Sub Pop Rocks On

Walking across the street to grab a sandwich this afternoon, I saw something pretty cool. Flying proudly atop the iconic Seattle Spaceneedle is a huge flag sporting the Sub Pop Records logo. Why the big deal? Well, not many people know about Sub Pop outside of Seattle. However, it launched this little band called Nirvana. It also broke Soundgarden, Mudhoney and so many others that it become THE label most closely associated with the "grunge" scene. And - it's celebrating it's 20th birthday this weekend. As I was pleasantly reminded by this article, they sold some pretty funny t-shirts...

IITD+SA

There was a nice little acronym we used around F5 a few years back (probably more than a few...). However, I was reminded of it today (thanks Annie and Joe!) while walking through the halls. It's simple. And, it's powerful. And, it deserves a "refresh" because there's no hiding from reality: there are more protocols, app flows, user distribution, and complexity challenging IT, not to mention shorter development cycles and performance demands challenging app teams. The move to TMOS ushered in the opportunity to do this and well. Here's what it means (updated for 2008): I = Intercept (as in...