Technology is Dead - Thoughts on Enterprise Infrastructure

Taxi Rides & Scams

John — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:24:25 +0000

But in spite of being a reasonably generous person, one pet-peeve of mine is getting scammed in a taxi. Maybe it's the fact that you are captive in a moving vehicle, or the fact you don't have much choice but to pay the fare. It's just a matter of principle.

Domestic Travel Utopia

John — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:34:11 +0000

The first half of the US travel problem is the traveler. There are too many travelers carrying 50 lbs of crap on the plane in shopping bags. Everyone pushes as if impatience results in activity. Road warriors operate with robotic precision and zero sensitivity. Truly miserable airline staff (particularly evident on United, American, US Air) should find a happier future as prison wardens.

Music and Business

John — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:18:10 +0000

The people who seem to enjoy their businesses the most are constantly seeking ways to improve it and grow it. The least prolific and miserable appear to be stuck in a pattern of repetitive motion, constantly seeking a better outcome via the same techniques with less and less spirit - the antithesis of art.

Consumerism in Oz – A Snapshot

John — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:52:28 +0000

But when the cost of toner exceeds that of your printer, do you really have to wonder why is retail in Australia tanking?

The Advice and the Outcomes – On How to Enter a Foreign Market

John — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:01:27 +0000

Jumping into starting up a regional business (for a multi-national company), I anticipated there would be a steep learning curve and quite a bit of risk. So along the way, you pick up whatever advice you can get and some of it becomes incredibly valuable.

Architect or Chocolate Teapot?

John — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:31:02 +0000

You routinely will witness the ‘everyone wants to be the architect’ behaviours, especially in large multi-disciplinary initiatives such as data centre modernisation, cloud architecture, or virtual infrastructure deployments.

Best Quote of the Week: Consultants

John — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:29:55 +0000

EMO is Bad, Robots are Good.

New Zealand, Aotearoa

John — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:38:23 +0000

There aren't many people here. Major bonus. High season on the south island feels like low season in Europe. And secondly, there's not a lot of industry outside of agriculture and a king's shit load of rugged terrain, making it possible to be off the grid for days. No cell phone access if you point in the right direction.

VFORUM Sydney 2010

John — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:36:09 +0000

Now were racing against a similar pressure clock to cloud enable anything with a bit and a silicon soul. It’s quite exciting to see VMware, with a leading market position in enterprise virtualisation, rally practically every hardware/software vendor, consultancy, and techy into a common charge.

The Peak of Cloud Hype – When We are Uniformly Confused

John — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0000

We are officially at the height of the ‘hype cycle’ for cloud. What does this example actually mean? Like, go home and do the laundry, mop the floors, empty the nappy bin? Accelerate your domestic productivity across a cloud-enabled domestic services platform? Agile housework, performed by an elastic service, adjusting dynamically to any mess you [...]