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Azure DevOps (ADO) Dashboards & Reports - 2023 Samples

Azure DevOps (ADO) is excellent at many things, because it has so much built-in. One of ADO’s many strengths is its customizability. But you do have to pay close attention to how you engineer ADO’s configuration, and keep a close eye on the completeness and quality of the practices and data that teams are following and contributing. Here are some samples of dashboards and reports that I built in…

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Jira Dashboards & Reports - 2023 Samples

One of Jira's superpowers is its automation. Especially dashboards and reports. Here are some sample of dashboards and reports that I built in 2023.

One of Jira’s superpowers is its automation. Especially dashboards and reports. Here are some sample of dashboards and reports that I built in 2023. Continue reading Jira Dashboards & Reports – 2023 Samples

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Google Stadia Crashes and Burns - As Predicted

#Stadia #Gaming Just as I predicted 3 years ago. #Google can't commit to anything except search and advertising, and they continue to destroy their credibility, customer trust and abandon their employees. #Android is slowly being abandoned too.

What should be no surprise to anyone who pays close attention to Google and the tech biz, Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud based, streaming gaming service. Just as I predicted 3 years ago when Stadia launched in Nov 2019.. (more…)

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Mac Studio is Literally Off The Charts

#Apple #M1 Ultra in the #Mac Studio destroys #Intel #Xeon again, it is literally off the charts. Unlike so many other benchmarks in reviews, Craig A. Hunter used a very intense benchmark that measured GigaFlops (GFlops). #M1Ultra #MacStudio #Intel

M1 Ultra destroys an Intel Xeon based machine costing over 3 times more. The M1 Ultra in the Mac Studio is literally off the charts, in these tests done by Craig A. Hunter in his 2022 Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra) Review. Unlike so many other benchmarks in reviews, Craig used what looks to be a very intense Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) benchmark that might be used by NASA that measured…

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Microsoft Office Updated for Apple Silicon M1 Chip

Did you know that #Microsoft finally updated #Office to support the #Apple Silicon #M1 chip natively ? Neither did anyone else !!! Office is still crap. And they did not update #MicrosoftTeams. But it's somethin' at least. #AppleSilicon #Office365

Did you know that Microsoft finally updated Office to support the Apple Silicon M1 chip natively ? Neither did I, cause they kept it really quiet. No one noticed. Probably embarrassed that it took them so long. (more…)

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Too Late, Alder Lake - Apple M1 Max Better Than Intel, Again

Too Late, Alder Lake - Apple #M1 Max Beats #Intel Again - It's just too little, too late for Intel with its newest 12th generation #AlderLake processor. It is a fast CPU, but that's just one piece of the performance puzzle. #Apple is way way ahead

It’s just too little, too late for Intel with its newest 12th generation Alder Lake processor. It is a fast CPU, but that’s just one piece of the performance puzzle. And Apple is way way ahead in many of those other pieces. And Apple’s just getting started. (more…)

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Get A $3,499 MacBook Pro M1 Max for $240 Per Month

Get A $3,499 MacBook Pro M1 Max for $240 Per Month - You can get an amazing deal using #Apple Card and Apple's Trade-In. I bought my new #MacBook Pro 16" with #M1Max that costs $3,499 at full price, for just $240 per month. Here's how.

You can get an amazing deal using Apple Card and Apple’s Trade-In. I bought my new MacBook Pro 16″ with M1 Max that costs $3,499 at full price, for just $240 per month. Here’s how. (more…)

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Apple Silicon M1 ARM != Microsoft ARM & != Android ARM

Apple Silicon M1 ARM != Microsoft ARM & != Android ARM - #Apple critics the world over get it all wrong again. This time thinking that Apple's ARM based Silicon M1, #M1Pro and #M1Max chips and the same ARM chips that #Microsoft used or #Android uses.

Apple critics the world over get it all wrong again. This time thinking that Apple’s ARM based Silicon M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max chips and the same ARM chips that Microsoft used or Android uses. Apple’s Silicon team is NOT QualComm, nor Microsoft, nor insert random Android device maker, nor Google… Shall I go on ? (more…)

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Apple's M1 Max MacBook Pro Should Not Be Comparable To Xeon - Intel Should Be Scared

#Apple #M1Max #MacBook Pro Should Not Be Comparable To #Xeon - This is BANANAS. Latest test show #M1Max competes with workstation class desktops. #Intel, #AMD, #Nvidia, #QualComm and everyone that depends on those chips should be very scared right now.

This is BANANAS that we have to seek out the highest of the highest end laptops and workstation class desktops to find any real competition for the M1 Max. A laptop should not be comparable to a workstation class Intel Xeon desktop – But it is… Apple’s new MacBook Pro with the new M1 Max Apple Silicon chip is testing comparably to Intel Xeon based Mac Pro with a monster GPU. Intel, AMD, Nvidia,…

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Apple's M1 Max Outperforms $6,000 300 Watt Desktop GPU

Apple's M1 Max Outperforms $6,000 300 Watt Desktop GPU - This testing is from Affinity Photo, one of those apps that benefits from a great GPU. Another example of why video editing apps like the one talked about also perform so well. #Apple #M1Max #Mac

The M1 Max in Apple’s new MacBooks Pro are described as outperforming the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X in a Mac Pro, a $6,000 300 watt desktop class GPU. This test result is from Affinity Photo, one of those apps that benefits from a great GPU. Another example of why video editing apps, like the one talked about in Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro Reviews – If You Watch Just One, Watch This, also perform so…

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Apple's M1 MacBook Pro Reviews - If You Watch Just One, Watch This

Apple's M1 MacBook Pro Reviews - If You Watch Just One, Watch This - Ton of reviews. Here's the ONE video review you need to watch, if you can only watch one. I watched them all, so YOU don't have to !!! #Apple #M1 #MacBook

There are a ton of reviews for Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max based MacBooks Pro, that dropped already this week. As you saw in Reviews Drop for Apple’s New Beasts – M1 Pro & M1 Max MacBooks there is just so much to see and so little time. To help you out, here’s the ONE video review you need to watch, if you can only watch one. I watched them all, so YOU don’t have to !!! (more…)

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Apple M1 Advantages - Exclusive macOS Monterey Features

Apple M1 Advantages - Exclusive macOS Monterey Features - #Apple Silicon processors bring a ton of new features that just were not possible or just plain too difficult with Intel. Here's some #macOS #Monterey features only available on an #M1.

Apple Silicon processors, like the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max, empower a ton of new capabilities and new features that simply were not possible or just plain too difficult with conventional silicon like Intel, QualComm, AMD, Nvidia. And Apple has been building towards this goal since at least 2008. I’ve written about this a lot, including most recently in Apple History Repeating – Underestimating the…

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Reviews Drop for Apple’s New Beasts – M1 Pro & M1 Max MacBooks

Reviews Drop for Apple’s New Beasts – M1 Pro & M1 Max MacBooks - Tons of reviews dropped a day before the new #Apple M1 Pro & #M1 Max #MacBooks Pro are officially available. And the performance numbers are HUGE.

Tons of reviews dropped this morning because Apple lifted it’s embargo for reviewers a day before the new M1 Pro & M1 Max MacBooks Pro are officially available. And the performance numbers are huge. (more…)

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Apple History Repeating - Underestimating the M1 Pro & M1 Max Chips

Apple History Repeating - Underestimating the M1 Pro & M1 Max Chips - Apple's new chips are more massive leaps forward and leaping even further beyond all its competition, critics are underestimating #Apple and what it really means. #MacBook #M1

It’s starting to look like history is again repeating itself. Apple is once again shipping new chips that are more massive leaps forward and leaping even further beyond all its competition, and a lot of press, pundits and critics are underestimating Apple and what it really means. History knows better. Sadly, the critics do not. So let’s talk about what history teaches us, what power is coming,…

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Apple's New Beasts - M1 Pro & M1 Max - Arrive Oct 26

Apple's New Beasts - M1 Pro & M1 Max - Arrive Oct 26 - Watch the Awesome BEAST Video. M1 crushed almost every other processor last year. Now the M1 Pro and M1 Max are set to crush the rest. #Apple #AppleEvent #M1Pro #M1Max

Just in case you’ve been asleep or under a rock for the last few days, Apple is about to change history…. again. The BEASTS arrive Tue, Oct 26. (more…)

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Scaled Agile - SAFe Backlog & Roles Simplified

SAFe Backlog & Roles Simplified - Scaled #Agile Framework is complex & to understand how best to implement it, you need to break it down into smaller pieces. Here's a breakdown of 2 essential pieces, the backlog hierarchy and roles. #SAFe #Scrum

SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is complex by design, because implementing Agile at scale is complex. To understand how best to implement SAFe, you need to break it down into smaller pieces like you do a backlog. One of the many questions that I get often about how to implement SAFe are about the backlog hierarchy and roles. In this article I’ll breakdown some of the essential pieces, or building…

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macOS Monterey Beta Works on VMware Fusion for Mac

macOS Monterey Beta Works on VMware Fusion for Mac - Successfully tested the macOS Monterey Beta on #VMware, and it works. Even though VMware is not officially supporting it yet. Here's how. #Apple #macOS #Monterey #Mac

I successfully tested the macOS Monterey Public Beta on VMware Fusion for Mac, and it works. And the VMware Tools work too. Although VMware is not officially supporting it yet, so far it works just fine. Here’s how. (more…)