Tag Archives: Microsoft

Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s

Posted on October 13, 2022 by David K.

“I shot a note to LinkedIn and said please remove this, and they said, well, we have to contact that person and arbitrate this,” he said. “They gave the guy two weeks and he didn’t respond, so they took it … Continue reading →

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Pluralistic: 21 Aug 2022 The Shitty Technology Adoption Curve Reaches Apogee – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Posted on August 22, 2022 by David K.

Office 365 went from being an online version of Microsoft Office to being a bossware delivery-system. The Office 365 sales-pitch focuses on fine-grained employee tracking and comparison, so bosses can rank their workers’ performance against each other. But beyond this … Continue reading →

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Corporate IT, NodeJS, “Tech” Companies, and Freaking Microsoft Windows

Posted on July 8, 2022 by David K.

The Scene A few years back, as part of a long, slogging series of unfortunate events, I had been tasked with developing a new web application, which circumstances dictated should be written in Java. Books could be written about this … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn? In My GitHub? It’s More Likely Than You Think

Posted on May 12, 2022 by David K.

I didn’t much care when Microsoft bought LinkedIn, because no one actually likes LinkedIn. What little usefulness it has exists only because there’s nothing else in the space. A Facebook for work. Really? That’s boring squared. Who cares? But when … Continue reading →

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#MSBuild a Non-Starter

Posted on May 27, 2021 by David K.

I’m back on Twitter. Dang it. But it’s cracking me up that Microsoft’s (virtual) developer conference #MSBuild is getting so little attention on the platform. Compare and contrast this with Apple’s WWDC. There’s more activity with the #WWDC tag right … Continue reading →

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Peter Thiel: Competition Is for Losers – WSJ

Posted on April 19, 2021 by David K.

I am woefully late in coming to this understanding that monopoly is the goal of all venture capital. Peter Thiel, of Paypal, Palantir, Facebook “fame,” literally said this was the goal, in front of God and everyone, in a WSJ op-ed, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Released a Bizarre New Surface Pro Ad and It’s Hoping You Won’t Notice It’s Pure Gaslighting | Inc.com

Posted on January 26, 2021 by David K.

Microsoft made a point of mentioning that price point–since the Surface Pro is cheaper–but it’s worth mentioning that it means the MacBook Pro in question is sporting Apple’s new M1 processor. It raises an interesting question: How do you compare … Continue reading →

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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Posted on July 22, 2020 by David K.

Microsoft today released updates to plug a whopping 123 security holes in Windows and related software, including fixes for a critical, “wormable” flaw in Windows Server versions that Microsoft says is likely to be exploited soon. While this particular weakness … Continue reading →

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GitHub goes off the Rails as Microsoft closes in

Posted on April 28, 2020 by David K.

And this year, Microsoft App Center and Google Container Builder showed up as Marketplace apps, signalling(sic) that GitHub isn’t just a storefront for startups but a cog in the code deployment machines of major tech firms. Source: GitHub goes off … Continue reading →

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