Tech Companies…Clamor to Entice #CloudComputing Experts
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/technology/tech-companies-new-and-old-clamor-to-entice-cloud-computing-experts.html $300k-$1M salaries for those with 5+ years of experience
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Tech Companies, New and Old, Clamor to Entice Cloud Computing Experts – NYTimes.com
March 11, 2016The Economist explains: Why fashion week is passé | The Economist
March 10, 2016Why #fashion week is passé
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/03/economist-explains-5?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/whyfashionweekispass Technology is making the timing of big shows irrelevant
iPad Pro reinvents the old-school fashion sketch
February 18, 2016iPad Pro reinvents the…fashion sketch
http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/ipad-pro-fashion-sketch $AAPL uses classic Haute couture to make ipad more appealing to the tech set
A man who recorded every detail of his life for five years has the ultimate way to live in the moment
February 8, 2016A man who recorded every detail of his life for 5 yrs
http://qz.com/519298/the-story-of-a-man-who-recorded-every-detail-of-his-life-for-five-years/ Interesting combo of hi-tech camera & low-tech written logbook
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“For example, the camera captured a meeting with a colleague in the office corridor, but that didn’t make it in to the log book. Or the log book captured a 30-minute task completed on the computer, but the camera missed that.
The result, as he had suspected, was that the combination was helping him capture more of his day. The log book allowed for reflection and the narrative camera added texture to the reflection.
The power of introspection
There is some scientific evidence of the benefits of Villarroel’s practice. “The experience is consistent with mindfulness practices, which have been shown to have great benefits,” Ronald Riggio, a psychologist at Claremont McKenna College, told Quartz. “The perception of time, however, is subjective.””
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Google parent Alphabet passes Apple market cap at the open
February 7, 2016Alphabet passes Apple market cap http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/01/google-passes-apple-as-most-valuable-company.html 4 largest now in tech ($GOOG $547B, $AAPL 529, $MSFT 425, $FB 326) w/ big oil at #5
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Shares of Alphabet opened nearly 3 percent higher Tuesday, pushing the
technology giant’s market capitalization past Apple to become the
world’s most valuable public company.
Alphabet has a market cap of $547.1 billion, higher than Apple’s
$529.3 billion as of 9:45 a.m. ET.
Apple’s massive market cap is still trailed by Microsoft ($425.7
billion),Facebook ($326.2 billion) and Exxon Mobil ($310.1 billion) to
round out the list of the world’s five biggest companies.
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Don’t Be Hacker Bait: Do This One-Hour Security Drill – WSJ
February 7, 2016Light-bulb moment | The Economist
February 6, 2016Light-bulb moment
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21688375-bright-idea-save-beloved-technology-dustbin-light-bulb-moment Perhaps future homes will showcase classic incandescent #bulbs as they do for fireplaces
Can Drone Pilots Be Heroes?
February 1, 2016Can Drone Pilots Be Heroes?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/can-drone-pilots-be-heroes/424830/ Even if safe from harm they’re vital. But then this is also true for #drone programmers
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“There is a counter-history to the “sacrifice value” definition of heroism, one that emphasizes that the sacrifice needs to be in the service of something worthwhile. This second school of heroism calls for people to dedicate themselves to a purpose larger than themselves. As the writer Joseph Campbell put it: “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” And it is in this definition of heroism, one that accentuates participation in a larger project, that the military claims drone pilots should be included. As Colonel Eric Mathewson, himself a drone operator, told The Washington Post: “Valor, to me, is not risking your life … It is doing what is right for the right reasons.”
Stretching the definition of heroism to include following orders, while lopping off completely the parts about sacrifice and risk, might be indicative of a turn toward what the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Edward Luttwak calls the “post-heroic.” Extending the kill chain to include more and more civilians, or even just noncombat arms warriors, takes people further and further away from the physical reality of their actions. Already, drone-targeting lists are almost completely determined by algorithm, with operators just there to pull the trigger. When even that human element is removed, what will the kill chain look like? What about the day pilots are completely replaced by artificial intelligence? According to experts, that moment may not be too far off. Grégoire Chamayou, the author of Drone Theory, says that a super-centralized handful of programmers and high-level generals will be constantly refining targeting for AI-operated drones.”
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Here’s Why Public Wifi is a Public Health Hazard — Matter
January 6, 2016Why Public #Wifi is a…Hazard
https://medium.com/matter/heres-why-public-wifi-is-a-public-health-hazard-dd5b8dcb55e6 Exposes one’s past network usage; ergo, don’t put your street into your home’s SSID
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Wouter removes his laptop from his backpack, puts the black device on the table, and hides it under a menu. A waitress passes by and we ask for two coffees and the password for the WiFi network. Meanwhile, Wouter switches on his laptop and device, launches some programs, and soon the screen starts to fill with green text lines. It gradually becomes clear that Wouter’s device is connecting to the laptops, smartphones, and tablets of cafe visitors.
On his screen, phrases like “iPhone Joris” and “Simone’s MacBook” start to appear. The device’s antenna is intercepting the signals that are being sent from the laptops, smartphones, and tablets around us.
“More text starts to appear on the screen. We are able to see which WiFi networks the devices were previously connected to. Sometimes the names of the networks are composed of mostly numbers and random letters, making it hard to trace them to a definite location, but more often than not, these WiFi networks give away the place they belong to.
We learn that Joris had previously visited McDonald’s, probably spent his vacation in Spain (lots of Spanish-language network names), and had been kart-racing (he had connected to a network belonging to a well-known local kart-racing center). Martin, another café visitor, had been logged on to the network of Heathrow airport and the American airline Southwest. In Amsterdam, he’s probably staying at the White Tulip Hostel. He had also paid a visit to a coffee shop called The Bulldog.
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Mysteries of Sleep Lie Unsolved
January 3, 2016Mysteries of Sleep Lie Unsolved
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/technology/personaltech/despite-the-promise-of-technology-the-mysteries-of-sleep-lie-unsolved.html The Sense readily tracks #sleep w/o much effort but does it help one sleep better?
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