Month: January 2015

And the other Cloud Shoe has fallen – Separate AWS Numbers

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So starting this quarter (Q1-15), Amazon Web Services will be broken out as a separate segment for reporting. To me this says that it’s now a fully viable, self sustainable business that is generating significant revenue. I’m interested to see top line revenue and operating margin and what their cost of doing business is as it should be really interesting.

Expect cloud companies to be all over this with their spin. You can expect companies like IBM to pad their cloud results with everything they can throw in there to claim they’re larger. Many other companies will look at the overall market and say, “hey, see, not a big deal, small numbers relative to the overall market” and other blah, blah, blah stuff.

But what I really expect to see are large telcos looking at the viability of large scale public clouds that they can leverage for high margin managed services. We’re seeing this initiative today, even with AWS themselves going after the enterprise space with their partner network and managed offering. Stay tuned folks, it’s about to get interesting….

We expect to change our reportable segments to report North America, international and Amazon Web Services, beginning with first quarter of 2015.

via Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Q4 2014 Results – Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha.

The best article I’ve read about blogging

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With talking about writing an blogging, I found this article very insightful and helpful. It provides a great perspective and meaning to writing, it’s importance as an art form, and what your motivation should really be when writing. It’s not about fame, not about building an audience, and not about monetization. Writing is simply about expressing yourself, sharing your thoughts with like minded people, and also opposing views people. It’s to foster dialog, inform and communicate. Like the arts with music or video or photography, it’s your outlet and your transparent exposure of who you are. In reading this article, it has answered some of my questions of why I wanted to blog, and what is the true importance of blogging to myself. Good read, enjoy.

The Truth About Going Viral

Rupert Murdoch holds all Muslims responsible for “their growing jihadist cancer” – Quartz

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It just amazes me how some people who are obviously smart and successful (based on how you measure it) can be so dense, absurd, or resemble the extremely uneducated by their comments.

To profess that an entire religion of people should be held responsible is like me holding all my fellow Christians for lynchings done by the KKK. I wonder if he really believes this or is he just stirring the pot, good for ratings. After all, “news” and controversy is good for business.

Rupert Murdoch holds all Muslims responsible for “their growing jihadist cancer” – Quartz.

AT&T on the topic of Wi-Fi Calling support

Posted on by luken7

“We dont have a burning desire or need for coverage,” AT&T wireless chief Ralph de la Vega said Friday when asked why the carrier was lagging behind competitors.

Ralph De la Vega clearly has never visited eastern North Carolina

via AT&T to support Wi-Fi calling for Apples iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus in 2015.

Day after new Years Day … motoring

Posted on by luken7

Zero wind, no wind, nada, nothing. But it was still a great day to be on the water. Autopilot working again after the rudder stock repair, and that’s a whole other post to vent on. Did I mention zero wind? Yup, which means the Iron-jib got a good workout. We’re headed for a cold spell (it is winter you know) so the next opportune time from a warm spell is when I’ll be doing some pre-spring maintenance and projects.

A clear example of how copyrights harm music

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There’s a rare recording of Bob Marley doing an acapella cover of “Chances Are”, the Johnny Mathis classic. I could only imagine that it was a superb recording. So with wanting to hear it, I immediately head over to the page while thinking how great this will sound eagerly ready to press the play button.

Listen To Bob Marley Sing Chances Are Acapella In This Super Rare Audio – IReggaeNation.

In Britian

But at this point I paused to get my morning coffee as I think out loud… “what better way to hear Bob Marley sing Chances Are on a Sunday morning but with a nice cup of coffee”. I return with my coffee and click the link only to find out that the content is blocked, based on what country you’re in.

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Seriously….this happens. My coffee now tastes bitter. I’m wondering why this is so. Why block what has to be a great piece of recording. I can’t imaging that it is actively still being pressed and sold, it’s just sitting somewhere in an archive. So apparently the Harry Fox Agency, the same copyright company that actually claimed copyrights over the public domain works of Johann Strauss, somehow owns this copyright. I ask myself what’s the point in blocking this recording. Wouldn’t publicly sharing just lend to people wanting to buy the recording? I would.

You see, this is what frustrates folks who love music, and leads them to use nefarious measures to attain what they love. So I just want to thank the Harry Fox Agency for helping me keep my skills sharp. You see, digital copyright is an exercise in futility. Those who restrict access on the basis of money will always eventually loose to those who have the love for all forms of art. Our passions for the arts are greater than your passion for money.

“I can only imagine” that the recording is just so beautiful….yes, yes it is….