Strange how the history of the world has changed so dramatically, and perhaps the downward slope started with a seemingly humorous (at the time) lawsuit forcing Musk to buy Twitter… I wonder what state the world would be in now if this hadn’t have happened? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

When I first started reading this I though,t “is this really news, this issue has been around for years…” but then it gets interesting - kudos to the researchers on this one!

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social loving the podcast, but for balance, think you should invite @edzitron.com to be interviewed, to give an alternative view of AI :)

iOS 18.2.1 seems to fix the really annoying bug where the iPhone torch doesn’t turn on (either immediately or sometimes at all)… likewise for the camera button from the Lock Screen! 🎉

PSA: shop around for insurance at *every* renewal! Car insurance renewal received: up 50% from the best price I got last year. Spent about 30 mins looking, found a new provider that comes in at 10% less than last year's price (almost half of the renewal price from the current provider).

Final one - Happy Xmas! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 19

One of the most underrated apps for the iPhone is Shortcuts - it can create some really powerful outcomes, in just a few steps. For example, this 3-step Shortcut allows you to use the share screen to summarise a whole variety of content (web pages straight from Safari, files, etc) with ChatGPT

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 18

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 17

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 16

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 15

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 14

Love the simplicity and usefulness of this: aws.amazon.com/what-is/

After more than 8 years of using on premises versions of Microsoft Office, it’s a breath of fresh air to be using a fully modern, cloud-enabled toolset!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 13

Feeling refreshed after a short break, I'm very happy to announce that today I joined Rayo as their CTO. I'm excited for a number of reasons, not least of which is the chance of working with Chris and Robert again (both of whom were instrumental in my deciding to join AWS way back in 2016). 1/3

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 12

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 11

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 10

Moving an AWS certification account from a corporate identity to a personal identity is *far* harder than it should be…

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 9

Great session, worth watching! What is also interesting to me is that of the 18 in that list, 15 aren’t about GenAI but instead focus on the core services… :)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 8

Really great intro of the new Gemini 2.0 Flash model

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 7

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 6

Last week of time off before starting my new role - so making the most of it :)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 5

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 4

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 3

Thoughts on Swami's keynote (with a public sector focus). TL;DR: great Bedrock enhancements, continued progress on Q as a useful tool for developers & analysts, and a number of additions to SageMaker that the vast majority of customers shouldn't bother about :) www.linkedin.com/pulse/aws-re...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 2

My thoughts on Tuesday's AWS re:Invent keynote, from a public sector perspective: www.linkedin.com/pulse/aws-re...

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Is the AWS News Feed helping you navigate Re:Invent 2024? Consider making a donation! I've spent a lot of time and money getting the site where it is now, and your support really helps. Check the button on any article page, for example here: https://buff.ly/4ijrP2Q

AWS pre:Invent announcements that will be great for public sector customers: www.linkedin.com/pulse/aws-pr...

. @zaltzcricket.bsky.social was on great form tonight at Komedia in Bath - if you get the chance, you definitely need to check out his Zaltgeist tour: www.andyzaltzman.co.uk

Just been to see Greg Chapman’s “the non-psychic psychic show” - if you’re in the UK, you should definitely check this out: www.ticketsource.co.uk/gregchapman

Annual reminder to donate blood - stocks get very low over the holiday period; if you’re in the UK, check out: www.blood.co.uk

And a little bit about me; worked with AWS services since 2011, and have spent the last 8.5 years at AWS (my current role being Chief Technologist, UK Public Sector). However, I'm leaving shortly, and moving to a new company - but will still be very focussed on helping public sector orgs use AWS!

First post on Bluesky, after having spent ages in the wilderness on Twitter (joined way back in 2008) - but loving the vibes here so far, looking forward to being far more active on this platform in the future!