Hi, I’m Ian – a Glasgow based IT professional, amateur photographer and video game hoarder.
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- I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycleNot content with taking all the RAM and GPU the industry can make for the next year to 18 months, Sam Altman now wants RAM from your home computer as well. But from a global allocation perspective, actually, it’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used 5% of the time. You want maximum utilization in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment. And somehow many people’s intuition is the opposite of that. Of course he frames it as home … Continue reading “I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle”
- Join The BellI’ve focussed in the last 12 months on being more deliberate on the news, websites and podcasts I consume. One that has shone is the Glasgow Bell. Three journalists publishing great stories about Glasgow with a little bit of dry humour thrown in. They are currently running a subscription push – gain 1000 new subscribers by Nov 15 and they will deliver on these pledges: You get 3-4 more mails a week and the quality and variety has been excellent, learning a little bit more about Glasgow each time. Certainly better journalism than you get in the traditional local papers … Continue reading “Join The Bell”
- Weeknote, Sunday 4th OctoberIt’s been a while..and it might be a while again…but it feels right to get back into weeknotes. I’ve had a week away from work although I suffered from a nasty wee cold/covid bug all week which went from tickly throat to full on “taps to the max” cold. I’m on day 10 and still a bit sniffly. Annoying. Andy Burnham’s conference speech this week felt important. Instead of pushing topics on to the back burner, or spending much of the time talking about how bad things are and how bad a hand he’s been dealt, Burnham spoke with passion … Continue reading “Weeknote, Sunday 4th October”