Peter Williams » Miscellaneous http://barelyenough.org … and there is much to be learned Mon, 21 May 2012 14:29:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://barelyenough.org/blog/2012/05/a-clear-and-concise-way-to-des/ http://barelyenough.org/blog/2012/05/a-clear-and-concise-way-to-des/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:45 +0000 Peter Williams http://barelyenough.org/blog/2012/05/a-clear-and-concise-way-to-des/ A clear and concise way to describe JSON base formats http://t.co/bjM6QfrQ

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… thinking long-term is a high status thing to do because smart people are better at it. Thus, being a long-term thinker signals that you are smart. However, as we might expect with status competitions this is overdone.

– Karl Smith

]]> http://barelyenough.org/blog/2011/12/short-term-thinking/feed/ 1 How i spent my summer http://barelyenough.org/blog/2011/11/how-i-spent-my-summer/ http://barelyenough.org/blog/2011/11/how-i-spent-my-summer/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:36:09 +0000 Peter Williams http://barelyenough.org/?p=602

Screen shot of CloudSwing

CloudSwing

If the idea of deploying your applications on commercially supported open source stacks with built in application monitoring and cost management sounds appealing you should check it out.

I learned an immense amount, even though i have been using cloud computing for years. The view from inside is a bit different than it is from the outside. It has been a fun ride, and there is a lot more to come. (Including some more posts here about some interesting things we learned.)

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