If I understood the value prop correctly, Placemeter is to brick and mortar what Google Analytics is to the web. When I met Alexandre (Alex) Winter, their CEO, I was […]
More Transparency Thanks to Data
OpenDataSoft is helping communities build portals where data can be easily accessible. Such communities can be cities, counties, universities, governments, and so on. Data can be traffic, school results, crime, […]
OVH Plans Development in the US, Reveals Massive Investment Plan
OVH is one of France’s unicorn. Although it is privately held, there is no way to make a public valuation, but the hosting & cloud supplier can be valued over […]
Installing fio on a Raspberry Pi
For a bigger project of mine, I need to install and use fio on Raspberry Pi. fio is a benchmark / stress test tool for measuring I/O. The one available […]
Trophy
I rarely speak & write about myself on this blog, but for once, I’ll push away some humility. I started working for 2CRSI at the beginning of 2015. This fairly […]
A few Guidelines for a Successful Software Project has just Moved
I wanted to keep this post a little more intemporal: it got lost in the middle of blog posts, etc. Therefore, I moved it to the permatechlinks section of JGP.net. […]
I also love Hardware
You probably remember me as a software and Web “guy,” and you’re right. However, my earliest jobs —during college and just after— were in hardware, and I must admit I’ve […]
Custom Chips for the Cloud
My first PC (read PC, not computer) was a Compaq based on an Intel 80386sx. It was one of the first Intel chip to be a little hybrid, combining 32 […]
IBM and Twitter to Announce Partnership
IBM has just announced a strategic partnership with Twitter. What does it mean to the enterprise? Integrate the tonality and the noise of the world in analytics to help businesses […]
My Sharpie Map of Chapel Hill, NC
My summer transhumance brought me to the sweet town of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Chapel Hill is the birth city of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and a […]