https://virtuwise.comVirtuwise2024-03-19T07:32:30.467793+00:00alucianihiddenpython-feedgenWelcome to my blog!
I’m Angelo, community evangelist, for the leader in the hybrid multicloud computing space.
This blog provides commentary, analysis, and r...https://virtuwise.com/unleashing-chatgpt-your-ultimate-podcast-navigator/Unleashing ChatGPT: Your Ultimate Podcast Navigator2024-03-17T14:53:57.326383+00:00alucianihidden<p>This is a great hack for finding new content using ChatGPT. Books, podcast or anything else you can export and list out. I tried it and like the output.</p>
<p>Ryan Buening writes on his <a href="https://ryanbuening.com/posts/chatgpt-for-podcast-suggestions/">blog</a></p>
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<p>An experiment I tried recently with ChatGPT was to see if it could generate some Podcast suggestions for me based on my current podcast subscriptions. I was able to supply ChatGPT with an OPML file that is commonly used to transfer podcast subscriptions between podcast apps.</p>
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<p>Give it a try and see if it can help discover new content for you.</p>
2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/fortune-favors-the-bold-inside-michael-dells-billion-dollar-gamble/Fortune Favors the Bold: Inside Michael Dell's Billion-Dollar Gamble2024-03-17T13:47:27.691176+00:00alucianihidden<p>Another insightful video from the folks at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LogicallyAnswered">Logically Answered</a> YouTube channel.</p>
<p>I have always admired the company Dell Computers and Michael Dell. I bought Dell laptops and desktops and would often recommend them to my friends. I also liked their Poweredge server lineup.</p>
<p>This video explains how Michael Dell's astounding personal wealth surpasses that of his namesake company, Dell, with a net worth of $85 billion compared to Dell's $60 billion valuation. His bold gamble, borrowing $70 billion to take Dell private and acquire EMC, ultimately led to transformative success, notably acquiring VMware and securing a massive windfall with Broadcom's acquisition.</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tZ9hEbASODA?si=y3jsObUvA_1AyErV" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
2024-03-17T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/weekend-musings-brief-brilliance-for-your-saturday-march-16/Weekend Musings: Brief Brilliance for Your Saturday (March 16)2024-03-17T13:34:17.741783+00:00alucianihidden<p>Here is a quick run down of some stories that I found interesting during the week.</p>
<p><a href="https://staysaasy.com/leadership/2024/03/12/Getting-Things-Done.html">Getting Things Done In A Chaotic Environment</a> One of the first things my CEO told me is that things move fast, so you have to get things done as completely as possible and move on to the next thing. I think about that advice a lot, and I find myself telling people that same thing again and again.</p>
<p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/3-ai-tools-to-boost-your-productivity-4x/">3 AI Tools to Boost Your Productivity 4x</a> In my almost 10 years as a data science and artificial intelligence (AI) expert, I’ve witnessed the evolution of AI up close. Like many people, I have been told that eventually my job will become obsolete because AI will replace me. While I never believed this previously, global organizations increasingly trust important tasks to AI, and media speculation is growing that AI will take over the world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24101171/google-io-2024-announced-may-14-android-ai-gemini">Google I/O 2024 is happening on May 14th</a> Google’s next I/O developer conference will kick off exactly two months from now on May 14th. Just like last year, the I/O 2024 keynote will be “broadcast in front of a limited live audience” and available for anyone to watch virtually.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714445/open-source-is-not-insecure.html">Open source is not insecure</a> Every study I see suggests that between 90% and 98% of the world’s software is open source. We’re all taking code written by other people—standing on the shoulders of giants—and building and modifying all that code, implicitly trusting every author, maintainer, and contributor that’s come before us.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-received-a-message-laser-beamed-from-10-million-miles-away-in-nasa-test">Earth Received a Message Laser-Beamed From 10 Million Miles Away in NASA Test</a> Eventually, we're going to want to expand the World Wide Web across the galaxy, and NASA recently demonstrated a key piece of tech that could help, beaming messages via laser across a distance of almost 16 million kilometers (10 million miles).</p>
2024-03-16T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/echoes-of-discontent-broadcom-ceo-chronicles-vmwares-transition-pains/Echoes of Discontent: Broadcom CEO Chronicles VMware's Transition Pains2024-03-16T14:13:37.069497+00:00alucianihidden<p>Folks are still feeling the pain from the Broadcom/VMware acquisition.</p>
<p>The goal has always been to add to the bottom line of Broadcom, and there is nothing wrong with that. You as a technology leader in your organization need to always be evaluating tech so you can pivot if needed.</p>
<p>Scharon Harding writes for <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/broadcom-ceo-admits-vmware-changes-have-brought-unease-to-customers-partners">Ars Technica</a></p>
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<p>For example, after buying VMware, Broadcom took over the top 2,000 VMware accounts from VMware channel partners. In a March earnings call, Tan said that Broadcom has been focused on upselling those customers. He also said Broadcom expects VMware revenue to grow double-digits quarter over quarter for the rest of the fiscal year.</p>
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<p>There will likely be more changes in the months ahead, so do your best to be prepared, stay informed and demand more from your account teams as you are going through this transition.</p>
2024-03-15T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/parting-insights-illuminating-the-path-forward-from-supercloud-6/Parting Insights: Illuminating the Path Forward from Supercloud 62024-03-16T14:51:03.207880+00:00alucianihidden<p>Supercloud 6 was a great event. John, Dave and Rob always have great insights and give you a front-row seat to the latest newsmakers and technology shifts.</p>
<p>Here is a recap of the event.</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QWRb1kEB_xQ?si=rLphrdEBkk0_Phh0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
2024-03-14T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/unmasking-the-layers-emails-complexity-as-a-pathway-to-clarity/Unmasking the Layers: Email's Complexity as a Pathway to Clarity2024-03-16T14:13:06.269253+00:00alucianihidden<p>I've been a fan of Cal Newport for several years. He has always offered practical and actionable advice. This blog post from 2016 somehow popped up on my radar, and it has made me think about email, in particular how to reduce my email intake.</p>
<p>I like the tactic from his <a href="https://calnewport.com/to-make-email-easier-we-must-make-it-harder/">friend</a></p>
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<p>I have a friend who runs an investor-backed online education company. He recently made an interesting change to his email setup. When you send a message to his normal address, you now get back an autoresponder that reads (in part):</p>
<p>“I appreciate you reaching out. I’m currently in hermit-mode creating as much value as I can for all of our stakeholders and having fun seeing if I can eliminate email from my life…Of course, if this is important, we’re here to help! Just email address of a virtual personal assistant and we’ll use our evolving email-free strategy to communicate.”</p>
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<p>I think this is something I may try. Now I don't have a virtual assistant, so I need to think through how to handle that aspect, but Cal is right. From the evidence provided, this should reduce your email intake.</p>
2024-03-13T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/boox-palma-redefining-mobile-reading-in-the-age-of-distraction/BOOX Palma: Redefining Mobile Reading in the Age of Distraction2024-03-16T13:47:41.876179+00:00alucianihidden<p>This is a device I've been considering buying, but have yet to click the buy button.</p>
<p>I am looking for something that is single purpose and free of a lot of the shinning objects that pull us all into rabbit holes. I like that it can be held in your hand and easy on the eyes.</p>
<p>Will this get me to read more? I think it will, but not sure if that's just me trying to convince myself to buy it. Anyway, if you have one, please let me know what you think of it on <a href="https://twitter.com/vClouder">X</a>.</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7ClcwxO9CI?si=q2ovqb4PqmLVcBFo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/bullish-on-words-harnessing-wall-streets-linguistic-magic/Bullish on Words: Harnessing Wall Street's Linguistic Magic2024-03-16T13:38:17.559497+00:00alucianihidden<p>Another outstanding interview from David Perell with Michael Mauboussin.</p>
<p>David does a podcast called How I Write, and it's one that I never miss, and often I re-listen to episodes. Hope you enjoy this episode.</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x5eYt44D_ac?si=jzkSselc6wRu7ZAY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/from-code-to-cloud-the-collaborative-dance-of-engineers-and-architects/From Code to Cloud: The Collaborative Dance of Engineers and Architects2024-03-16T13:30:33.677238+00:00alucianihidden<p>This is a question I've seen people struggle with in organizations.</p>
<p>Is there a difference between a cloud engineer and a cloud architect? I think David did a nice job here of outlining the different aspects of the work.</p>
<p>David S. Linthicum writes for <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713501/why-we-need-both-cloud-engineers-and-cloud-architects.html">Infoworld</a></p>
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<p>Cloud engineers and architects are indispensable in leveraging cloud computing to drive innovation. Cloud engineers are the builders and maintainers of cloud environments, and cloud architects are the visionaries who design the framework within those environments. They have a symbiotic relationship. I expect that both of these roles will evolve a great deal in the next few years, as AI becomes a driving force, and businesses understand the value of cloud-based technology solutions.</p>
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<p>I guess it comes down to strategic vs tactical roles and which suites you best.</p>
2024-03-10T00:00:00+00:00https://virtuwise.com/weekend-musings-brief-brilliance-for-your-saturday-march-9/Weekend Musings: Brief Brilliance for Your Saturday (March 9)2024-03-09T14:36:20.099957+00:00alucianihidden<p>Here is a quick run down of some stories that I found interesting during the week.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMbkWG2ca4">Inside OpenAI | Logan Kilpatrick (head of developer relations) - YouTube</a>
Logan Kilpatrick leads developer relations at OpenAI, supporting developers building with the OpenAI API and ChatGPT. He is also on the board of directors at NumFOCUS, the nonprofit organization that supports open source projects like Jupyter, Pandas, NumPy, and more</p>
<p><a href="https://linuxblog.io/home-lab-beginners-guide-hardware/">Home Lab Beginners guide (Hardware)</a>
In general, a lab is a place where you can safely perform experiments. Most of you reading this article are techies and sysadmins. As you know, trying out new things on production equipment never ends well. Shush… it’s OK, I know, I know, you didn’t think that one command would take everything offline.</p>
<p><a href="https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/08/report-hackers-used-ivanti-vulnerabilities-breach-two-cisa-systems/">Report: Hackers used Ivanti vulnerabilities to breach two CISA systems - SiliconANGLE</a>
A CISA spokesperson confirmed the breach in a statement. According to the agency, the hackers gained access by using vulnerabilities in Ivanti Inc. products that it uses internally. Ivanti is a major provider of infrastructure management software that counts over 40,000 customers worldwide, including multiple U.S. government agencies.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sam-altman-to-return-to-openai-board-of-directors?rc=yqhd06">OpenAI Board Reappoints Altman and Adds Three Other Directors — The Information</a>
OpenAI’s board said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived firing last November had exonerated the executive, who had been reinstated after a staff revolt. As a result, the company announced Altman had rejoined the board.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/coffee-myths-and-misconceptions/">7 Myths and Misconceptions About Coffee (2024) | WIRED</a>
COFFEE IS ONE of the most widely consumed psychoactive beverages on the planet. Nearly every country, region, and culture has its own unique way of preparing and consuming coffee. There's nothing simple about coffee. Those beans in your kitchen are the sum total of a complex series of interactions between international corporations, roasters, shippers, marketers, wholesalers, and even the growers who put the seeds in the ground. It's complicated.</p>
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