Monthly Archives: November 2007

Apple TV: What it is

November 28, 2007 – 12:53 am

There has been quite a bit of rumbling about the Apple TV, lately. It’s supposed to be a laggard for Apple. Maybe so, but I’m crossing my fingers Apple doesn’t drop it as a product. If Apple TV was positioned as a Tivo or digital video recorder (DVR) killer, that was a mistake. It never [...]

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Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Facebook Developers on Dell Servers. What does it mean?

November 22, 2007 – 3:26 am

[Note: I’m going to be writing some longer posts about the needs of a cloud computer. This first post details the need for reliable supply. Please take this in the spirit it’s offered: a survey of one company and its experience in the market.] I wrote recently that the operating system doesn’t matter anymore for [...]

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$3.2M give away of Joyent Accelerators for Facebook Developers

November 13, 2007 – 7:42 pm

Today at the Facebook Developer Garage in Dallas, Joyent CEO David Young is announcing that we are teaming with Dell to give away $3.2 Million in Joyent Accelerators for Facebook Developers. The program is open to the first 3,500 developers who sign up. Facebook’s Dave Morin has just posted about it on the Facebook Developers [...]

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Joyent: Working Conditions

November 11, 2007 – 2:34 am

Ah. No. We work hard. Really hard. Where does this stuff come from?

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The New Apple "Tablet"

November 7, 2007 – 6:18 pm

We had a visitor at Joyeur HQ yesterday. We were told by our visitor that Apple is coming out with a new device early next year, and that it’s going to be called “Newton 2”. We then all had fun trying to get an old Newton MP2100 to recognize the word “facebook”. I think the [...]

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