Early this week, Oracle has submitted an offer to take over TikTok US operations through an obscur partnership deal. As Laurent Sansonetti posted on Twitter: ‘I feel disconnected from tech, as I have no idea what Oracle does these days, and I barely know what TikTok is all about.’ And it’s true. From what I […]
The iPad will get better keyboard support and, possibly, a trackpad
There have been two rumours / beta features on the iPad lately that seems to fit very well with the trend initiated last year with the release of iPad OS. First, iOS 13.4 beta expands the keyboard setup with new options to remap the key with modifiers. This is something I am looking forward as […]
Quick thoughts on Dropbox Paper
Dropbox Paper could really be a killer tool with a bit more love from Dropbox. The feature I like the most is to share a text with just a link. I use it as a cheap private blog, to share some quick thoughts with friends. Most of the time I post the link as a […]
Suggestions for assessing our carbon footprint
Every one of our consumer actions has an impact on the environment and contributes to carbon emissions into the atmosphere. We all agree that global warming is not yet under control and that we must act to reduce our own emissions. However, our first tendency is frequently to hide our face as well. It is […]
Towards Lean Computing: Integrating Energy Consumption in Application Design
In the quest for better energy efficiency, the applications themselves are often overlooked. Our industry likes to claim that all technologies are equivalent. We have forgotten that the choices of programming languages, frameworks and architecture have a major impact on energy consumption. The observation Today we are all aware of the environmental impact of the […]
Peak AWS? Do we still need AWS?
I am reacting to the following post, because it matches my recent experience with AWS: AWS Elasticsearch: a fundamentally-flawed offering.