Links for 12-12-2012

• 3 Predictions You Should Ignore for 2013 - Forbes - Generally agree with this. My only caveat would be that dealing with/enabling BYOD is still relatively nascent even if the overall trend is now mainstream.
• How I Explained REST to My Wife
• Amazon Web Services presentations channel - RT @stantonmjones: Cool. All the decks from AWS re: Invent
• Photos: Iconic Film Stills Photographed in Their Real-Life Locations | Vanity Fair
• To Save H.P., Break It in Two - NYTimes.com - Not sure I buy the conclusion but some good history here.
• The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?
• The Necronomicon as Imagined By Other Authors
• "Pippin" at the A.R.T. - YouTube
• Technology giants at war: Another game of thrones | The Economist - "“In the modern history of technology we have never seen such a highly engaged group of chief executives and founders,” says Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture-capital company."
• A Supercut of Hollywood Movies About Photographers
• Lessons from the Groupon disaster: Maybe international can wait
• Having cloud-enabled technology != Having a cloud « CloudPundit: Massive-Scale Computing - "Why is it important to make a distinction between CESI and IaaS? Because while CESI can be used to deliver IaaS, there are many services that can be delivered on top of a CESI that are not IaaS."
• The 10 Rules of Packing – Intelligent Travel - Agree with pretty much all of this except the wheeled luggage thing. (I do sometimes check luggage but avoid it whenever possible.)
• Amazon’s early efforts at cloud computing? Partly accidental - The Troposphere
• Benjamin Black — EC2 Origins
• The 20 Most-Viral Ads of 2012 | Adweek