TechForGood

Episode 51 Tom Raftery
Tech for good podcast
   9 years ago
#TechForGoodTech for Good - #52This is episode 52 of the Technology for Good show
Greg Chase
Google Pub/Sub messaging service is based on @RabbitMQ? It scales past 1 million messages per second: http://blog.pivotal....
John Furrier
That is great data. Is pub/sub changing in the #bigdata "streaming" market
Greg Chase
Well some of @pivotal #IoTh reference architectures include #OSS components like @rabbitMQ and @Spring XD.
Greg Chase
@TomRaftery - what about the old argument that windmills kill birds? Woudln't this be dangerous for seabirds?
John Furrier
that killed birds thing is a bit overblown
John Furrier
how many birds are killed by spilled oil?
Greg Chase
Ya good point!
Greg Chase
*wave* at @TomRaftery and @BoobBoo
John Furrier
the europeans are always going over their time - very laid back
Greg Chase
These are two old friends chatting over coffee, virtually. Its late enough they should do beer.
John Furrier
I know those Redmonk guys love beer. I have pictures :-)
John Furrier
Solar eclipse is happing and it will impact solar energy says Tom and Chris on their podcasts. Great #IoT impact on energy grid.
John Furrier
What global impact do you think it will have? North America vs Europe?
John Furrier
the @ge folks would love this #IoT #IndustrialInternet example - who is measuring it?
John Furrier
ah over North Europe -thx
John Furrier
I hate the offshore windmill that is unless they blow out wifi :-)
John Furrier
those windfarms could be great basestations
Greg Chase
If you are staring at your screens, how do you notice the offshore anything?
Greg Chase
Hola
John Furrier
Hey @GregChase great to see you.
Greg Chase
Nice add-on :)
John Furrier
Testing out a CrowdChat for Tom's podcast
Chris Kernaghan
I really want to say 2.21 GigaWatts
Greg Chase
@furrier I was asked to join CrowdChat at Strata for @Pivotal, but didn't have time - that was a crazy week for us :)
John Furrier
cool we will be doing lots more esp when we rollout our social engagement page with lots of automated tools
Greg Chase
US oil and gas is becoming more and more unprofitable at current prices.
John Furrier
great conversation; sustainable and #IoT is the intersection where the tech can really advance the game; gr8 point Chris
John Furrier
Love the Google CS course for kids