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This JPMC presentation at #reinvent feels a bit overly rehearsed — which if anything emphasises just how good the AWS presenters are, to make their presentations feel as natural as they do.

I’m live-blogging the second big #reInvent keynote over on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/snaplogic_awsreinvent-genai-activity-7270110442256031744-FGqB Today we are expecting the deeper dive into #data and #AI that Matt Garman (and Andy Jassy!) promised yesterday.

I’m live-blogging the #reInvent keynote over on LinkedIn! Follow along here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/snaplogic_awsreinvent-activity-7269738384460320768-RExR

Now that the dust from #reInvent has had a chance to settle, here is my reCap of a frantic week in Las Vegas. We saw a welcome refocusing on individual components, which can then be built upon and abstracted away to deliver value to users — including with #AI, which this year saw maturing from its own hype-driven topic to a feature that is deployed where it can deliver true value. https://www.snaplogic.com/blog/reinvent-2024-cloud-ai-highlights

If you go to the #reInvent website and click on Topics, you’ll see that the first item on the list is “#AI/ML”. Then you’ll notice that the next item is “Analytics,” and then you realise that actually, the list is sorted alphabetically. But why let such boring details stand in the way of a good story? Let's talk about how we can make #GenAI work for you. Hint: the key is #data. https://www.snaplogic.com/blog/autonomous-ai-agents-aws-reinvent

My shortest #reInvent recommendations:

Lip balm. Seriously, pack extras.
Comfy shoes; there’s a lot of walking.
Dress in layers; there’s a huge day/night difference, but also indoors/outdoors.
Backpack beats shoulder bag.
Drink water.
Talk to people. The hallway track beats the keynote track.

My co-host on the Enterprise Alchemists #podcast is a #reInvent sceptic, but I did my best to persuade him. What do you think, did I do a good enough job? Or what would you have added? https://www.buzzsprout.com/2387057/episodes/16193858

I love AWS #reInvent, I really do — but why do they have to make it so hard to get a direct link to a session? I'm here planning out my week with colleagues, and I want to send them the link to a cool session — no can do. We are reduced to copying and pasting session IDs, like *animals*.

These are some amazingly ugly slides for something that is supposed to be all about pretty visuals. #reInvent

I never thought I would hear Smells Like Teen Spirit arranged for a string quartet, but here we are. #reInvent