Comments for Bitcurrent http://www.bitcurrent.com Networking, technology, and the web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on The cloud’s most important equation by random_graph http://www.bitcurrent.com/the-clouds-most-important-equation/#comment-3458 random_graph Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:37:33 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=309#comment-3458 I was very confused to read "experience=traffic/capacity". It should read either 1) "latency=traffic/capacity" or 2) "user experience=capacity /traffic". Everyone I know defines high user experience as "good" and low user experience as "bad". It would be interesting to learn what these cloud services have in the way of "benevolent degradation": Would you rather deliver horrible service to a few users or fractionally (imperceptibly?) degrade service to all users? There are always instances of server/router/datacenter loss and how the system behaves when capacity approaches traffic level. I was very confused to read “experience=traffic/capacity”. It should read either 1) “latency=traffic/capacity” or 2) “user experience=capacity /traffic”. Everyone I know defines high user experience as “good” and low user experience as “bad”.

It would be interesting to learn what these cloud services have in the way of “benevolent degradation”: Would you rather deliver horrible service to a few users or fractionally (imperceptibly?) degrade service to all users? There are always instances of server/router/datacenter loss and how the system behaves when capacity approaches traffic level.

]]> Comment on The cloud’s most important equation by Interesting Links for November 12th — dougmcclure.net http://www.bitcurrent.com/the-clouds-most-important-equation/#comment-3270 Interesting Links for November 12th — dougmcclure.net Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:09:56 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=309#comment-3270 [...] The cloud’s most important equation - If you build a traditional data center platform for your application, you worry about three variables: The amount of traffic to your site, your capacity to handle that traffic, and the user experience they get, such as latency. The equation looks like this: [...] [...] The cloud’s most important equation - If you build a traditional data center platform for your application, you worry about three variables: The amount of traffic to your site, your capacity to handle that traffic, and the user experience they get, such as latency. The equation looks like this: [...]

]]> Comment on Bitcurrent’s team and background by Technology news - Techvibes Blog http://www.bitcurrent.com/about-2/#comment-3246 Technology news - Techvibes Blog Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:18:32 +0000 http://67.205.65.12/?page_id=8#comment-3246 [...] leaders who are eager to learn about and leverage social media trends. Social Media experts Alistair Croll and Mark Dowds will be on the panel and it promises to be a great learning [...] [...] leaders who are eager to learn about and leverage social media trends. Social Media experts Alistair Croll and Mark Dowds will be on the panel and it promises to be a great learning [...]

]]> Comment on There’s such a thing as TOO open by Reuven Cohen, Founder, Enomaly Inc http://www.bitcurrent.com/theres-such-a-thing-as-too-open/#comment-3227 Reuven Cohen, Founder, Enomaly Inc Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=333#comment-3227 Personally, I don't think you can be too open. Personally, I don’t think you can be too open.

]]> Comment on Cloud panel at Web2Expo New York by What ‘flavor’ is your PaaS? « Tech Spheres http://www.bitcurrent.com/cloud-panel-at-web2expo-new-york/#comment-3122 What ‘flavor’ is your PaaS? « Tech Spheres Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:55:49 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=171#comment-3122 [...] Simply put, as a developer, you have a choice in “flavors” – (“PaaS flavors” as a term lifted from a panel presentation Allistair Croll did at Web 2.0) [...] [...] Simply put, as a developer, you have a choice in “flavors” – (“PaaS flavors” as a term lifted from a panel presentation Allistair Croll did at Web 2.0) [...]

]]> Comment on Twitter, you break my heart by Recent Links Tagged With "twitter" - JabberTags http://www.bitcurrent.com/twitter-you-break-my-heart/#comment-2596 Recent Links Tagged With "twitter" - JabberTags Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:26:04 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=176#comment-2596 [...] public links >> twitter Twitter updates for Saved by U1u on Fri 24-10-2008 Twitter, you break my heart Saved by mate on Fri 24-10-2008 The Five Stages of Twitter Saved by RyanLeslieTV on Tue [...] [...] public links >> twitter Twitter updates for Saved by U1u on Fri 24-10-2008 Twitter, you break my heart Saved by mate on Fri 24-10-2008 The Five Stages of Twitter Saved by RyanLeslieTV on Tue [...]

]]> Comment on The cloud’s most important equation by tross http://www.bitcurrent.com/the-clouds-most-important-equation/#comment-2580 tross Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:37:05 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=309#comment-2580 Alistaire, You may remember a company called Ejasent back in those days. They were the first I remember to use the term elastic computing - certainly predating our use of the term. Although we didn't come up with the cool phrase, we were definitely among the first to use service level objectives as a means to control compute resource allocations. p.s. are you still in touch with Dan Koffler? He was a great guy to work with back in the early days of Think. Alistaire,
You may remember a company called Ejasent back in those days. They were the first I remember to use the term elastic computing - certainly predating our use of the term. Although we didn’t come up with the cool phrase, we were definitely among the first to use service level objectives as a means to control compute resource allocations.

p.s. are you still in touch with Dan Koffler? He was a great guy to work with back in the early days of Think.

]]> Comment on Who runs Human 2.0 operations? by Dave Asprey http://www.bitcurrent.com/human-20-first-steps/#comment-2553 Dave Asprey Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:15:04 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=298#comment-2553 Thanks Aaron. I'll blog more on this topic, and check out PacBio too. -Dave Thanks Aaron. I’ll blog more on this topic, and check out PacBio too. -Dave

]]> Comment on Who runs Human 2.0 operations? by Aaron deMello http://www.bitcurrent.com/human-20-first-steps/#comment-1938 Aaron deMello Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:36:18 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=298#comment-1938 I really like what PacBio is doing for personalized medicine. When I first heard about them my initial instinct was wow - this is going to give birth to a new generation of self-hackers who turns their talents onto themselves. It definitely resonates very well with Ray Kurzweil's writings on the Singularity and the way he treats his own body and mind in preparation for it. Interesting blogging subject matter and I'm looking forward to more posts from you. I really like what PacBio is doing for personalized medicine. When I first heard about them my initial instinct was wow - this is going to give birth to a new generation of self-hackers who turns their talents onto themselves. It definitely resonates very well with Ray Kurzweil’s writings on the Singularity and the way he treats his own body and mind in preparation for it.

Interesting blogging subject matter and I’m looking forward to more posts from you.

]]> Comment on Bitnorth08 recap by Infreemation » Blog Archive » What a month - I have a new boss http://www.bitcurrent.com/202/#comment-1906 Infreemation » Blog Archive » What a month - I have a new boss Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:47:47 +0000 http://www.bitcurrent.com/?p=202#comment-1906 [...] was a great month. BitNorth was awesome, videos of content to come soon at Bitcurrent. Akoha had a great launch at TechCrunch and will [...] [...] was a great month. BitNorth was awesome, videos of content to come soon at Bitcurrent. Akoha had a great launch at TechCrunch and will [...]

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