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How traditional IT skills are becoming irrelevant

I hope those who know me wouldn’t peg me as an alarmist. So take my title with a grain of salt but also, because of that same optimism, with a sense of sobriety.
I’ve followed “cloud computing” for a while (before it was called that), most often in the context of Amazon. From my position, it’s [...]

Life, Love and Personal Fulfillment in the Amazon

No, this has nothing to do with strange anthropological experiences it’s even more fascinating…
I watched a great video from iTunes U (my new favorite pastime) and it made two (of many) interesting points;

Wal*Mart, which would be China’s 8th largest trading partner if it were a country and is the United State’s largest business, doesn’t [...]

Amazon Overview

If you’ve read my earlier posts you know I spend a bit of time following Amazon, both from a business perspective as well as my interest in the energy they’ve invested in webservice (SaaS) technologies.
I recently gave a presentation to discuss their offerings and wanted to make that available to anyone interested.
I build presentations that [...]

You pick, open infrastructure or getting things done?

I’ve been pretty hot on Amazon for a while now. No that’s not a stock tip, rather a statement of my amazement at their success and innovation as a company.
If you haven’t realized, Amazon has been branching out beyond being “a bookstore”, in fact they hate it when people contextualize them as such. You [...]