Query database
FaunaDB, from the technical team that led the Twitter database team, have come out and announced their offering of a new style of database aimed at the serverless model.
the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.
For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.
Alan Williamson 