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Rock me Amadeus (& Elvis)
Watching the new Amadeus series led me down a rabbit hole where I found a striking parallel between Mozart and Elvis. Both icons died broke, but their widows, Constanze and Priscilla, became the first accidental CEOs. They professionalized the legacies, cleared massive debts, and pioneered celebrity tourism to save the brands.
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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. Read Post ⇢
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Those blue signs are cheaper than you think
Not nearly as expensive as you would think to rent space on this most valuable of places on the highway. Read Post ⇢
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Verizon * (Yahoo + AOL) = Oath
Verizon has completed its long awaited purchase of Yahoo, for only $4.48B – cheap for what was one of the Internet’s cornerstone properties. Mayer, is out, but she can take some consolation with her $23M package. Read Post ⇢
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Tesla to charge cars exclusively from the sun
Elon Musk has thrown down the nay-sayers and stated that all supercharger stations will eventually be off-the-grid. Given their recent acquisition of Solar City this was always on the cards. Read Post ⇢
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What Ello/Theranos can teach – HBR
Good article from Harvard Business Review on the hubris of courting too much media attention too early on in a startup. Read Post ⇢
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Tim Armstrong on being a CEO
30 min interview with Tim on how he stepped up to the challenge of taking over as CEO of AOL. Read Post ⇢
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Get Android on Windows 10
Digital Trends has a comprehensive guide on the various emulators and distributions that will let you run Android Apps on your Windows desktop, including playing nice with Windows Apps. Read Post ⇢
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Moved from RackSpace to FastMail
Moving from RackSpace to FastMail as I trial a new email service provider with more features and security. Read Post ⇢
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Heating the home with heat from servers
Placing cloud servers in individual homes, and turning them into heating systems. Your house will serve as a data center for companies that depend on cloud computing Read Post ⇢
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 