A whole lotta links
Followup, Austin BBQ
I'm told that Terry Black's is where you want to go for BBQ in Austin nowadays. They say it's Tasty Meats Paul's choice. As always in things food related, his recommendations supersede mine.
Original programming
15 meters of cereal
This week's Software Defined Talk is just me and Brandon, but we somehow manage: Smokin’ hot webinar tips in this one, tips on things to put on your mouth in Austin, and then scandal in the open source world is getting fun again!
Monolithic Transformation
Recording of me giving my standard talk from last week, 30 minute edition:
The audio is out of sync, probably because I bootlegged it.
That webinar
Here's the recording of the webinar I've been mentioning. Aside from me talking some word salad about "the pace of technology" and shit at the beginning, I think it went really well. You should check it out - it ain't all shit!
From the Noop Noop files
Ascena, after having paid about $2 billion for Ann, now has a market capitalisation of about $61 million. There are Manhattan penthouses worth as much [as] this chain of more than 3,400 stores.
Quotes from books
Banks leverage their current account relationship to offer savings, and lending through overdrafts, credit cards, loans and mortgages. But each of these products is in effect a separate business with separate teams, priorities, technology, experience and, of course, legacy. The banks are struggling with a legacy of decades of these products delivered to many customer segments, across many channels in many territories, and the inflexible technology infrastructure that comes with this complication.
Finding Jesus on the highway
From about 8 years ago.
How to speak Texan
This list is highly, shockingly accurate. I endorse all of it, esp. "Use metaphors to describe everything" which I'd never really realized about my native dialect, but: YES, THAT'S MORE PROPER'N' ONIONS WITH BRISKET.
Here's their list of examples:
You hear: He’s swimmin’ in it.
It means: He’s overwhelmed
You hear: She’d foul up a two car funeral procession.
It means: She is error-prone.
You hear: Nobody ever drowned in sweat.
It means: Hard work never killed anyone.
You hear: She’s got enough tongue for 10 rows of teeth.
It means: She sure can talk a lot.
You hear: He was as welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.
It means: He was unwelcome.
You hear: You can put boots in the oven, but it don’t make em biscuits.
It means: Say what you will, but it won’t change the truth.
You hear: He looks like the dog’s been keepin’ him under the porch.
It means: He’s not very good looking.
You hear: She was about as friendly as fire ants.
It means: She was not friendly.
Check out the rest - their ain't a one that's wrong.
They also got it right on tacos over at that website.
Relevant to your interests
Many of the people dude spoke with use multi-cloud to widen innovation potential. The new iPhone camera(s) combines five (or more?) different photos together to make one photo. It’s easier to compete in (sometimes new) markets that lack fierce, big competitors. This is an example of Tyler Cowen at his best as an interviewer: set questions, but improvised questions, deep knowledge of the guest’s work and domain, and, most important of all, twinkle-eyed humor that brings the same out in his guests. Hide your money maker: "[y]ou give people a good deal on the salient headline thing, and you make your profits where they aren’t looking; this is obvious stuff." That’s a good idea: apps that sweep through your photos to look for relevant things. This actually sounds like a great use of AR; they just better have good returns logistics. I’m never really sure which I’m supposed to say, so this is good clarification. Lots of old, German bookplates. Not encouraging. Cool charts, bro - don’t forget taxes. IDC data shows that functions as a service are used regularly in production, by less than 20% of developers worldwide. Enterprise software pricing is...tedious.