Gearing Up For Tech Field Day Boston
The planning is done. The presenting sponsors and attending delegates are ready. The announcement has been made. Tech Field Day Boston is just two weeks away! We at Gestalt IT are incredibly proud of...
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Tech Field Day Boston: The Links
Tech Field Day Boston was a major success, generating perhaps the most absorbing discussions yet. Our new delegate roundtable time was applauded by all involved, and we will be posting video podcasts...
View ArticleNothing Beats Meeting In Person
The Internet is responsible for the demise of many “meatspace” industries, from magazine publishing to CD sales, but there are some things it’ll never do: No matter how much time you spend interacting...
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Docker is the New Twitter
Usually I’m an early adopter. Or at least I want to be an early adopter. If you have an emerging product category with a flawed product, I really really want to spend way too much money on what you’re...
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2017 Predictions
There are two things you can count on whenever the New Year rolls around. One is lists of predictions. The other is an abundance of eyewear that stopped being fun circa 2002. Just stop So here are some...
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Wavebox: All Your Web Apps Are Belong To Us
Right now, I have my work productivity spread across a variety of apps. I use AirMail for email on my Mac and phone, I essentially live in Slack for most in-office communication, Tweetbot corrals all...
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Corporate Twitter: When a Company Sings No More
Corporate Twitter is a weird beast. It’s marketing, help desk, and occasional viral sensation all rolled into one. At best it’s an inoffensive automated feed of content that can be used for promoted...
View ArticleSlack Outage Caused by AWS | Gestalt IT Rundown: January 20, 2021
Slack’s early-January outage was caused by AWS, Intel’s New CEO is rehiring CUP Architects, there was a Verizon FIOS outage on the East Coast and AWS Forks ElasticSearch after license change. We...
View ArticleMicron Exits 3D XPoint Business | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 17, 2021
Micron Technology announced that they are getting out of the business of 3D XPoint, a fire at OVHCloud last week caused several website outages and AMD launched Milan. We discuss these stories and...
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Twitter Turmoil and the Rise of Mastodon
If you, like the rest of the Internet, are done with Twitter – or not – you must follow the Mastodon chatter. Because, users quitting Twitter now have a choice – an even better alternative. Image:...
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