This document discusses how computing is increasingly becoming an interruption and proposes moving away from servers. It notes that the author chose not to do a typical product demo. It also contains brief sections about interruptions, the inventor of the selfie, and the death of the server. Quotes from Steve Jobs are included about innovation having more to do with people than money spent on R&D.

1. Compute as an Interruption
Forget the Servers
Adam Larson
Engineering Manager, New Relic

2. A Step Back
Why I didn’t do a product demo

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4. Interruptions

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Robert Cornelius
Inventor of the “Selfie”

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10. Typical Interruption
Incremental
Improvement
Revolution
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11. The Death of the Server
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13. “Innovation has nothing to do with
how many R & D dollars you have.
When Apple came up with the Mac,
IBM was spending at least 100 times
more on R & D. It's not about money.
It's about the people you have, how
you're led, and how much you get it.”
—Steve Jobs
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14. Adam Larson
@nr_alarson
alarson@newrelic.com