socalTECH
APRIL 24, 2013
OpenStack is the set of open-source software designed to allow any hosting firm to offer up similar services to Amazon EC2; the OpenStack project was originally based on technology developed by Rackspace and has since spread widely to other ISPs. DreamHost has been offering the service in beta since October of last year. READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 3, 2010
Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas. Hello, Chair.
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SoCal CTO
JUNE 14, 2008
A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. Especially when there are things like: Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning. Level 1 & 2 Burden is still on the developers, you still have infrastructure. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
They started by offering cloud storage (S3) on a super cheap, pay-as-you consume basis. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital. They came from a different perspective. They have the mass retailer mentality of “stack ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap.&#
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 24, 2013
The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Social Networking Will Split Into Layers.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).
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