Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Data Center Water, Environment, IT Energy.
US data centers are expected to use 660 billion litres of water in 2020. In 2018, Google consumed 15.79bn litres and Microsoft 3.61bn litres, primarily for their data centers. What is this used for and how does it impact the environment?
Published in Hardware, Product Engineering.
Examining the design tradeoffs of the kickstand on the Surface Pro tablets vs the Macbook Air and iPad.
Published in Startups.
Pure prosumer software might be new but the fundamentals haven’t changed. Products cannot be successful without a deliberate commercial go-to-market approach.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment, IT Energy.
We want to encourage more efficient use of cloud resources but designing incentives is hard. That changes with serverless and edge compute. Now energy usage is linked to price.
Published in Product Engineering, Startups.
E-mail is seeing a wave of innovation. You might think that e-mail is “done” but opinionated software can appeal to niches of hundreds of thousands of customers. This is how startups can compete today.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment, IT Energy.
The first example of carbon aware compute is uniquely suited to hyperscale cloud environments. It becomes even more interesting with carbon aware load balancing and serverless.
Published in Productivity, Startups.
Why startup founders and CEOs should read, what to read and how to find good books. I list my top 10 recommendations, 4 of which are nothing to do with startups.
Published in Thinking.
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.
Published in Photos.
Here’s what Lockdown London looked like 7am-8am on Sunday 5 April 2020.
Published in Product Engineering, Startups.
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.
