All Things Distributed

MAY 24, 2011

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. By Werner Vogels on 24 May 2011 05:26 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). An important contribution to the success of the Amazon Web Services is the willingness to listen closely to our customers and to use this feedback to drive the feature roadmap of a service.

Internet 107

Internet Internet AWS Scalability 107

Tim Kadlec

MAY 18, 2011

For the last few months, I’ve been wondering if the term ‘mobile’ might be causing more trouble than it’s worth. Judging from this morning’s tweet from Mark Boulton , I’m not alone: Thinking ‘mobile’ web is a big, fat red herring. Just like ‘apps’ was a few years ago. Next year, it’ll be something else. While I’m not willing to go quite as far as that, I do think the term has become loaded with historical assumptions that are no longer true.

Mobile 40

Mobile 40

The Agile Manager

MAY 13, 2011

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype generated a lot of comment this week, much of it negative. As an investment, Skype has to put up some pretty juicy numbers to justify an $8.5b valuation. Reuters Breakingviews pointed out that the price is 400 times Skype's operating income last year. To achieve an annual ROI of 10%, Skype has to grow 40-fold. Heady numbers, to be sure.

Social Media 40

Social Media Retail Google Media 40

Sutter's Mill

MAY 4, 2011

Channel 9 just posted a new interview with me about ISO C++0x, C++’s place in the modern world, and all things C++. The topics we talked about ranged pretty widely, as you can see from the questions below. Here’s the blurb as posted on Channel 9 with links to specific questions in the interview. Enjoy. Herb. I was lucky enough to catch up with Herb Sutter not too long after the FDIS announcement (Final Draft International Standard is complete).

C++ 40

C++ Tuning Programming Mobile 40

Tim Kadlec

MAY 11, 2011

I enjoy sharing what I learn with other people (though by the frequency of my blog posts lately, you might not be able to tell that). I also enjoy a good conference. They’re a great way to keep up in this fast moving industry, and to learn from the speakers and attendees alike. I’ve been lucky enough to be able to put the two together and present at a couple upcoming events this month.

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