S3E13: Conference Boomerangs in the Orc Apocalypse

Remote meetings are big money

HP Inc. to Acquire Poly

Poly is the lash-up of Polycom and Plantronics. And where was Zoom when this was going down?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/hp-buy-poly-33-bln-deal-2022-03-28/

How much of IT should be self-serve?

Cloud self-service doesn’t need to invite the orc apocalypse | CloudPundit: Massive-Scale Computing

Shadow IT discourse is back, baby!

As Docker gains momentum, it hauls in $105M Series C on $2B valuation

https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/31/as-docker-gains-momentum-it-hauls-in-105m-series-c-on-2b-valuation/

Large-scale npm attack targets Azure developers with malicious packages

https://jfrog.com/blog/large-scale-npm-attack-targets-azure-developers-with-malicious-packages/

Google Docs corner

New Google Calendar feature takes the back-and-forth out of scheduling

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/google-calendar-now-lets-paid-users-create-a-booking-page-website/

Compose with Markdown in Google Docs on web

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/03/compose-with-markdown-in-google-docs-on.html

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Dominic

Event: MongoDB World, 7th-9th June in NYC — discount code DOMINICWELLINGTON25 for 25% off! https://www.mongodb.com/world-2022

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Lilac

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen https://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life 

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