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5 Dec, 11 tweets, 5 min read
X : Thoughts on Re:Invent?
Me : Wasn't there. Keynotes I listened to were encouraging. I particularly liked the focus on sustainability and serverless. Some interesting new services. Seemed like a solid event that reinforced AWS leadership in the new world.
My favourite keynote was @Werner - ... but there was lots of good stuff.
@Werner I particular like the work @NIDeveloper and the team at @Liberty_IT have been doing - - this is all good stuff that I came across through @davidand393 and @MarkMcCann
X : Anything missing?
Me : Not really. I'm expecting to see further nods towards conversational programming circa 2023-2026 but right now the focus should be on serverless, sustainability and space ... so it was good to see a references to AWS Groundstation and Robotics.
X : New World?
Me : Several senses. I like AWS move into gaming. My main interest is in modding because that encapsulates the subtle (but important) shift from event driven to data driven where the change of information in one system triggers changes in others ...
... that gets us one step closer to the point where the change of flow of information in one system triggers changes of flow in others which is roughly what happens in biological systems. All good stuff in my view.
X : Any surprises?
Me : Hmmm ... I didn't see much of Capital One. It was once a shining light in the shift towards cloud. I know it went down a kubernetes path but I was expecting by now for it to have seen the light and fully embraced serverless. I might just have missed it.
X : Not a fan of kubernetes?
Me : I didn't say that. It has its uses but it's not where the future is. That is what interests me, not the parts which will be abstracted out of view. Image
X : Anything else in the keynote?
Me : @Werner? Oodles, well worth watching.
X : Favourites?
Me : Lots. I did enjoy the announcement on Amplify Studio and links to Figma by @ASpittel -
X : Do you code?
Me : Poorly. My wife is a far better coder.
X : Is she a developer?
Me : No, she is a nuclear engineer. Former head gardener for a Royal Palace. Former Professor of Classics. Speaks about 15 languages.
X : Wow.
Me : My sister is a lawyer / surveyor / published poet and my mum was an economist / teacher / social worker / local councillor.
X : What does your dad do?
Me : He spent his life drawing flow charts for an insurance company.
X : And you do maps?
Me : Well, it's an improvement.

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8 Dec
X : Thoughts on the metaverse?
Me : Depends upon what you mean. I'm all in favour of remote collaboration, co-operation and distribution of power but I'm not in favour of plugging myself into the matrix with Zuckerberg as the architect. I have met Mark. No thanks.
X : You don't think it will be a success?
Me : Depends. Not in the East but in the West, it'll be a huge success. People are more than happy to sell their future and the future of their children for a few baubles. We're suckers for this ...
... I can imagine those future conversations.

Daughter, we may all be enslaved in the metaverse, there is no life beyond it but through a lifetime of work, I now bequeath you (pursuant to the rules of inheritance, section 5.01) the hammer of majikthise. Go change the meta world.
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8 Dec
Excellent reporting by @BBCRosAtkins and @BBCNews. However, given the lack of integrity shown by this Gov, I can only assume that the "noise" over the party is misdirection away from something else ->
or alternatively the work of critical theorists trying to destabilise the Gov by demonstrating its behaviour doesn't hold to our values in order to present a new way -
or alternatively, it was a party by a bunch of people who just weren't thinking.

or alternatively ....

Welcome to the magic of Kayfabe where you don't know which way is right or left or up or ... anything.

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6 Dec
X : You're often quite harsh on Google.
Me : What?!? Where did that come from. I like Google but they've got tough challenges ahead. Friends don't just go "you're doing fine" when you're not.
X : What tough challenges?
Me : Ok ...
1. The rise of serverless and FinOps, especially when we get things like carbon reporting / energy use per function etc. Google's down the Kubernetes path and AWS is running away with it.
2. The shift of networks into space and the application of Moore's law ...
... once networks get up there, compute and storage will eventually follow. AWS (GroundStation et al), SpaceX etc are all over this.
3. The growth of competitors from China (Alibaba, Baidu). Don't underestimate the impact to the cultural psyche of Silicon Valley as ...
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1 Dec
X : Can a graph be a map?
Me : All maps are graphs but only some graphs are maps. In a map, space has meaning ... however ...
Me : ... if you collapse all possible paths (i.e. all options) to only those shown on the graph i.e. there is no possibility to wander off the defined paths and to explore the space then in that very special case ... the graph is also a map as the space is exhausted of meaning.
However, most "maps" that I see - mindmaps, business process maps, systems maps - are not in fact maps but graphs. The options are not exhausted, they provide no means of exploring the space and the landscape does change.
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1 Dec
The civilization graph. Call it the 'Map' - medium.com/@trentmc0/star… ... no, why not call it the "Graph" ...
Maps and Graphs are not the same thing. In a map, space has meaning which is why they are useful in exploring landscapes.
Perfect timing by @mcraddock ->
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30 Nov
"only pay when the data warehouse is in use, not when it sits idle" ... I think I hear the sound of a plethora of home grown CIO projects and vendors going "pop" at the same time - techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/aws…
Hmmm ... do I hear some more "pop" happening? Create your own digital twin - techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/aws…
SageMaker Canvas - aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anno… ... ok, that feels like a catchup with others but worth noting.
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