The Week Was Awesome Feb 15

I’m back! My awesome weekly awesome list is back! What an awesome week it’s been in the wild world of technology. Why? I hear you ask? Read on…
As alway

1. Fund Fair
You know your killer startup idea? Better hurry... 50 billion does tend to go pretty fast these days...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbanks-vision-fund-is-rapidly-running-low-on-cash-11549466923

2. What’s New with Big Blue: AI-yai-yai
It’s the Power of AI… with Power. No that’s not a redundant sentence. Insightful article from Forbes on how IBM tech can really accelerate your AI applications.

https://ibm.biz/Bd2rks

3. Steven-pedia (or paedia if you must)
Wikipedia: of the people, by the people. Or more specifically, by 1 people: Steven Pruitt. Meet the dude behind about a third of what’s on Wikipedia.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-man-behind-a-third-of-whats-on-wikipedia/

Bonus fun fact. Check out the mythology behind my family name “Lim” here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_(surname)

4. Buy me a river
Google knows what you’re searching for… but Amazon knows what you actually buy. So be prepared for some very creepy ads based on what you actually plonk your cash for… Will Amazon soon kick Google off the advertising pedestal?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/technology/amazon-ads-advertising.html

5. What Kenvi learned this week: Back it up
Went to a customer’s site the other day and the guards (as well as multiple signs) reminded me to reverse park my car. So I naturally asked my client why… and here’s the answer (reverse click only):

https://www.geotab.com/blog/reverse-parking/

I saw this advert in a window that said: “Television for sale, RM1, volume stuck on full.” I thought, “I can’t turn that down.”