Episode 306: The Lotus Dream

This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter. Rundown SFDC Salesforce CEO: We're going to rebuild all of our technology to become Slack-first (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-slack-acquisition-135151402.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAZTuzt_LffvaHAIFHpv23I9rjDmGt1XwjYl4AMPO9BHFYTmw7-9RFppK4J4pjkhVV6Ps8HjRBW3j4pg-QWpkmwmgAbtqZxLbmjIeR3ms__vrbn6YUP3lyHgAkHmLkAEZ8nZ3dJA80yvzUfImTO_FJXAIKYKPxFPz2U1Q2KHDNSo) Salesforce Targets ServiceNow: Slack Delivers “Human Workflow” (https://cloudwars.co/salesforce/salesforce-targets-servicenow-slack-human-workflow/) Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/15/andreessen-horowitz-goes-into-publishing-with-future/) Relevant to your interests AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Proton (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aws-announces-general-availability-aws-192000056.html) Amazon rethinks full-time return to office as competitors tout remote flexibility (https://www.axios.com/amazon-office-remote-work-07f05dcc-f716-4fb9-8ed1-242b20e2ef34.html) Write for DOnations (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/pages/write-for-digitalocean) Side-by-side comparisons between GCP, AWS, and Azure (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/handy-new-google-cloud-aws-and-azure-product-map) Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens Could Be Transformative For Sight Impaired (https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2021/06/13/mojo-visions-smart-contact-lens-could-be-transformative-for-sight-impaired/) Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater (https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater) Google Workspace for everyone (https://blog.google/products/workspace/google-workspace-everyone/) Google’s unified Gmail interface (and Google Chat) launches for everyone (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/gmails-big-merger-with-google-chat-meet-and-docs-launches-for-everyone/) Google Adopts Hybrid Workweek, With 20% of Its Employees to Work Remotely (https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-shifts-to-hybrid-workweek-allowing-20-of-its-employees-to-work-remotely-11620240694?mod=e2tw) RISC-V and Intel? (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-set-to-address-ai-and-supercomputer-workloads) Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipmaker-sifive-said-draw-intel-182107339.html) Ubuntu Pro arrives in premium form on Google's Cloud (https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/14/ubuntu_pro_gcp/) Future - Understand the Future, How Tech Shapes It, and How We Build It (https://future.a16z.com/) Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535123/microsoft-windows-11-leak-screenshots-start-menu) Oracle revenue growth accelerates as pandemic recedes (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/oracle-orcl-earnings-q4-2021.html) Slack goes Clubhouse (https://uit.stanford.edu/blog/new-audio-only-space-lets-you-gather-slack-channels-and-talk) Crypto Mining is Killing All Free CI/CD Platforms (https://dev.to/n3wt0n/crypto-mining-is-killing-all-free-ci-cd-platforms-4chc) Community ≠ Marketing: Why We Need Go-to-Community, Not Just Go-to-Market (https://future.a16z.com/community) Has Serverless Jumped the Shark? (https://thenewstack.io/has-serverless-jumped-the-shark/) A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious “cookie banners” (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1774162) Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/16/spotify-launches-its-live-audio-app-and-clubhouse-rival-spotify-greenroom/) Neo4j raises $325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/17/neo4j-series-f/?tpcc=ECTW2020) The public cloud could evolve like streaming services (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3620963/the-public-cloud-could-evolve-like-streaming-services.html) Nonsense 10 fully remote engineering jobs? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27454589) iOS 4 has been lovingly recreated as an iPhone app (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/10/22527395/ios-4-oldos-iphone-app-testflight) ERCOT has issued a Conservation Alert (https://twitter.com/EvilMopacATX/status/1404500623454838785) Doom now runs on an Ikea smart light bulb (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/14/22533512/doom-ikea-tradfri-smart-light-bulb-hack) Peak binge: Consumers are now gravitating towards shows that are released weekly (https://www.axios.com/netflix-disney-amazon-streaming-binge-episodes-47896f59-bec8-4e36-97a3-3f5369a36598.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosmediatrends&stream=top) Sponsors CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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