Spent the morning setting up @JamfSoftware to manage our company Macs. I've spent so long working with cloud computing that it's unnerving to encounter an interface that doesn't actually hate its users.
Given that I'm a few clickety-pokes away from blowing away a workstation at any point in this thing, I'd want two factor auth to: 1. Support Yubikeys 2. Not be optional 3. Not be buried deep in a sub-menu I had to hunt down.
They all have the red dot in the corner since I haven't enabled app provisioning. I just want to mandate disk encryption, strong passwords, screensaver timings, and remote wipe (AFTER ANOTHER 2FA FOR GOD'S SAKE JAMF)! I can't view those things in the dashboard though.
I like the lack of intrusiveness here. No option to spy on staff. That's important! I don't want those things.
Setting up different profiles based upon risk. I want a lower screensaver activation count for "laptops that can be left in coffee shops" than I do "iMacs that are bolted to a desk in my home office and handle podcast recordings."
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What does it mean to work at IBM? A bunch of things that absolutely don't apply to a corporate comms role. Get any thoughts of being valued right the hell out of your non-coding head immediately.
That said, I will take the beta exam cold and report back if AWS finds a voucher / wants to drum up publicity.
I'll even turn it into a fundraising drive.
If @PearsonVUE decides that an infant or toddler in the next room being noisy voids the exam, I will rain fire and brimstone down upon @awscloud for it.
Sure, it's a Pearson requirement--but it's being done in AWS's name.
Screw it, I've got a few minutes. I'm starting a new imaginary corp, "Facebook for Ethics." We're based here in California. I'll walk through many of the ways we'll serve our core mission: absolutely screwing over our staff.
Any resemblance to real companies is coincidental.
We'll start with "unlimited PTO." We very carefully will avoid giving guidance as to what is "appropriate." Is it really unlimited? Try taking six months off and find out!
We need pay none of it out when you leave (voluntarily or otherwise).
We're VC backed and privately held, so we'll pay below market salaries and offer equity. Folks have gotten wise to the "options" game so we're forced to give RSUs to attract talent.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies--but that's super boring. Instead, ask me your @awscloud questions.
Go!
I don't have any particular roadmap insight, but it's probably something like "Service X now supports Feature-You-Thought-It-Had-Already" and *should* be called AWS Housekeeping.