MicroSD card FAQ

Via @HNTweets

At Bunnie Studios.

Software Engineer: 2012's Top Job

by Cindy Waxer at Information Week.

Shout Out to the Server Teams

by Steve Streza, a nice acknowledgement.

1e7 Servers?

This article from Data Center Knowledge has a nice presentation from Jeff Dean.  Recommended.

Remembering Distributed Name and Directory Services

Since it came up in conversation today, I'm trying to remember the distributed naming and directory services that have gone by. Some are still with us.

• Novell NDS
• NeXT Netinfo
• Sun NIS
• Sun NIS+
• LDAP
• DNS
• Active Directory
  

I'll add more as I think of them.

Internal IT Departments

I enjoyed this line quote from an industry analyst by Jerry Pournelle in his Chaos Manor Reviews regarding cloud computing.

…with business groups doing end-runs around their Soviet-style lethargic, inefficient, overpriced internal IT departments in order to get things done quickly and more cheaply.

IT Crowd on IFC

I discovered that the cable channel IFC is showing the original IT Crowd!!

Wiki Advice

This article has interesting advice on building a good Wiki. Note that this is about the software, not content.

The author doesn't like CamelCamel case so I strongly disagree on that point. I consider CamelCase not only a good idea but essential. MediaWiki is particularly annoying on this point, though I've decided I can live with it.

The point about good search with relevant results is important, IMHO.

Looking back over it, maybe I only agree with about half of the article but I'll post it here anyway.

Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge: Data centers, design, power, cooling

A cool site on data centers.