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March 31, 2012
Just Because You Bought It Doesn't Mean I'll Like It
Originally posted 2011-07-21 13:17:26. The concept of recommendation engines is great because they introduce us to products that may have been nearly impossible to find purely by discovery (i.e., browsing products). And companies like Amazon have taken it to the next level. But these recommendations are really based on an analysis of purchase patterns. There [...]

Published on March 31, 2012 15:22
Estimating Public Cloud Costs
Originally posted 2011-07-15 14:21:47. A company called SolarWinds recently launched a VM-to-cloud-calculator. This tool will enable an IT department to get a better sense of what it would cost to move a VM infrastructure (i.e., VMSphere) to a cloud infrastructure (i.e., EC2, Rackspace, etc.). Although I have not downloaded the tool yet, this seems like [...]

Published on March 31, 2012 15:22
March 28, 2012
Cloud Computing: The Really New is Sometimes Really Old
Originally posted 2011-09-29 09:41:57. I think that most people believe cloud computing is a relatively new concept. Of course, those in the IT industry have scoffed at all the hype knowing that cloud (or distributed) computing has been around for a few decades. But based on the video below, it seems that the concept of [...]

Published on March 28, 2012 03:49
March 27, 2012
How-To: Linking iWorks on the iPad to Your Cloud Storage
Originally posted 2011-07-29 21:20:12. Like many of us connected people, you may already have files in a personal cloud. Whether it's DropBox or some other service, you have all your files in the ether and you'd like to be able to send documents from the iPad to live with your other data. But, alas, you [...]

Published on March 27, 2012 16:05
Sometimes We Forget About Our Humble Beginnings
Posted in Writing
Originally posted 2011-07-20 06:07:48. We often think of Science Fiction as alien spaceships and deep-space adventures but as a genre, science fiction has existed long before that and really represent "imaginative literature." Did you know that Mark Twain wrote some science fiction? A recent event outside of Boston, Readercon, sought to both explore this and [...]
Published on March 27, 2012 16:05
March 26, 2012
Wrap Your Mind Around This One Spock…
Posted in Knowledge
Originally posted 2011-07-19 18:42:35. The fundamental precepts behind quantum mechanics, that particles can exist in the same state anywhere at anytime (and that they only take on the characteristics we see when we look at them) leads to some very interesting, and possibly outlandish, theories about alternative universes. Scientific American's latest issue tackles the concept [...]
Published on March 26, 2012 16:13
Quote: Happy Anniversary to a Hallmark in Human History
Posted in Present
Originally posted 2011-07-20 09:47:16. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. – Neil Armstrong (July 20, 1969) From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post Quote: Happy Anniversary to a Hallmark in Human History
Published on March 26, 2012 16:13
Starting a Business and Running it are Two Different Things
Posted in Cloud
Originally posted 2011-07-28 09:07:05. Having been in the CDN business for a few years, I'm always shocked at companies that willingly step into this market. The latest? Google. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/... Although the CDN market is heavily commoditized, that is not the issue. There is plenty of revenue to make in value-added services and, most of all, [...]
Published on March 26, 2012 16:13
Review: Hands-on With SketchMee for Mac
Originally posted 2011-08-28 15:09:29. SketchMee for Mac, launched in January of this year, is a fantastic application for rendering photos as "sketches" using a combination of pencil and chalk. SketchMee has a very simple interface that makes using the software enjoyable and rewarding. After "dragging and dropping" a photo onto the canvas (the dotted-border placeholder [...]

Published on March 26, 2012 16:13
The Followers Can Sometimes Lead the Way
Posted in BusinessCloudHypothesis
Originally posted 2011-07-14 20:13:04. In a previous post, I lamented the birth of Google+. I mean that's all the world needs is another social network. But a recent interview of Esther Dyson by TechCrunch points out something very important about this: Google is a follower. In any industry, there are two types of companies. Those [...]
Published on March 26, 2012 16:13
From My Pen
News, announcements, and other information about my books and publishing company. I've also connected my regular blog (http://blog.jasonthibeault.com) here which includes lots of my thoughts on a vari
News, announcements, and other information about my books and publishing company. I've also connected my regular blog (http://blog.jasonthibeault.com) here which includes lots of my thoughts on a variety of topics.
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