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It was not my first year attending, and my reasons for showing up are pretty clear by now. 
It was a challenge to be more spiteful than a few of the service names, but I managed.
3 weeks was WAY too long. I almost died.
And I attended to watch specific people speak, not for specific sessions. That's why Speaker search is so important.
3 weeks was WAY too long. I almost died.
And I attended to watch specific people speak, not for specific sessions. That's why Speaker search is so important.
So @awscloud likes to make a big deal about "the first launch of #reInvent." Let's do something else: the last launch of #requinnvent. That's right, I'm dumb enough to launch a product during #reInvent.
Let's start by talking about cost management SaaS tools. A thread...
Let's start by talking about cost management SaaS tools. A thread...
I've been on record for a while as saying that they suck, because they do. "Percent of your @awscloud bill" pricing, they try to do way too much (you don't use 90% of it), and they're all trying to be Expensive and Complicated Cost Explorer.
Worst of all, a tool can't replace a person in analyzing your AWS costs. There's no API for business insight, and attempting to install one into your staff apparently violates a bunch of laws.
In 2017, @werner gave a keynote that foretold the future—#theWernerProphecies. What will he reveal at #reinvent today?
Welcome to my #requinnvent livetweet thread.
This #reinvent DJ set was filmed before COVID, he's just wearing a mask because he's super anal about not getting dust on any of his records.
This #reinvent DJ set was filmed before COVID, he's just wearing a mask because he's super anal about not getting dust on any of his records.
The hidden benefit of wearing a mask to DJ is that you can beatbox along with the music without spitting all over your equipment.
It's the AWS infrastructure keynote with Peter DeSantis, and this is my #reQuinnvent livetweet thread. Like an @awscloud groundhog, this is the one day a year he comes out of the data center to tell us what he's seen, look for his shadow, and use the bathroom.
Music in a minor key about adversity is a great choice to kick off a keynote about infrastructure. Hardware is always depressing; it's a real kick in the rack nuts. #reinvent
So let's talk about the sad part of #reinvent-done-virtual: the sponsor hall.
"Wait, there's a sponsor hall?"
Sure there is! Let's go visit!
"Wait, there's a sponsor hall?"
Sure there is! Let's go visit!
Log into the #reinvent site. In the far upper left is an unassuming three line "hamburger."
If you click it, it expands into a full sidebar menu. Midway down, you'll see a "Sponsors" option.
Well slap me naked and hide my clothes, it's another #reQuinnvent livetweet thread, this time of the @awscloud #reinvent Machine Learning keynote.
We go live to the home of ML, a magical technology able to find anything in your data aside from a viable business model.
We go live to the home of ML, a magical technology able to find anything in your data aside from a viable business model.
This startup founder is 19 years old and worth $1.2 billion due to something called Serverless Blockchain with ML. You should have studied harder.
But even this founder can't afford the new Apple headphones.
And we're up with the sun for another #reQuinnvent livetweet thread, this time the #reinvent Partner Keynote.
The music is *GREAT*, which is fortunate because when you're an @awscloud partner you absolutely will dance to their tune.
I should disclaim here that neither I nor the Duckbill Group are @awscloud partners for a variety of excellent reasons and a few bad ones, ranging from "elimination of perceived conflicts of interest in bill negotiation" to "I don't like shakedowns."
For tonight's #requinnvent unwind thread:
Post a picture of something. An animal, a common object, etc–and I will tell you what an @awscloud Namer would call it.
Post a picture of something. An animal, a common object, etc–and I will tell you what an @awscloud Namer would call it.
Amazon Squirrelfriend
AWS LunchTrader
Slow #reinvent news day, so I will now do a #requinnvent livetweet of a panel: "Boldness Matters in Critical Moments."
This features Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec (@awscloud VP of Storage), Eva Chen (@TrendMicro) co-founder and CEO, @ShelArchambeau (@Verizon board member), and @juliecordura(Thorn.org CEO).
Mai-Lan was one of my favorite Screaming in the Cloud guests. Sadly the other four folks haven't appeared. YET.
In this #requinnvent thread, ask me anything about @awscloud's #reinvent releases and I'll do my best to answer them. Let's see how I do at being an unpaid Cloud Whisperer!
Multiple AWS folks have said that this was widely considered to be impossible even a few short years ago.
This feels like a combination of "a lot of engineering work" and "a breakthrough or two."
This feels like a combination of "a lot of engineering work" and "a breakthrough or two."
There are many more announcements yet to come.
All right, it's a #requinnvent livetweet thread here at #reinvent: the Databases leadership session wherein we dive into great @awscloud databases like Route 53, and less great databases like whatever the hell a Neptune is.
The waiting room hold music is good today. @awscloud has painted a funky looking target on its back.
And here's @shawnbice to talk to us about the future.
Good morning, and welcome to Day One of #reinvent.
This is my #requinnvent summary / livetweet / nonsense event, and this thread will cover @ajassy's 3 hour keynote this morning.
This is my #requinnvent summary / livetweet / nonsense event, and this thread will cover @ajassy's 3 hour keynote this morning.
Zach Persons is jamming out from an undisclosed location somewhere in @ajassy's labyrinthine basement.
The #reinvent crowd excitement here is reaching a fever pitch.
And so I begin the Late Night AWS #requinnvent tweet thread: Corey Quinn's own version of AWS's own version of Cloud Next.
To make it more like the #reinvent I gave my kid $20, watered down my drink, and spent the last 3 hours standing in line outside my home office yelling.
To make it more like the #reinvent I gave my kid $20, watered down my drink, and spent the last 3 hours standing in line outside my home office yelling.
(These will be aggregated among some other things at requinnvent.com.)
The #reinvent livestream is up, playing music reminiscent of that time I tried to give my dial-up modem a bath.
The first #reinvent launch is in a bit under 4 hours, and with it the start of #reQuinnvent.
Let's get in the mood by reading @gartner_Inc's MQ for Cloud Database Management Systems.
A thread!
Let's get in the mood by reading @gartner_Inc's MQ for Cloud Database Management Systems.
A thread!
If we look at the axis labels, @awscloud's ability to execute is unmatched but their vision trails that of some other companies like @GCPcloud, @OracleCloud, and @IBMcloud.
*spit-takes in Gartner*
Wait, what?!
*spit-takes in Gartner*
Wait, what?!
Okay, @awscloud's strengths make sense to me--but I'll call them out if they start marketing on that "more reliable than other clouds" point too heavily.
You don't market on other people's downtime, for tomorrow it may be yours instead. Or perhaps last week's.
You don't market on other people's downtime, for tomorrow it may be yours instead. Or perhaps last week's.
