Episode 306: The Lotus Dream

This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter.
Rundown
SFDC
Salesforce CEO: We're going to rebuild all of our technology to become Slack-first (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-slack-acquisition-135151402.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAZTuzt_LffvaHAIFHpv23I9rjDmGt1XwjYl4AMPO9BHFYTmw7-9RFppK4J4pjkhVV6Ps8HjRBW3j4pg-QWpkmwmgAbtqZxLbmjIeR3ms__vrbn6YUP3lyHgAkHmLkAEZ8nZ3dJA80yvzUfImTO_FJXAIKYKPxFPz2U1Q2KHDNSo)
Salesforce Targets ServiceNow: Slack Delivers “Human Workflow” (https://cloudwars.co/salesforce/salesforce-targets-servicenow-slack-human-workflow/)
Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/15/andreessen-horowitz-goes-into-publishing-with-future/)
Relevant to your interests
AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Proton (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aws-announces-general-availability-aws-192000056.html)
Amazon rethinks full-time return to office as competitors tout remote flexibility (https://www.axios.com/amazon-office-remote-work-07f05dcc-f716-4fb9-8ed1-242b20e2ef34.html)
Write for DOnations (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/pages/write-for-digitalocean)
Side-by-side comparisons between GCP, AWS, and Azure (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/handy-new-google-cloud-aws-and-azure-product-map)
Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens Could Be Transformative For Sight Impaired (https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2021/06/13/mojo-visions-smart-contact-lens-could-be-transformative-for-sight-impaired/)
Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater (https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater)
Google Workspace for everyone (https://blog.google/products/workspace/google-workspace-everyone/)
Google’s unified Gmail interface (and Google Chat) launches for everyone (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/gmails-big-merger-with-google-chat-meet-and-docs-launches-for-everyone/)
Google Adopts Hybrid Workweek, With 20% of Its Employees to Work Remotely (https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-shifts-to-hybrid-workweek-allowing-20-of-its-employees-to-work-remotely-11620240694?mod=e2tw)
RISC-V and Intel? (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-set-to-address-ai-and-supercomputer-workloads)
Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipmaker-sifive-said-draw-intel-182107339.html)
Ubuntu Pro arrives in premium form on Google's Cloud (https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/14/ubuntu_pro_gcp/)
Future - Understand the Future, How Tech Shapes It, and How We Build It (https://future.a16z.com/)
Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535123/microsoft-windows-11-leak-screenshots-start-menu)
Oracle revenue growth accelerates as pandemic recedes (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/oracle-orcl-earnings-q4-2021.html)
Slack goes Clubhouse (https://uit.stanford.edu/blog/new-audio-only-space-lets-you-gather-slack-channels-and-talk)
Crypto Mining is Killing All Free CI/CD Platforms (https://dev.to/n3wt0n/crypto-mining-is-killing-all-free-ci-cd-platforms-4chc)
Community ≠ Marketing: Why We Need Go-to-Community, Not Just Go-to-Market (https://future.a16z.com/community)
Has Serverless Jumped the Shark? (https://thenewstack.io/has-serverless-jumped-the-shark/)
A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious “cookie banners” (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1774162)
Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/16/spotify-launches-its-live-audio-app-and-clubhouse-rival-spotify-greenroom/)
Neo4j raises $325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/17/neo4j-series-f/?tpcc=ECTW2020)
The public cloud could evolve like streaming services (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3620963/the-public-cloud-could-evolve-like-streaming-services.html)
Nonsense
10 fully remote engineering jobs? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27454589)
iOS 4 has been lovingly recreated as an iPhone app (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/10/22527395/ios-4-oldos-iphone-app-testflight)
ERCOT has issued a Conservation Alert (https://twitter.com/EvilMopacATX/status/1404500623454838785)
Doom now runs on an Ikea smart light bulb (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/14/22533512/doom-ikea-tradfri-smart-light-bulb-hack)
Peak binge: Consumers are now gravitating towards shows that are released weekly (https://www.axios.com/netflix-disney-amazon-streaming-binge-episodes-47896f59-bec8-4e36-97a3-3f5369a36598.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosmediatrends&stream=top)
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Listener Feedback
IBM Cloud Podcast (https://ibm.biz/cloudpodcast) hosted by Dan Bettinger
Conferences
Creating & Sustaining a Culture of Innovation Talk by Cote on June 21st (https://skillsmatter.com/conferences/13490-cloudnative-exchange-forum-21?utm_campaign=eXchange%20Forum%20—%C2%A02021%20–%2002%20–%C2%A0CloudNative&utm_content=169720987&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-16345873#program)
RabbitMQ Summit (https://rabbitmqsummit.com), July 13-14, 2021.
SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1st to 2nd.
THAT July 26,- July 29, in Wisconsin, Submissions Open Through June 14 (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/wi/2021)
Free Knative Eventing Training (http://bit.ly/learnknative) - June 30
SpringOne Tour, EMEA (https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/tv/springone-tour/0017/) - June 15th.
SDT news & hype
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Children of Time (https://www.audible.com/pd/Children-of-Time-Audiobook/B071Y9TTHC?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_&pf_rd_p=85df3330-9dc4-4a45-ae69-93cc2fc25ca4&pf_rd_r=Q3NWNW35KE913J1E0SRV)
Matt: N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season (https://amzn.to/3wD1ODk) and The Obelisk Gate (https://amzn.to/3q5zNBQ)
Coté: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-Ra_and_the_Princesses_of_Power), in Netflix. Also: Wooster and Jeeves books narrated by Jonathan Cecil - included in Audible membership!
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This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter.

Rundown

SFDC

Salesforce CEO: We're going to rebuild all of our technology to become Slack-first
Salesforce Targets ServiceNow: Slack Delivers “Human Workflow”

Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future

Relevant to your interests

AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Proton
Amazon rethinks full-time return to office as competitors tout remote flexibility
Write for DOnations
Side-by-side comparisons between GCP, AWS, and Azure
Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens Could Be Transformative For Sight Impaired
Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater
Google Workspace for everyone
Google’s unified Gmail interface (and Google Chat) launches for everyone
Google Adopts Hybrid Workweek, With 20% of Its Employees to Work Remotely
RISC-V and Intel?
Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest
Ubuntu Pro arrives in premium form on Google's Cloud
Future - Understand the Future, How Tech Shapes It, and How We Build It
Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more
Oracle revenue growth accelerates as pandemic recedes
Slack goes Clubhouse
Crypto Mining is Killing All Free CI/CD Platforms
Community ≠ Marketing: Why We Need Go-to-Community, Not Just Go-to-Market
Has Serverless Jumped the Shark?
A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious “cookie banners”
Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom
Neo4j raises $325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise
The public cloud could evolve like streaming services

Nonsense

10 fully remote engineering jobs?
iOS 4 has been lovingly recreated as an iPhone app
ERCOT has issued a Conservation Alert
Doom now runs on an Ikea smart light bulb
Peak binge: Consumers are now gravitating towards shows that are released weekly

Sponsors

CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

IBM Cloud Podcast hosted by Dan Bettinger

Conferences

Creating & Sustaining a Culture of Innovation Talk by Cote on June 21st
RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14, 2021.
SpringOne, Sep 1st to 2nd.
THAT July 26,- July 29, in Wisconsin, Submissions Open Through June 14
Free Knative Eventing Training - June 30
SpringOne Tour, EMEA - June 15th.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Brandon: Children of Time
Matt: N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate
Coté: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, in Netflix. Also: Wooster and Jeeves books narrated by Jonathan Cecil - included in Audible membership!

Cover Art Credit

Header Art Credit

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