A while back, I participated in a discussion about the application of Kanban in an IT Operations setting. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter:
Category: Opinion
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The Cloud Storage Price War is upon us
Back in March, Google announced that they were massively slashing the storage prices for their customers. Previously $4.99/month for 100 GB, and $49.99/month for 1 TB, they cut the prices to $1.99 and $9.99, respectively. Beyond that, they are charging $99.99 per 10 TB, meaning that 40 TB will set you back $399.96. Now, in and of itself, that is interesting, but when compared to the pricing of competitiors, it gets downright impressive.
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Tesla: All our patents are belong to you
In a move that is at once impressive and baffling to many commentators, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently announced that they are applying the open source philosophy to their portfolio of patents. While a great publicity stunt, there seems to be more to it than that. Musk said: (more…)
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Who protects you?
Since 2011, EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has published an annual report, “Who has your back“, detailing how a number of different companies deal with government data requests. 2014 is no exception, and the report came out a few weeks ago.
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D&D hits 40
In the end of January, Dungeons & Dragons had its fortieth anniversary. This seminal RPG has become the basis for much of what we think of as tabletop RPGs, and many of the tropes and cliches associated with them come from Dungeons & Dragons. I was originally introduced to D&D when I spent a year abroad, and have loved gaming ever since. Currently in its (much criticized) fourth version, Wizards of the Coast are working on the fifth edition of D&D.
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Has Norsk Tipping been hacked, or is there a simpler explanation?
Last week, I was contacted by a man called Jonathan, asking me whether I would be interested in writing a post, linking to a client of his. Though this is not something I do, my interest was piqued by something in his wording, and I wrote back, asking for some details. The details came shortly, giving me a link to an article published at the site CasinoMagasinet.com at a date not specified in the article (a little digging showed it to have been published on November 19th, 2013). The article, entitled “NORSK TIPPING SENDER KUNDER TIL UTENLANDSKE SPILLESELSKAP!”, which translates to “Norsk Tipping are sending their customers to offshore betting companies. I made a print to PDF of the article (in Norwegian), which you can find here.
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A multi-disciplinary approach to career-building in IT
In the IT world, there are a lot of different paths to take. Mine, though conventional enough in its beginnings, is increasingly becoming unconventional. I believe this is a good and important thing. Here, then, is my approach to my own career. (more…)
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Accessibility – the way to combat piracy
Software, music and movie piracy has been a more or less constant topic of discussion over the past ten or so years, usually led by special interest groups representing the three industries (in the U.S., these are the BSA, RIAA and MPAA, respectively). I agree that copyright holders should be paid their due, and have no problem paying for the media I use. The main problem I have with the arguments the copyright holders and their interest groups are using, is that their argument is one for the pre-internet age, when the options available were watching live TV, recording live TV, or buying the show or movie on a cassette or DVD.
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the NRKbeta doctrine
At earlier points in time, I have mentioned that I follow NRKbeta, NRK‘s sandbox for technology and new media. Today, I simply want to quote something they wrote a long time ago, which has been coined as the NRKbeta doctrine: (more…)
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Endorsements and Recommendations on LinkedIn
I am a fairly active networker, and use LinkedIn as a platform with which to keep track of my resume and coworkers past and present. In conjunction with this blog, it has landed me at least one job, and it’s a great tool.
LinkedIn has two seemingly similar features that I feel do two very different things: Endorsements and Recommendations: (more…)