I use writing to develop my understanding of topics. The best way for me to work through an issue is by writing, so this post is about how I am thinking about the pandemic in two phases: medical and economic.
Here’s what Lockdown London looked like 7am-8am on Sunday 5 April 2020.
There is significantly more value in the long-tail of all the components of a talk than just speaking to people who happen to be present in the room at the time.
Apple produces the most environmentally friendly laptops from both a carbon footprint and energy efficiency perspective, but it depends on which model you compare. The best thing you can do for the environment is to not buy a new laptop.
Data center energy usage has only grown by 6% in the last decade. How important have efficiency improvements been for decoupling energy from growth?
Startups are an extreme form of business not suited to most people. Academia is the same in its opposites. This is probably why most people go and work elsewhere! I’m glad to be able to experience both.
The four core needs that every founder must satisfy, in this priority order, before they can be effective at their startup.
Data centers are responsible for between 1-1.5% of global electricity usage today but some scenarios project that will grow to 3-13% by 2030. How realistic is this? How efficient are servers and data centers? Will efficiency continue to improve?
If we still generate energy from non-renewable sources, how can a data center be 100% renewable? What does 100% renewables and sustainability mean for data centers and the cloud?
In porting a project from Google Cloud Functions to Azure Functions, I found Microsoft’s developer experience is a great example of attention to detail. What does that mean for startups selling to developers?
