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BlogsWe need incognito book purchasingBy François Joseph de KermadecApril 18, 2013 In the physical realm, purchasing a book without revealing one’s identity involves little effort beyond proceeding to a store one does not usually patronise and paying in cash. Unless one is seeking illegal volumes, which are unlikely to be obtained … Do’s and Don’t's for Changing the Ratio in TechBy Suzanne AxtellApril 18, 2013 You’ve probably heard of Etsy, the bustling online marketplace for crafters and artists. You probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that most of its customers are women, both buyers and sellers. Ditto that the Etsy team is a pretty good representation … Sprinting toward the future of JamaicaBy Alex HowardApril 18, 2013 Creating the conditions for startups to form is now a policy imperative for governments around the world, as Julian Jay Robinson, minister of state in Jamaica’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, reminded the attendees at the “Developing the … Four short links: 18 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 18, 2013 The Well Deserved Fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto — I can’t assure with 100% certainty that the all the black dots are owned by Satoshi, but almost all are owned by a single entity, and that entity began mining right from … Building native apps from JavaScript using TitaniumBy Andy OramApril 18, 2013 In this interview, the author of Titanium: Up and Running describes how Titanium can be used to generate native mobile apps from JavaScript code. He distinguishes the Titanium platform from native API programming and from other popular JavaScript platforms for … Visualization of the Week: Commuting ParisBy Jenn WebbApril 17, 2013 The team at Dataveyes has launched its latest project, Metropolitain.io, an interactive map visualizing the Paris metro system. Using data provided by Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transports (RATP) and from Isokron, the team visualized the metro system from both a … Accessible user interfacesBy Everett ZufeltApril 17, 2013 For readers in a digital age, interaction with content is ubiquitous. We no longer interact with content through paper, e-readers, or tailored apps alone, but via millions of digital products and web properties designed to streamline our consumption. In recent … Will JavaScript take over the programming world?By Simon St. LaurentApril 17, 2013 Last July, I had to give an impromptu talk. What came out, much to my surprise, was roughly “JavaScript will dominate the programming world.” I didn’t say that JavaScript would dominate through sheer popularity – JavaScript may in fact top … Four short links: 17 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 17, 2013 Computer Software Archive (Jason Scott) — The Internet Archive is the largest collection of historical software online in the world. Find me someone bigger. Through these terabytes (!) of software, the whole of the software landscape of the last 50 … HTML5 makes offline web apps possibleBy Jenn WebbApril 16, 2013 With advances in HTML5, web apps no longer require an Internet connection — thanks to HTML5′s support of client-side storage, web apps now can run offline in today’s browsers. “An HTML5 offline application is simply a website that has been … Author (R)evolution Day videos now availableBy Joe WikertApril 16, 2013 If you missed TOC’s first Author (R)evolution Day you missed a lot. Cory Doctorow kicked things off and more than 20 speakers followed with terrific presentations on marketing, audience development, choosing service providers, and my favorite topic, data. The room … What is probabilistic programming?By Beau CroninApril 16, 2013 Probabilistic programming languages are in the spotlight. This is due to the announcement of a new DARPA program to support their fundamental research. But what is probabilistic programming? What can we expect from this research? Will this effort pay off? How long … Software Tools for Conservation BiologistsBy Corey BradshawApril 16, 2013 Given the popularity of certain prescriptive posts on ConservationBytes.com, I thought it prudent to compile a list of software that my lab and I have found particularly useful over the years. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but … The post Software Tools for Conservation Biologists appeared first on Animals. Four short links: 16 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 16, 2013 Triage — iPhone app to quickly triage your email in your downtime. See also the backstory. Awesome UI. Webcam Pulse Detector — I was wondering how long it would take someone to do the Eulerian video magnification in real code. … Velocity Report: Building a DevOps cultureBy Mandi WallsApril 16, 2013 Operations professionals live in a wind tunnel. If you can imagine one of those game show glass boxes, where a contestant stands inside, the door shuts, and money blows around in a whirlwind, you’ve got a good idea of what … Designing resilient communitiesBy Andy OramApril 15, 2013 In the open source and free software movement, we always exalt community, and say the people coding and supporting the software are more valuable than the software itself. Few communities have planned and philosophized as much about community-building as ZeroMQ. … Why I created a Flipboard magazineBy Joe WikertApril 15, 2013 Flipboard recently announced the ability for anyone to become a publisher on their platform. Within two weeks 500,000+ magazines were created. I created one of those and I’d like to tell you why. Before I do that though, let me tell … Homo abudantia: From Oldowan to UbiquityBy Corey PressmanApril 15, 2013 [This is the first in a series of articles intended to identify key watershed moments in the history of content and container. Our intent is to frame the current moment in this story so that we may better understand the … Upward Mobility: Automating iOS builds with JenkinsBy James TurnerApril 15, 2013 One of the pleasant surprises I learned last year at WWDC is that Apple uses Jenkins to automated their iOS app builds. Since we were already using Jenkins to do the same thing at the Day Job, it was a … Four short links: 15 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 15, 2013 Know Your HTTP Posters (GitHub) — A0-posters about the HTTP protocol. Crowdserfing — when a large corp uses crowd-sourced volunteering for its own financial gain, without giving back. It offends my sense of reciprocity as well, but nobody is coerced … Single server systems can tackle big dataBy Ben LoricaApril 13, 2013 About a year ago a blog post from SAP posited1 that when it comes to analytics, most companies are in the multi-terabyte range: data sizes that are well-within the scope of distributed in-memory solutions like Spark, SAP HANA, ScaleOut Software, … Four steps to analyzing big data with SparkBy O'Reilly StrataApril 12, 2013 By Andy Konwinski, Ion Stoica, and Matei Zaharia In the UC Berkeley AMPLab, we have embarked on a six year project to build a powerful next generation big data analytics platform: the Berkeley Data Analytics Stack (BDAS). We have already … Strata Week: Court case sheds light on FBI stingray surveillanceBy Jenn WebbApril 12, 2013 FBI and IRS push privacy envelope Details about how the FBI uses stingray or IMSI-catcher technology — and how much more intrusive it is than previously known — have come to light in a tax fraud case against accused identity … Publishing News: Democratized publishing and the digital divideBy Jenn WebbApril 12, 2013 Will rise in self-publishing leave world’s digital have-nots behind? Barnes & Noble announced this week it has upgraded and rebranded its PubIt! self-publishing platform and is launching Nook Press to better compete against platforms such as Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. … Newbie author rediscovers his natural aversion to all things bureaucraticBy Michael DaughertyApril 12, 2013 Last week I talked about putting pen to paper, or keystrokes to Microsoft Word, and all the behind the scenes work that involved. When I felt I had no clue what I was doing, I remembered what my developmental editor … The Fluent Online Conference PreviewBy Simon St. LaurentApril 12, 2013 As JavaScript and the Web connect more and more technologies, conversations grow broader and broader. While the Fluent conference is large enough to cover a broad range, we created a sampler of topics for the two-hour online conference I hosted … Four short links: 12 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 12, 2013 Wikileaks ProjectK Code (Github) — open-sourced map and graph modules behind the Wikileaks code serving Kissinger-era cables. (via Journalism++) Plan Your Digital Afterlife With Inactive Account Manager — you can choose to have your data deleted — after three, six, … Data’s missing ingredient? Rhetoric.By Max ShronApril 11, 2013 Data is key to decision making. Yet we are rarely faced with a situation where things can be put in to such a clear logical form that we have no choice but to accept the force of evidence before us. … Three years of TOC at the Bologna Children’s Book FairBy Sarah TowleApril 11, 2013 O’Reilly Media took its Tools of Change in Publishing Conference to Italy for the first time in 2011, teaming up with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizers to focus on opportunities for children’s content in digital publishing. That year the … The Kirbster Reports Back from Pycon 2013By Kirby UrnerApril 11, 2013 (Artwork by Idan Gazit) Not all scripting languages are equal, and sometimes you may need to sell your boss on that idea. She might think, “Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP… we don’t care, what’s the difference?” Unless you’re equally happy using … Continue reading Commerce Weekly: Apple iWallet/NFC rumors reignite with newest patent applicationBy Jenn WebbApril 11, 2013 iPhone patent application focused on “a method for conducting a financial transaction” The US Patent & Trademark Office published a new patent application from Apple this week that indicates potential advancement on the iWallet mobile payment front. Jack Purcher at … Data skepticismBy Mike LoukidesApril 11, 2013 A couple of months ago, I wrote that “big data” is heading toward the trough of a hype curve as a result of oversized hype and promises. That’s certainly true. I see more expressions of skepticism about the value of … Best of TOC: Thought-provoking articles from the past yearBy Joe WikertApril 11, 2013 It’s challenging keeping up with publishing industry news and analysis. I have way too many content feeds to monitor and I’m sure you do too. We do our best to highlight the most important developments on the TOC website but you’re forgiven … Predictive analytics and data sharing raise civil liberties concernsBy Alex HowardApril 11, 2013 Last winter, around the same time there was a huge row in Congress over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), U.S. Attorney General Holder quietly signed off on expanded rules on government data sharing. The rules allowed the National … R as a programming languageBy Courtney NashApril 11, 2013 Garrett Grolemund is an O’Reilly author and teaches classes on data analysis for R Studios. We sat down to discuss why data scientists, statisticians, and programmers alike can use the R language to make data analysis easier and more powerful. … Data skepticismBy Mike LoukidesApril 11, 2013 A couple of months ago, I wrote that “big data” is heading toward the trough of a hype curve as a result of oversized hype and promises. That’s certainly true. I see more expressions of skepticism about the value of … Four short links: 11 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 11, 2013 A General Technique for Automating NES Games — software that learns how to play NES games and plays them automatically, using an aesthetically pleasing technique. With video, research paper, and code. rietveld — open source tool like Mondrian, Google’s code … Will we ever see a “Spotify for ebooks”?By Joe WikertApril 10, 2013 My music buying habits have definitely changed over the years. I’m doing a lot more streaming now and rarely buying individual tracks or albums. I use Spotify but I also started using Rdio. I’m still in the free trial period for the latter … Taking ebooks mainstream…in GermanyBy Ruediger WischenbartApril 10, 2013 Are German ebooks really any different than those in the U.S. or the U.K.? Many strong indicators say yes, they are different. That’s why many ebook debates in the past have not ended with practical guidelines for German publishers and … Code Simplicity: The science of software designBy Max Kanat-AlexanderApril 10, 2013 If you want to be a better programmer, a good first step would be to choose an area of software development to take additional responsibility for. Now, when we say “responsibility,” we don’t mean the sort of “you’re to blame … Four short links: 10 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 10, 2013 HyperLapse — this won the Internet for April. Everyone else can go home. Check out this unbelievable video and source is available. Housing Simulator — NZ’s largest city is consulting on its growth plan, and includes a simulator so you … The re-emergence of time-seriesBy Ben LoricaApril 9, 2013 My first job after leaving academia was as a quant 1 for a hedge fund, where I performed (what are now referred to as) data science tasks on financial time-series. I primarily used techniques from probability & statistics, econometrics, and … Visualization of the Week: A day in the life of a bus lineBy Jenn WebbApril 9, 2013 The Urban Data Challenge winners have been announced. The grand prize was awarded to the team behind the Dots on the Bus animated, interactive visualization — Adam Greenhall, Amelia Greenhall, and Jared McFarland. The team culled public transportation data provided … Digital publishing and the loss of intimacyBy François Joseph de KermadecApril 9, 2013 Reading used to be an intimate experience. Even Amazon, the pioneer in digital publishing, branded its Kindle with a child reading alone under a tree. Books were specially designed to disappear into the background as much as possible, helped by … Privacy vs. speechBy Jim StogdillApril 9, 2013 A week or so ago this link made its way through my tweet stream: “Privacy and the right to be forgotten.” Honestly I didn’t really even read it. I just retweeted it with a +1 or some other sign of … The future of educational publishingBy Joe WikertApril 9, 2013 The ebook revolution started with the launch of the original Kindle back in late 2007. More than 5 years later the world is now moving away from dedicated e-readers to multifunction tablets. Despite the dramatic rise in ebook sales most … Four short links: 9 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 9, 2013 Automated Essay Grading To Come to EdX (NY Times) — shortly after we get software that writes stories for us, we get software to read them for us. AMD Calls End of Moore’s Law in Ten Years (ComputerWorld) — story … Learning Paths for JavaScriptBy Simon St. LaurentApril 9, 2013 Everyone learns and teaches JavaScript their own way, but Cody Lindley (@codylindley) has spent a lot of time with a lot of different kinds of learners. He made the jQuery Cookbook happen, finding and managing contributors as well as making … An IPO by any other nameBy Jon BrunerApril 8, 2013 When Tableau goes public this summer, its shares will trade on NASDAQ under the apt ticker symbol “DATA.” Tickers are arguably less important now than they’ve ever been, since computers have removed much of the ambiguity they’re meant to resolve, … Three questions for…Adam Salomone of The Harvard Common PressBy Joe WikertApril 8, 2013 1. The Harvard Common Press recently announced plans to open an office in San Francisco to become more closely aligned with the food startup community. 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