Simon Elliston Ball

Data obsessed Product Manager at @unity former @aws, @cloudera and @hortonworks. Views, and puns, are my own.

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@NorthstarBrain https://t.co/xhaI6FHJy3 already shows this (just a demo, but multiple client side models)

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

Our #openuk #StateofOpen : The UK in 2022, Phase One: The #opensource Journey,📔Report is live 👉🏾https://t.co/IPEuzwQOl1 👈🏼Join our digital drinks🍾 20 July 4.30-6.30 BST to hear more https://t.co/6zIvDSzgBz #openstandards

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

OpenUK's #StateofOpen 2022 Survey is now live 🎉 . 👉🏾 https://t.co/EEoi4CiZ3V 👈🏾
Please contribute to help understand economics and investment, journey to open source and maturity, governance, security and sustainability in #opensource software in the UK. Report launches July

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@ZomDa Was the job “foreign agent”?

[Steffen Hausmann @sthmmm]

Do you wonder how to size your @apachekafka clusters? I've created some guidance that looks at Kafka performance from an infrastructure perspective. https://t.co/XLbjapGGgM

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@esammer @Decodableco Could not agree more! Look forward to seeing what decodable does to spread streams to the masses.

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

OpenUK is supporting the NHS with a new survey to understand how #healthtech staff work with #opensourcesoftware practises and platforms.
Closes 18 Feb 👈
Please complete at https://t.co/GFxisN0DnM #NHS #opensource

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@RMH40 What do you see as the customer value to self-serve? What is the customer problem? Time to result? Control? Ownership of the solution? The value to supplier on the cost side is clear, but customer value sometimes gets lost in the desire to productise service. Thoughts?

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

Calling Founders and Potential Founders across #opensource. Read OpenUK’s Entrepreneur in Residence’s First Report. @JetstackHQ’s Matt Barker shares his initial findings. 👀 Apply for our mentorship program 👀 and join our practical founder training. https://t.co/hYbWXSYnAd

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@ZomDa They also seem to think that James Bond is a positive male role model that will encourage young men not to commit crimes… have you seen the way he drives?

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@sthmmm @RevolutApp Maybe… I tried making contact with it… it stuck to my finger. I look forward to the new one having the exact same marketing centric user experience.

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

Got a very stylish debit card from @RevolutApp but some idiot in marketing felt the need to add a sticker reminding me I could use it to buy things. Now it is covered in glue and stuck to the inside of my wallet.

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

State of Open: The UK in 2021 Report, Phase 3: The Values of Open, has landed!

https://t.co/IPEuzwQOl1

#openuk #stateofopen #opensource

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

It is definitely time for another renaissance, siloed thinking is small thinking! - Teaching pupils to ‘€˜think like Da Vinci’€™ will help them to take on climate change https://t.co/DX0JNUYAgF

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc the PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly.

A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

OpenUK is shortlisted in the Best Public Sector/Not for Profit category of the UK IT Awards. Well done everyone 👏👏👏in the team of circa 130 volunteers making the organisation work! #opensource #openleadership 🤞🤞https://t.co/2uLGkPEOaG

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@ZomDa Was it doing the moobot?

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

@RMH40 Entreprise software.

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

Open Source and sustainability; one of the many reasons we all need to work together. With open source we (usually) collaborate instead of wastefully creating the same things in every org. This waste reduction isn't just about time and money, but about a common good.

[OpenUK @openuk_uk]

Following our OpenUK Board Strategy Meeting today, sharing 👉*OpenUK's 1st Sustainability Policy* (internal and external) https://t.co/qhu2Rw43cH Thanks to @cparrino our Chief Sustainability Officer #opentechnology #sustainability
Available to recycle #CreativeCommons #COP26

[Simon Elliston Ball @sireb]

Learn to code, and learn to "community" at the same time: https://t.co/UeYRw8iCeT might be of interest to all the parents raising the next open sourcers!