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IBM has a case study on using RF Code. The value proposition is
The video is unlisted so I don’t think RF Code wants it shared unless you register.
What I found interesting is the assumptions used to calculate the benefit of using RFID.
You can get a copy of the presentation here.
Update: as much as this may seem a bit of extreme. I just thought of three friends, maybe four who are going to the same cities to see friends.
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I had lunch yesterday with a data center executive yesterday who is a good friend. We caught up on a bunch of different things, then we talked about conferences - Uptime Symposium, AFCOM, 7x24 Exchange are all coming up. AFCOM is end of Apr. Uptime is 3rd week of May. and 7x24 is first week of June. And as much as I was not trying, I am going to all three. Well I am going to the cities, not attending all three conferences.
So what got me to go to three conferences in less than 6 weeks? Friends.
The philosopher Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out of mischief; they comfort and aid the old in their weakness, and they incite those in the prime of life to noble deeds.”
Ralph Emerson said, “A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.”
Most would think you want to go to a conference for the content. Content is nice, but friends are more valuable.
Here is what my plans are.
I fly in to LV on Apr 29, awesome $200 roundtrip airfare from SEA to LAS. Stay at the Westin for less than $150. Go to a party. Participate in a 10a Apr 30 GigaOm Webinar on Taking the Guesswork out of Operational Expenses: Quantifying the Value of Uptime Fly home on Apr 30. Not going to AFCOM.
May 20 - 23, SEA to SJC. Have one company party on May 22. Another party I am hosting on May 21. Lots of other friends to see that are in town. Not planning on attending Uptime Symposium, but will most likely need to go to the hotel bar to meet others who are in town.
June 1-4, SEA to FLL. Will attend 7x24 Exchange. Sit in presentations. Attend event parties. See lots of friends.
What finally got me to go to all three locations in 6 weeks are the friends who I knew would be there. The content isn’t as important which is why 2 out of 3 I don’t plan on attending the conference.
Here is a description of 8 different types of roles for friendship. Below are the three I plan on focusing on going to the above events.
5. Connector
“A connector is a bridge builder. …. Connectors get to know you — and then introduce you to others” (111). Connectors are always inviting you to lunch and other gatherings where you can meet new people, and point you in the right direction when you need something.
6. Energizer
“Energizers are your ‘fun friends’ who always give you a boost. You have more positive moments when you are with these friends. Energizers are quick to pick you up when you’re down — and can make a good day great” (117).
7. Mind Opener
‘Mind Openers are the friends who expand your horizons and encourage you to embrace new ideas, opportunities, cultures, and people. They challenge you to think in innovative ways and help you create positive change. Mind Openers know how to ask good questions, and this makes you more receptive to ideas” (123).
A New Home Meal Planning Service is coming soon called Gathered Table. Geekwire covers the soft launch.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz backs Gatheredtable, a new way for families to plan menus for the week
by John Cook on 3/26/2014 at 5:51 pm | 0 Comments
Former Starbucks exec Mary Egan is looking to change the way Americans plan family meals.
If you’re like me, family dinner time is usually a mad scramble to find something to eat, typically resulting in a trip to the local Thai restaurant, burger joint or pizza parlor. And I’m not alone. About 60 percent of families don’t know what they’ll put on the dinner table that night.
Former Starbucks executive Mary Egan feels your pain. And she’s here to help with a new startup called Gatheredtable — an online service that automatically generates a menu of weekly meals, tailored for your families’ preferences.
I can think of a lot of people who could use this type of service with these benefits.
I enjoy cooking and cooking faster is not an objective. By 7a in the morning I have already figured out what I want to cook for dinner and whether the kids will be around for dinner. The only thing really stressful about cooking is when other people are in my kitchen. As long as people stay out of my kitchen stress is low. :-) I spend so much of the day on the computer and creating software services, the last thing I want to do is spend more time on the computer to figure out a meal and a recipe. I like cooking because it is time when I am not looking at a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Just have a beer or glass of wine and my pizza oven.
One of the possibilities hinted from Andy Jassy’s talk at AWS Summit is AWS adding a data center in Germany. The WSJ has a blog post on this.
Amazon Hints at New German-Based Data Center
By Rachael King and Michael Hickins
Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon.com Inc.AMZN -0.05%’s Amazon Web Services unit, says the company is prioritizing where it locates data centers, and Germany is “one of the few countries” where customers are asking for a data center “on their own soil.” He said that the company has “significant business in Germany,” and that Amazon is likely to build data centers “in multiple major countries over time.”
I was reading GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham post on the Vaporware associated with connected devices.
How to recognize the three types of connected device vaporware
MAR. 28, 2014 - 1:02 PM PDT1 Comment
photo: Thinkstock/Pavel LosevskySUMMARY:After the launch of a connected device, for many people the waiting begins. They are waiting for the actual product, or an integration or even a promise that the device can’t deliver.
Earlier this week I was at OSIsoft’s User Conference and one of the lessons I learned years ago is integrating the machine data is much harder than people think. Why? Because interfaces that are in the specification may be in beta or not work at all. Or if they do work, they may have latency issues when information is passed from a sensor to a gateway type of device that is responsible for communications. This is like bad drivers.
The integration of low level communications is not the sexy stuff and gets dropped on the cutting room floor to ship.
How many of you have tried to integrate systems and been frustrated when a piece of hardware doesn’t communicate the way you thought. As Mike Manos told me once we can show you the pieces of equipment we have in the data center just don’t share how we did the integration. The integration is the hard stuff. But too many times this hard stuff is not valued by those who make the purchasing decisions.
