Author Archives: Jackson West

What is Node? Answers from Node Summit

While talking to fellow Node.js enthusiasts in San Francisco for Node Summit this week, we asked what seems like a simple question: “What is Node?” We got answers ranging from the basic but technical to the detailed but metaphorical, and provided by a wide range of experts from companies of all sizes working in a [...]

Events: Joyent Node Summit Meetup Tonight!

We here at Joyent have been looking forward to Node Summit for months now, and wanted to send one last reminder that you can join us tonight for some pre-summitting at the ThirstyBear Brewing Company from 6:00pm to 9:00pm — and since we just got a new round of funding, we’ll be picking up the [...]

2012: The Year the Cloud has to Grow Up

Virtual Strategy Magazine asked a number of players in the cloud computing industry for their predictions for 2012. Our CTO and Co-founder Jason Hoffman offered his thoughts on what Joyent is looking forward to in the coming year. In the cloud, we are rapidly moving from providing development environments to running critical applications in production. [...]

Events: Cloud Expo West, Node.js Office Hours

This week, Joyeurs can be found at the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara — if you’re in town for the conference and have questions about our SmartDataCenter software or our other products and services, don’t hesitate to introduce yourself. We’ll be on hand with our friends at the Telx booth on the show floor [...]

Events: GDC Online, Office Hours and Web Directions South

The Joyent Cloud team is in Austin this week for GDC Online, one of our favorite events of the year. Why? Because it’s an opportunity to talk to some of the most exciting technology innovators out there — game and mobile application developers, including our customers like Kabam. Also? Barbecue. Drop by booth 604 on [...]

Events: Joyent Cloud Webinar, Solaris Family Reunion, Node.js Office Hours

Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, October 4th, Joyent Cloud General Manager Steve Tuck will be presenting the details of the new and improved Joyent Public Cloud for our webinar tomorrow at 10:00am PDT. Registration is entirely free, and we look forward to fielding your questions about new features, benefits and pricing. Tomorrow evening, the SmartOS team is [...]

Joyent’s President of Greater China a Media Darling in Taiwan

If you didn’t know, Joyent is big in Taiwan — so big that our own President of Greater China Howard Wu has appeared on popular local news host Sisy Chen’s show not once but twice to discuss the technology industry and entrepreneurialism. In the most recent feature, our Chief Technology Officer Mark Mayo also makes [...]

Events: Node Hack Day at Surge

On Wednesday, September 28th Joyent is sponsoring the Node Hack Day at the Surge Conference in Baltimore. Just to give you a sense of how much fun it can be to play with Node.js, check out the highlights from the finale of Node.js Knockout in San Francisco last month, and be sure to catch up [...]

Cull.tv Makes Noise with Node.js

Cull.tv is “rebooting music videos for the 21st century” according to Co-Founder Katherine de León — though for those of us old enough to remember MTV back when all the network did was play music videos, the site is a refreshing throwback to the days when you could “turn it on, leave it on.” While [...]

Events: Node.js Office Hours Now Wednesdays

For those looking to catch the action during Node.js Office Hours, you’ll want to tune in to your preferred channel on the same time as usual — 4:00pm Pacific — but a day earlier in the week, Wednesday. That’s right, everyone’s favorite chance to discuss their favorite Node.js topics will be tomorrow, Wednesday, September 14th [...]

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