VP at Backblaze. Formerly Veeva Labs, Selligy, Backblaze (yep!), Electric Cloud, MailFrontier. I'm a convertible guy; roof down even in the rain.
San Francisco
Joined April 2007
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. @AmericanAir you canceled my outbound and return flight on a three day itinerary... And wasted 12 hours of my weekend. Now, that the baggage is lost, your baggage claim agent won't even look up my baggage ticket in your systems. Your customer service is making United look good
I'm glad to hear that learning from other countries is now on the table...
How about we do that for school fun violence, health care, clean energy?
If only there was a way to cause the bleeding not to happen in the first place. Let's use our imaginations!
Bleeding is the leading cause of death at a mass shooting, but one-third of victims can survive if treated within five minutes. The Stop the Bleed program is teaching students how to do it.
NBC News' @DrJohnTorres reports.
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Announcing Relica version 1.0! You can now back up to your own cloud accounts and remote servers - no extra charge. Check it out, and see what's coming next! relicabackup.com/blog/relica…
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New proposal for DC: we get statehood or we each get to vote in the election of our choosing
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As an #immigrant that came to the United States as a #refugee, I’m doing the thing I find most important for every citizen. I #vote in every election because where I came from it wasn’t an option. It’s one of the most patriotic things you can do as an American.
Go and rock it.
ALT 2018 Voting
It's really fascinating how little I know about the most basic things around us. Amazing thread about what is a kilogram. It's great that people are working on improving things like this.
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We also have a handy conversion tool for CrashPlan in Comet for #MSP's too 😉
As the last of the CrashPlan consumer accounts are coming to an end, we'd like to extend that invitation once more to the folks who have held on! Give us a try, we'd love to have you!
backblaze.com/blog/crashplan… via @GlebBudman
ALT Welcome CrashPlan users...to Backblaze!
“By 1993, Sears had closed its national network of warehouses and exited the catalog business — which is basically e-retailing without the “e.” Amazon shipped its first book in 1995.” nytimes.com/2018/10/15/opini…
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So the news is out, @iconik_io, the cloud-based hub for managing video, now integrates with @backblaze B2 cloud storage! Our users now have access to a complete, cost-effective cloud management & storage solution! Find out more: iconik.io/2018/10/09/5-reaso….
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When one of my favorite games, @factoriogame, crosses over with my day job, @Cloudflare Workers... Guest post by @jachands: blog.cloudflare.com/mapping-…
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iconik and Backblaze — The Cloud Production Solution You’ve Always Wanted!
backblaze.com/blog/iconik-an…
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I made the current logo for rclone many years ago and I’d be the first person to admit that graphic design is not my forte 😳 So I was delighted to receive a new logo from @andy23 which I immediately fell in love with.
See the forum for more images: forum.rclone.org/t/a-new-log…
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Great #BandwidthAlliance
example in action:
With @packethost, @Cloudflare, and @backblaze all part of the Bandwidth Alliance, you can now:
1. Store assets in B2
2. Transcode/Transmux data w/ Packet
3. Serve finished data w/ Cloudflare
Total transfer cost = $0.00
#Win
Cloudflare enlists Microsoft, Google, Automattic, Backblaze, and other cloud companies in the Bandwidth Alliance, promising cheaper cloud networking costs (@tomkrazit / GeekWire)
geekwire.com/2018/cloudflare…
techmeme.com/180926/p17#a180…
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We don’t pay for bandwidth to connect to most cloud hosts, the cloud hosts don’t pay for bandwidth to connect to us, why should customers be paying for that bandwidth? The #BandwidthAlliance is our answer. xitter.cf/Cloudflare/status/1044…
RT @Cloudflare: Introducing the Bandwidth Alliance: sharing the benefits of interconnected networks - #BirthdayWeek - …
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Very excited that @backblaze be a founding member of the Bandwidth Alliance!
This alliance is our partnerships with @packethost and @ServerCentral which make bandwidth costs less of a barrier to entry for cloud storage. All good things!
Cloudflare partners with Microsoft, Google and others to reduce bandwidth costs tcrn.ch/2OaUBHC by @fredericl
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Here we go ->
Backblaze and Cloudflare Partner to Provide Free Data Transfer ->
backblaze.com/blog/backblaze… via @GlebBudman
ALT Backblaze and Cloudflare Partner to Provide Free Data Transfer