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BlogsTip for B&N: Don't just follow Amazon February 8, 2012 Amazon is the clear market leader, but that doesn't mean everyone else should throw in the towel. In this podcast, Joseph Esposito, president of Portable CEO consulting, discusses the current publishing market and how B&N can best compete. The NoSQL movement February 8, 2012 A relational database is no longer the default choice. Mike Loukides charts the rise of the NoSQL movement and explains how to choose the right database for your application. Four short links: 8 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 8, 2012 Mavuno -- an open source, modular, scalable text mining toolkit built upon Hadoop. (Apache-licensed) Cow Clicker -- Wired profile of Cowclicker creator Ian Bogost. I was impressed by Cow Clickers [...] have turned what was intended to be a vapid experience into a source of camaraderie and creativity. People create communities around social activities, even when they are antisocial.... Four short links: 7 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 7, 2012 Integrated Content Editor (GitHub) -- a track changes implementation, built in javascript, for anything that is contenteditable on the web, written by the NY Times team and open sourced. Data Tables -- featureful jQuery plugin for tables of data. (via Javascript Weekly) Creating a Developer Community (Slideshare) -- treat the problem like a channel conversion funnel: turn visitors into... Unstructured data is worth the effort when you've got the right toolsBy Suzanne AxtellFebruary 7, 2012 Alyona Medelyan and Anna Divoli are inventing tools to help companies contend with vast quantities of fuzzy data. They discuss their work and what lies ahead for big data in this interview. Small Massachusetts HIT conference returns to big issues in health care
By Andy OramFebruary 6, 2012 The real reason hospitals haven't joined health information exchanges, and other reports from the Massachusetts Heath Data Consortium's annual conference. Business-government ties complicate cyber securityBy Howard WenFebruary 6, 2012 Is an attack on a U.S. business' network an attack on the U.S. itself? "Inside Cyber Warfare" author Jeffrey Carr discusses the intermingling of corporate and government interests in this interview. Four short links: 6 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 6, 2012 Jirafe -- open source e-commerce analytics for Magento platform. iModela -- a $1000 3D milling machine. (via BoingBoing) It's Too Late to Save The Common Web (Robert Scoble) -- paraphrased: "Four years ago, I told you all that Google and Facebook were evil. You did nothing, which is why I must now use Google and Facebook." His list of... Strata Newsletter: February 2, 2012 February 3, 2012 Highlights from the 2/2/12 edition of the Strata newsletter include: Thoughts on the evolution of software usability and why unstructured data is worth the effort. Visualization of the Week: Mapping Mexico's drug war February 3, 2012 This week's visualization comes from Diego Valle-Jones, who has created a powerful interactive map of the drug-related homicides in Mexico since 2004. Top stories: January 30-February 3, 2012 
By Mac SlocumFebruary 3, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Edd Dumbill examined the components and functions of the Hadoop ecosystem, Pete Warden gave a big thumbs-up to unstructured data, and Jonathan Alexander looked at how a Moneyball approach could help software teams. Publishing News: B&N closes doors on Amazon Publishing February 3, 2012 Barnes & Noble ramped up its battle with Amazon this week by shutting it out of its stores. Elsewhere, Goodreads broke up with Amazon's data API and Jonathan Franzen declared ebooks will be the downfall of civilization. Makers and hackers: The Where Conference is looking for you 
By Brady ForrestFebruary 3, 2012 The 2012 Where Conference is looking for makers, hackers, developers and do-it-yourselfers who are working in the geolocation and mapping spaces. Four short links: 3 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 3, 2012 Page Speed (Google Code) -- an open-source project started at Google to help developers optimize their web pages by applying web performance best practices. Page Speed started as an open-source browser extension, and is now deployed in third-party products such as Webpagetest.org, Show Slow and Google Webmaster Tools. What Commons Do We Wish For? (John Battelle) -- trying to... Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: February 1, 2012February 2, 2012 Highlights from the 2/1/12 edition of the TOC newsletter include: TOC chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert on what to watch for at the upcoming Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. Developer Week in Review: Brother, can you spare $100 billion? 
By James TurnerFebruary 2, 2012 If you haven't heard that Facebook is going public, I hope you live under a comfortable rock. While you wait for the IPO, brush up your Lua if you run a wiki, just don't leave any empty files lying around. Strata Week: The Megaupload seizure and user data February 2, 2012 In this week's data news, Megaupload users face data deletion, Bloomberg opens its market data interface and Pentaho changes its licensing for Kettle. Commerce Weekly: The return of iPhone NFC rumors February 2, 2012 When will Apple bring mobile commerce to the iOS masses? Also, PayPal studies consumer behavior at the cash register and Square collects for candidates. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) What is Apache Hadoop?
By Edd DumbillFebruary 2, 2012 Apache Hadoop has been the driving force behind the growth of the big data industry. But what does it do, and why do you need all its strangely-named friends, such as Oozie, Zookeeper and Flume? Four short links: 2 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 2, 2012 Beautiful Buttons for Bootstrap -- cute little button creator, with sliders for hue, saturation, and "puffiness". CMU iPad Course -- iTunes U has the video lectures for a CMU intro to iPad programming. Inspiring Matter -- the conference aims to bring together designers, scientists, artists and humanities people working with materials research and innovation to talk about how they... Why Hadoop caught on February 1, 2012 Doug Cutting discusses Hadoop's current and near-term role, and the factors that made it a central part of data processing. Four short links: 1 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 1, 2012 Cycles of Invention and Commoditisation (Simon Wardley) -- Explosions of industrial creativity rarely follow the invention or discovery of a technology but instead its commoditisation i.e. it wasn't the discovery of electricity but Edison's introduction of utility services for electricity that produced the creative boom that led to recorded music, modern movies, consumer electronics and even Silicon Valley. However,... With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform
By Alex HowardFebruary 1, 2012 A new beta .gov website in Britain is scalable mobile-friendly, platform agnostic, uses HTML5, open source, hosted in the cloud and open for feedback. Those criteria collectively embody the default for how governments should approach their online efforts in the 21st century. Embracing the chaos of data January 31, 2012 Data scientists, it's time to welcome errors and uncertainty into your data projects. In this interview, Jetpac CTO Pete Warden discusses the advantages of unstructured data. Four short links: 31 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 31, 2012 The Sky is Rising -- TechDirt's Mike Masnick has written (and made available for free download) an excellent report on the entertainment industry's numbers and business models. Must read if you have an opinion on SOPA et al. Tennis Australia Exposes Match Analytics -- Served from IBM's US-based private cloud, the updated SlamTracker web application pulls together 39 million... Four short links: 30 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 30, 2012 Improvisation and Forgiveness (JP Rangaswami) -- what makes us human is not repetitive action. Human occupations should require human intellect, and there's no more human activity than making a judgement call when processes have failed a customer. Kinect Tech in Laptop Prototypes -- "waving your hands around at your laptop" will be the new "bellowing into your walkie-talkie phone".... A discussion with David Farber: bandwidth, cyber security, and the obsolescence of the Internet
By Andy OramJanuary 30, 2012 I pumped Farber for big ideas about where the Internet is headed: how long it can last, slaying the bandwidth bottleneck, and waiting for the big breach. Moneyball for software engineering, part 2 January 30, 2012 A look at the "Moneyball"-style metrics and techniques managers can employ to get the most out of their software teams. Top stories: January 23-27, 2012
By Mac SlocumJanuary 27, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Mike Loukides offered a different take on the piracy debates, Edd Dumbill looked at Microsoft's Hadoop-driven plan for big data, and we learned why Amazon retail stores aren't out of the question. Publishing News: Ereader ownership doubles, againJanuary 27, 2012 One survey said ereader and tablet ownership doubled during the holidays; a second showed that Amazon may not be losing money on its Kindle Fire sales. Also, Amazon got a new print edition distributor and the library discussion elevated beyond ebooks. Good Content is Just the BeginningBy Josh NutzmanJanuary 27, 2012 Josh talks about the relationship between great content and great courses. Visualization of the Week: Politicians' word counts January 27, 2012 This week's visualization comes from The New York Times and is an example of the increasing usage of visualizations to make political arguments. ValoBox wants to reward content creators and consumers January 27, 2012 ValoBox, a publishing startup we covered earlier this year, has launched. In this interview, co-founder Oliver Brooks describes the platform, its development, and how its social retail system works. Developer Week in Review: Sometimes, form does need to follow function
By James TurnerJanuary 27, 2012 The latest rumors have Apple eyeing the remote control market, but does minimalistic design work for remotes? Australia wants to impose requirements on ISPs, but at what infrastructure cost? And would you let closed-source software keep you alive? Four short links: 27 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 27, 2012 Data Jurisdiction -- information from the NineFold hosting company in Australia. Has some Aussie-specific content, but would be great to see this internationalized. (via Lachlan Hardy) Anatomy of an Idea (Steven Johnson) -- people who think the Web is killing off serendipity are not using it correctly. Lovely glimpse at how he works, chasing trails of ideas down and... Strata Week: Genome research kicks up a lot of dataJanuary 26, 2012 We take a look at the big data obstacles and opportunities for genomics, digital humanities scholars respond to Stanley Fish's mischaracterization of what they do with data, and Hadoop World and the Strata Conference merge. Commerce Weekly: Target doesn't want to be the showroom for online retailersJanuary 26, 2012 Target asks vendors for exclusive products so online retailers can't sweep in with lower prices. Also, Apple's monster earnings included strong iTunes growth. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Why the fuss about iBooks Author? January 26, 2012 Apple doesn't have an objective to move the publishing industry forward. With iBooks Author, the company sees an opportunity to reinvent this industry within its own closed ecosystem. Transforming data into narrative content January 26, 2012 Scaling content no longer requires new hires — Narrative Science automatically generates stories from data. In this interview, CTO Kristian Hammond explains how it works and how the expanding types of data are creating new storytelling opportunities. Four short links: 26 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 26, 2012 Every Day, More iPhones Sold Than Babies Born -- Malthusian explosion of iPhones predicted once there's an iPhone-to-3D-printer dongle. (via Luke Wroblewski) No Safe Harbour -- a collection of political essays, texts, and discussions that help explain and educate about Pirate Party positions. Available for purchase or free download, natch. (via BoingBoing) Patagonia Roadtests New Sustainability Legal Status --... Coming soon to a location near you: The Amazon Store?January 25, 2012 In this podcast, Weblogs, Inc., co-founder Jason Calacanis shares his thoughts on Amazon's market presence and what the future might hold. He says an Amazon retail presence isn't out of the question and that AmazonBasics is a preview of what's to come. In the case of interactivity, we're still at the phase of irrational enthusiasm January 25, 2012 In this interview, Theodore Gray, co-founder of Wolfram Research, Inc., addresses the use of interactivity in books. He says the principles of minimalism apply and that "[i]nteractivity for its own sake is a bad thing: It should always be serving communication." Microsoft's plan for Hadoop and big data
By Edd DumbillJanuary 25, 2012 Strata conference chair Edd Dumbill takes a look at Microsoft's plans for big data. By embracing Hadoop, the company aims to keep Windows and Azure as a standards-friendly option for data developers. AI will eventually drive healthcare, but not anytime soonBy Fred TrotterJanuary 25, 2012 People will eventually get better care from artificial intelligence, but for now, we should keep the algorithms focused on the data that we know is good and keep the doctors focused on the patients. Four short links: 25 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 25, 2012 Mobile Overtaking Web -- provocatively packaged extrapolations of ComScore and similar numbers to conclude that Americans spend more time interacting with mobile apps than with web sites. I'm sure you could beat an iPhone developer to death with the error bars. Best Privacy Policy Ever -- satiric privacy policy from a Firefox plugin. The Time for Libraries is Now... "The President of the United States is on the phone. Would you like to Hangout on Google+?"
By Alex HowardJanuary 24, 2012 President Obama will join the first presidential Hangout on Google+ on January 30, 2012, as part of the White House's commitment "to creating a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration." O'Reilly Radar 01/24/12: Info overload vs over-consumption
By Mac SlocumJanuary 24, 2012 Access the script and associated links from the January 24, 2012 edition of O'Reilly Radar. Featuring: "Information Diet" author Clay Johnson on info overload versus info over-consumption, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee discusses open data, open government and bridging the digital divide. The five things you need to pay attention to at TOC 2012
By Mac SlocumJanuary 24, 2012 Tools of Change for Publishing chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert reveal their top recommendations for things to see, do and watch at the upcoming conference. Four short links: 24 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 24, 2012 fbootstrap (GitHub) -- HTML, CSS, and JS toolkit for Facebook apps based on Twitter's popular Bootstrap library. Focus on the User -- adds a bookmarklet "Don't Be Evil" which shows your Google search as it would have been before Google+ began artificially inserting itself into Google search results. Written by Facebook engineer and Firefox co-creator Blake Ross, this is... Children's ebooks and apps are big business on the iPadJanuary 23, 2012 In this TOC podcast, Neal Hoskins, founder of WingedChariot, talks about challenges and opportunities in children's ebooks, including issues with screen sizes and making the development choice between EPUB or app. Hoskins also predicts three front runners vying for the future of this market (hint: Amazon isn't one of them). 1 to 50 of 9393 Next |
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