By Marten Mickos | September 13, 2011
A summer full of activity! Cloud computing, open source, and modern business management saw great advances in the last few months. Linux turned 20. Amazon Web Services kept growing. Eucalyptus expanded its installed base.
Below is a review of the summer that passed based on my twitter account. I reviewed my tweets and picked the ones I believe have the most lasting value. I grouped them by category. Hope you enjoy them!
If you are new to Twitter, here are the basics. The postings must be no longer than 140 characters. RT stands for re-tweet, i.e. when you re-post something that someone else has already posted. When you retweet, you give credit to the originator by mentioning his or her twitter name or handle , which always is preceded by the @ sign (my handle is @martenmickos). Tweets many times include keywords. Popular keywords are denoted with the # sign and are therefore called hashtags. To fit in the short space, web links are typically shortened using services such as http://bit.ly. In the below summary, I have reverted some of them back to the original full-length URLs. Some tweets may therefore now be longer than 140 characters.
Under each section below, the tweets appear in chronological order with the newest first. The oldest are from early June. If you would like to see me summarize previous tweets too (from Q1 or from 2010), let me know. I have them all stored.
- Interviews with and writings by me
- Cloud computing and the software industry
- Open source
- Leadership and entrepreneurship
- The world, our planet
- Books I've read
- Famous quotes
Interviews With and Writings By Me
was interviewed in Open Up about open source success criteria http://ope.nu/p/69
blogged about Eucalyptus 3 and our new looks http://www.eucalyptus.com/blog/2011/08/24/join-us-building-highly-available-clouds
Keep the Cloud Open http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/08/marten-mickos-says-keep-the-cl.php (Joe Brockmeier analysing my #LinuxCon keynote)
We must ensure that no one closes that which we have opened http://opensource.com/life/11/8/mårten-mickos-f-freedom-and-fun-and-future #LinuxCon
TechCrunch reports from #LinuxCon: All About Clouds http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/19/linuxcon-all-about-clouds
RT @evershade: "Open source has gone from the disruptor of the old to the innovator of the new." #linuxcon
was interviewed on leadership in the digital age http://nofear-community.com/blog/2011/video-executive-interview-marten-mickos-ceo-of-eucalyptus-systems-and-contributing-author/ #NoFearBook (10min video)
No Fear - a book about leadership in the age of digital cowboys http://amzn.to/ppGTnt (FYI, I wrote a guest chapter)
was interviewed on the topic of entrepreneurship at Aalto Venture Garage http://on-msn.com/rsyOzo (2min video)
In Beijing, I had the honor and pleasure to meet with deputy mayor Gou Zhongwen to discuss cloud computing http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Government/Mayor_office/OfficialActivities/t1170224.htm
Linux.com interviewed me on why Linux dominates in cloud http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185:jennifer-cloer/458364:linuxcon-preview-marten-mickos-on-why-linux-dominates-in-cloud
Cloud Computing and the Software Industry
Aeolus mission: to free users from cloud lock-in http://t.co/gsEs4uO
Eucalyptus partners Puppet and Chef ease the transition to cloud computing says Businessweek http://buswk.co/pbvwzD via @dr138
RT @adrianco My blog post on cloning AWS was picked up by GigaOM and appeared on the NYT site today http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2011/08/31/31gigaom-if-netflix-is-right-amazon-already-a-cloud-champ-30090.html
RT @derrickharris If Netflix is right, Amazon already a cloud champ http://gigaom.com/cloud/netflix-amazon-openstack/ by @ryangigaom < @adrianco not a big OpenStack believer
Rick Clark loves Eucalyptus 3 at #VMworld http://yfrog.com/hs8zfmxj via @bradymurray
5 years of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - and it is already a massive and disruptive industry http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/08/happy-5th-birthday-to-amazon-ec2.html via @jeffbarr
ElectricCommander 4.0 runs on Eucalyptus & improves cloud resource utilization http://bit.ly/o4vsfO
Investorplace on Rackspace, OpenStack and Eucalyptus http://bit.ly/oHKIz5
Database in the cloud: Postgres Plus Cloud Server for EC2 and Eucalyptus http://bit.ly/n6g9fI
Great interview by Sam Dean with Eucalyptus CTO Rich Wolski on the new Eucalyptus 3 release http://bit.ly/og9pwD
Convirture helps you manage Eucalyptus clouds http://zd.net/pmMBfx
Luke Kanies of Puppet Labs explains what DevOps is and why it is indispensable http://rww.to/r6ocLh via @dr138 #cloud
Amazon introduces Memcached-like ElastiCache http://wv.ly/nJFjct
Everyone in software, or interested in it, please read this http://on.wsj.com/o6yIeE - a brilliant text by Marc Andreessen
Amazon introduces protected virtual private cloud for sovereign governments http://bit.ly/nMRc2K
The IBM PC is 30 years old today http://bit.ly/obhp76 - goodbye, PC
Great lunch discussion with @MitchellBaker on User Sovereignty on the internet. Here is her blog about it: http://bit.ly/okWtsb
Another exciting Eucalyptus government use case: http://bit.ly/rbU4NK #cloud #eucalyptus #iaas
At #OSCON, Brady Murray talks about growth of Eucalyptus http://youtu.be/P1wtB5Rwnow - great 2min video
AWS VPC and Direct Connect make it easier to build hybrid clouds with Eucalyptus http://dlvr.it/dn5Pr
At OSCON @krishnan interviews @bradymurray from Eucalyptus Systems http://bit.ly/rgcsov (5min video)
Amazon's cloud computing unit may be its next billion-dollar business http://reut.rs/pMTRVv (Reuters)
Amazing growth in public cloud RT @jeffbarr: Amazon S3: Now more than 449bn objects - http://bit.ly/s3449
WSO2 launches Stratos cloud offerings that run on Eucalyptus http://zd.net/rc81fI - congrats @sanjiva
When you visit http://www.puma.com you are hitting a Eucalyptus cloud
12 Top Thinkers in Cloud Computing http://bit.ly/ouX9x2 (by Apptio)
Congrats to Sheng and team! Citrix buys hot private-cloud startup Cloud.com http://dlvr.it/ZtwdV
Early benefit of cloud computing: Agility. Longer-term benefit: lower TCO (thanks to higher utilization of compute resources).
Great Eucalyptus cloud book in Japanese http://amzn.to/k6r4ob - thank you Osamu-san, Takahiro-san, Tomofumi-san & JEUG
Agility is a top driver for cloud http://zd.net/lYfpIs - such as deploying an SMSC in just 3 minutes on a Eucalyptus cloud
Technical description & demo of Eucalyptus private cloud software http://bit.ly/mMsKlR (12min video)
The web is shrinking - insightful blog by Ben @Elowitz, CEO of Wetpaint (which runs on Eucalyptus cloud) http://bit.ly/l27fAg
RT @barton808 Top up & coming cloud cos (private): acquia assistly cloudera eucalyptus nasumi #structureconf
RT @David_67 Blog post about Eucalyptus Fast Start http://bit.ly/k7FNHS #cloud #eucalyptus
RT @andyknosp Eucalyptus is helping to simplify private and hybrid cloud deployment with @rightscale #myCloud http://bit.ly/jZwOgx
Dr Rich Wolski on the history, promise and vision of private clouds http://bit.ly/jM8rvV (video interview at Cloud Expo East)
EucaStart, the way to get started with Eucalyptus private cloud http://bit.ly/leasVy #cloudcomputing
"AWS has a significant lead on innovation, breadth of products, compliance features, and pricing." http://bit.ly/iq9O4J (Barron's)
At #GartnerIOM, Neebula announcing ServiceWatch 2.0 with support for Eucalyptus private cloud platform http://bit.ly/kXdx2H
Leading on-line content platform http://www.wetpaint.com runs on the Eucalyptus cloud platform
Open Source
The act of participating and contributing is the reward. That's why open source won't run out of steam.
"Linux is the steel and coal of the 21st century" - Eben Moglen at #LinuxCon
Linus Torvalds: "the GPL has been very important - fundamental to how Linux works" at #LinuxCon
The Story of Linux: http://bit.ly/ndzZBx #linux20th #linuxcon (3min video)
In open source, some people spend any amount of time to save money, and some spend money to save time.
Leadership and Entrepreneurship
Transparency as a key competitive advantage, by Scott Weiss, former Ironport CEO http://dthin.gs/oLuiSM
Entrepreneurial superhero & Playfish CEO @ksegerstrale at #AaltoES on building great businesses http://bit.ly/rfdbRi (video)
The 5 secrets of Silicon Valley http://bit.ly/puaB7O (collaboration, incentives, talent, ipr, celebration of failure)
Ben Horowitz: There's a fine line between fear and courage http://bit.ly/rsJo00 (via @gilelbaz)
Go geek girls! http://bit.ly/qzpLKx
A most personal story by @nilofer about not giving up, and about quitting http://ow.ly/5UpBF
Go big or go home says @SamiInkinen. Video from event at Aalto Entrepreneurship Society http://bit.ly/nG7RAw
RT @ashmaurya "Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust" - Zig Ziglar
People working from home are happier http://gigaom.com/collaboration/why-are-web-workers-happier/ (GigaOM)
"The luckiest people in the business world hold humility, intellectual curiosity, and optimism" http://bit.ly/oSGANS - blog by Tony Tjan
Inspirational entrepreneurial wisdoms by Josh Silverman http://bit.ly/inBV7g
For Europe’s start-ups, Silicon Valley still calls http://bit.ly/osPTq2 (MarketWatch.com)
Love this NYT story about fairness http://nyti.ms/jpPXGK
There are many ways to organize a tech company http://bit.ly/jNVLHj #humor
RT @rsarver Spot on: 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups http://t.co/cionrg4 via @msuster
Excellent piece on how LAMP and then Amazon changed the startup scene and the venture capital industry http://bit.ly/jN8wfq
A wonderful initiative, Startup Sauna works with the most promising pre-seed startups from around the Baltic rim http://bit.ly/il2mT6
RT @vkhosla Invented by mathematicians, the Gömböc can't ever be kept down. The world's only artificial, self-righting shape http://on.io9.com/jYTW4f
RT @kittukolluri Why American Management Rules the World http://zite.to/izqx0d; the balance between capital and talent has tilted towards talent in the US.
RT @liuhenry Startups Are Hard http://dlvr.it/QPf0G
What makes a great programmer? http://dlvr.it/Tg5X0 - great blog posting by @commondream via @liuhenry
If you believe "abilities are transformable through effort", you will perform better http://bit.ly/lHveOm (The Guardian)
The World, Our Planet
shameless but hilarious stereotypes of Europe by "friends": http://read.bi/pv8umO
Tom Friedman's thoughtful list of 4 major global challenges: EU, Arab world, China's growth, USA's debt http://nyti.ms/mWQBg0 via @kittukolluri
New Nordic cuisine draws disciples http://nyti.ms/qOnpym - emphasizes the old: drying, smoking, pickling, curing
More PCs sold in China than in USA says IDC http://bit.ly/npknal
Europe's hottest startup capitals: Tallinn, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, Amsterdam etc. http://bit.ly/pspYOW (Wired)
Wonderful blog by @sanjiva about his return from USA to Sri Lanka http://bit.ly/q5o97W < the world is flat and global!
Earth might early on have had 2 moons http://bit.ly/p5DW7C (Nature)
India is driven by companies, China by a government, USA by individuals, and EU by institutions
OH: Europe is like a coral reef - colorful, growing, with pieces occasionally falling off, hosting many forms of life
Uncontacted tribe discovered in Brazilian Amazon http://bit.ly/m0Lobl - amazing & great that the world is not yet fully explored
Books I've Read
Physics of the Future by Mikio Kaku (2011) - a wonderfully visionary book, whether you like physics or not
RT @hnshah The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books http://kiss.ly/mYiWed < great list, but there could've been more by Drucker
Your Brain at Work by David Rock - a brilliant book describing how the brain's functions affect team dynamics
"Why the West Rules - for Now" by Ian Morris - a long long read, but well worth it (& sober) when you get to the last chapters
Famous Quotes
Always tell the truth. You will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain #quote
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson #quote
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln #quote
Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. - Lewis Carroll #quote
It would not be better if men got what they wanted. - Euripides #quote
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." -Jules Renard #quote #life #leadership
"Ladran, Sancho, señal que cabalgamos." #quote attributed to Don Quixote (perhaps incorrectly)
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. - R L Stevenson #quote
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. - Albert Camus #quote
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. - Henry Ford #quote
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. - Lao-Tzu (Laozi) #quote
You create your own universe as you go along. - Winston Churchill #quote
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