Colin Sampaleanu

I've been around the block, but I'm always learning... I was a founder of SpringSource (acquired by VMware), and creator of the popular Telix modem software.

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Amazing. The much ridiculed zoom-enahnce meme is pretty much a real thing now: https://t.co/doKcltlpHz

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Almost makes (as a Canadian) want to cry. This should be criminal.

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

WHO acting as if Taiwan doesn't exist is just so wrong, sad, and pathetic: https://t.co/2s7eB91dAo

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Profits wins out over privacy: Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition sale ban to governments. https://t.co/zx4MPDFFBX

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Definitely worth a read. Puts into words and numbers, what you already know in your gut...

[Joseph Stiglitz [Fan Account] @stiglitzian]

"The American Economy Is Rigged" by Joseph Stiglitz https://t.co/W1zBSouZBB

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Not much of a surprise: open offices are not great environments to work in, in a number of ways. Surprisingly, they hurt even face to face communication. https://t.co/5EgnRW0qNs

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Good news to see Euro Parliament defeat a copyright bill generally agreed to be damaging to an open Internet, but unfortunately it will probably be back and passed in some form. https://t.co/IgdqjK0HJB

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

I've been quite impressed with the quality of Google Translate for the Spanish language, the last year+. It looks like the Slovak algorithm still needs some work though...

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Call me very impressed by Google Duplex, but also scared... https://t.co/NvklM0WXeG

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

As a fan of blockchain, but not of mindless speculation, I'm definitely having a schadenfreude moment seeing Bitcoin drop 50% from its peak, along with big drops to other cryptocurrencies: https://t.co/ET5HSzwOkL

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Net neutrality repeal based on false description of Internet, inventors say:
https://t.co/glOEqbII9k

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

It’s already starting... Charter is using net neutrality repeal to fight lawsuit over slow speeds: https://t.co/PcPNji8qj6

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked:
https://t.co/yWwGffrTza

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Amazing image stabilization in videos on Google Pixel phones via the combined use of both optical and electronic image stabilization techniques. The last video (motorcycle) in the article is particularly impressive: https://t.co/nrqd6pYO4G

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

“Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.”
― Kató Lomb

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

First Evidence That Offshore Wind Farms Are Changing the Oceans - in a beneficial way: https://t.co/aDwiEXxNx6

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now: https://t.co/taIECtN0e8

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Because "How do you balance a binary tree?" is just as (ir)relevant in online interviews as at the whiteboard: https://t.co/UiFl7hWe1T

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

Economist: The 'free' economy comes at a cost: https://t.co/LnRjkbdMfg

[Colin Sampaleanu @l8arrival]

A dangerous step in enabling state sponsored censorship: https://t.co/Mo5fGqGD3X