Nest and HoneyWell
Nest hit a nerve. Thermostats are not the most popular topic for high-tech and Internet blogs – but Nest hit a nerve. Nest offers a thermostat for the home. Probably because it’s a San Francisco start-up, possibly because it has some leadership that once worked at Apple, or possibly because it has a nifty display [...]
Bored of Directors
What new shiny object do we not care about today? And what do crown jewels mean anyway? Thus was the start of a conversation with the New Zealand provocateur – in human form, which was a follow up to a Gillmor Gang Enterprise show recorded live in real-time. Behind the…
Cloud is Simple. Well, It’s Real Complex but that Complexity Can, and Should, be Hidden from Users.
An interesting discussion occurred on the CloudU LinkedIn group recently. It was started by an awesome post from James Urquhart admonishing people to accept the fact that Cloud is complex and to simply deal with it. The inimitable Sam Johnston posted an interesting response, the essence of which was that, while Cloud is undoubtedly complex, [...]
