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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform. application services (security, integration), etc. I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum.

Platform 150
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The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead

Both Sides of the Table

The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. + Over time developers will realize that they’re building into a platform that sets all of the rules.

Web 300
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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

By making it easier to capture value for goods & services that ordinary people provide and by creating a means of storing value today that can be used in the future — currencies have literally changed society and the world. I provided a short reading list in the Appendix if you want to read directly about the history of money.

Course 280