How AWS Mints Money
AWS might be the best business ever created. I break down how it works in 5 simple steps.
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general thoughts
A collection of 16 issues
2023 a year to enjoy
The word of the year for me and my family is to *enjoy*.
Enjoy the grind
Enjoy the journey
Enjoy the good and the bad
Enjoy each moment and this season with our kids
Business and tech operators that come out of this uncertain road ahead will have serious street
How to get the most out of attending a conference
I am currently cruising at 32,000 feet within the comfortable cabin of my
Canadair CRG-200 jet, en route to San Francisco for BSides SF, RSA, and Purple
Cloud Summi [https://www.purplecloudsummit.com/]t. It’s been nearly 2.5 years
since these events have happened in person. Needless
37 Quotes on my 37th birthday
I turn 37-years old today. I have always been in love with quotes and have
committed many to memory over my 3 1/2 decades of living, including the eternal
truths of Scripture. May you be inspired, encouraged, entertained, and
challenged as I am with these quotes. Here's
The 1/3, 10/30, 100/300 Better Every Day Formula
Built on stoicism, biblical truths, and historical wisdom, this formula outlines my approach to improving myself every day. It can be easily applied by anyone to achieve a better version of themselves than yesterday.
Newsletters are dead. Long live the newsletter
I hate the term "newsletter".
It's actually quite inappropriately named.
Who wants to read or watch the news these days? It's that term "news", implying
some douche (or collection of douches) are mindlessly ranting or repeating the
prompters bidding on cable television.
Albums > Playlists
Low note struck.
9 second lingering.
Pause.
Rhythmic Guitar riff played 2x.
Light percussion enter, lyrics kick off...
> Oppression, you prey on us when we sleep.
Drums align and guitar, bass, percussion, lyrics take you off on this moody
journey.
> Oppression, you chase after the tired the poor
Why Facebook's New Marketplace is Not a Craigslist Killer
Today, Facebook announced
[http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/10/introducing-marketplace-buy-and-sell-with-your-local-community/]
they have rolled out a new product "Marketplace" with the tagline of "Buy and
Sell With Your Local Community".
This isn't an entirely new thing, as Wired wrote
[https://www.wired.com/2016/
So You Want To Start A Startup? Read This First
Fact: Two out of every three startups pivot drastically from their original
idea.
And many others fail.
If you ask most great startup founders, they probably had no idea what they were
building would become as big as it did.
And as the opening statement says, they likely shifted from
Three Reasons Why Airbnb Should Offer Hosts Mortgage Refis
Airbnb is valued at $25.5 Billion according to WSJ's Stock Tracker
[http://graphics.wsj.com/tech-startup-stocks-to-watch/].
That means the startup unicorn is more valuable then Marriott and Hilton
[http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/06/22/is-airbnb-best-lodging-stay.html]
.
Airbnb has an awesome product (I'm writing