Tag: the cloud

• Use the Web instead

  January 3, 2019

  Few things annoy me more than a random website asking me: “do you want to use the app instead?” Of course I don’t want to—that’s why I use your website. There are people… more ›

• Stacking the Bricks: How the Blog Broke the Web

  October 31, 2018

  Stacking the Bricks: How the Blog Broke the Web I first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and long before… more ›

• The death of the newsfeed

  April 16, 2018

  The death of the newsfeed » When I got married, my future wife and I were both quite sure that we would have a nice small, quiet wedding – none… more ›

• The Missing Building Blocks of the Web

  April 15, 2018

  The Missing Building Blocks of the Web » Though the world wide web has been around for more than a quarter century, people have been theorizing about hypertext and linked documents… more ›

• Interfaces become queries. Data will be…

  April 12, 2018

  “Interfaces become queries. Data will be distributed across highly diverse interfaces, so sustainable apps need declarative contracts instead of custom data requests.” – Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web |… more ›

• Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web

  April 11, 2018

  Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web » Most Web applications today follow the adage “your data for my services”. They motivate this deal from both a technical perspective (how could… more ›

• The head of Google Cloud Platform’s technical…

  January 8, 2018

  The head of Google Cloud Platform’s technical infrastructure on the future of cloud » Hardy: Google Cloud is not the first in the business. What do you think differentiates it?… more ›

• Where do you stand, wireless, roaming through the…

  January 3, 2018

  Where do you stand, wireless, roaming through the undersea cable’s echo point in Dar Es Salaam? What sovereignty can be claimed over this call, and to what jurisdiction belongs this… more ›

• “We have to grit our teeth and hang on to the…

  November 23, 2017

  ““We have to grit our teeth and hang on to the fence and not take it for granted that the web will lead us to wonderful things,” he said.” –… more ›

• Soothsayer in the Hills Sees Silicon Valley’s…

  November 12, 2017

  Soothsayer in the Hills Sees Silicon Valley’s Sinister Side » more ›