How to get rich in the cloud

To get rich in the world of cloud computing, you first need to focus on a skill that’s in high demand, which is the kind that will pay very well. Second, work for an organization that provides some return on equity around the use of those skills. Typically, that means a hot technology startup or perhaps a small publicly traded technology company that’s now moving to the cloud. Wait a few years, sell your stock, move to beach, then repeat.

via How to get rich in the cloud | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld.

And that’s all it takes.  🙂

Kenton’s Weekend Projects: LAN-party house: Technical design and FAQ

After I posted about my LAN-party optimized house, lots of people have asked for more details about the computer configuration that allows me to maintain all the machines as if they were only one. I also posted the back story to how I ended up with this house, but people don’t really care about me, they want to know how it works! Well, here you go!

via Kenton’s Weekend Projects: LAN-party house: Technical design and FAQ.

Welcome to BitPim

BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. This includes the PhoneBook, Calendar, WallPapers, RingTones (functionality varies by phone) and the Filesystem for most Qualcomm CDMA chipset based phones. To see when phones will be supported, which ones are already supported and which features are supported, see online help.

via Welcome to BitPim.

Western Digital Lifts Dec Qtr View; Restarts Thai Mfg; Shrs Up

Western Digital Lifts Dec Qtr View; Restarts Thai Mfg; Shrs Up – Forbes.

Western Digital shares are trading higher Friday morning after the disk-driver maker revised its financial outlook for its fiscal third quarter ending December – and said it has restarted manufacturing in its flood-ravaged facilities in Thailand earlier than it had previously expected.

From: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/Data/2011_11_1/PHOTO-Horrific-Images-of-Flooded-Western-Digital-Factory/WD_FloodB_689.jpg

Android Developers Blog: A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads

On Tuesday, we announced that Android Market passed 10 Billion app downloads. We wanted to look a little deeper at that huge number. First question: which app was lucky number 10 billion? Photobucket Mobile. They’ll be getting a great prize package, including tickets to next year’s Google I/O developer conference.

via Android Developers Blog: A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads.