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BlogsReport from HIMSS: health care tries to leap the chasm from the average to the superb
By Andy OramFebruary 22, 2012 HIMSS has promoted good causes, but only recently has it addressed cost, interoperability, and open source issues that can allow health IT to break out of the elite of institutions large or sophisticated enough to adopt the right practices. HIMSS asks: Who is Biz Stone and what is Twitter?By Fred TrotterFebruary 21, 2012 As patients and practitioners gather on Twitter, the service has evolved into a peer-to-peer healthcare marketplace. That's why Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's keynote at HIMSS is so fitting. Building the health information infrastructure for the modern epatient
By Alex HowardFebruary 21, 2012 The National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, discusses patient empowerment, data access and ownership, and other important trends in healthcare. Four short links: 21 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 21, 2012 Stop Paying Your jQuery Tax (Sam Saffron) -- performance advice for front-end developers. The faster your site responds, the more customers will use it. George Dyson Interviewed (Wired) -- a different perspective on computing, worth reading. VLC 2.0.0 -- VLC lets you bypass manufacturers' designed-in brokenness so your computer can play media. Glad to see it still being actively... Four short links: 20 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 20, 2012 University Copyright Fail -- This week, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto signed a deal with the licensing group Access Copyright that includes: provisions defining e-mailing hyperlinks as equivalent to photocopying a document; a flat fee of $27.50 for each full-time equivalent student; and, surveillance of academic staff email. (via Fabiana Kubke) Peanutty -- I'm... Top stories: February 13-17, 2012 
By Mac SlocumFebruary 17, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Tim O'Reilly looked back on important titles from O'Reilly's history, Pete Warden explained the thoughts and actions behind his latest visualization, and LeVar Burton reminded the TOC 2012 audience why storytelling matters. Documentation strategy for a small software project: launching VoIP Drupal introductions
By Andy OramFebruary 17, 2012 VoIP Drupal is a window onto the promises and challenges faced by a new open source project, including its documentation. A meeting at at MIT this week worked out some long-term plans for firming up VoIP Drupal's documentation and other training materials. The stories behind a few O'Reilly "classics" 
By Tim O'ReillyFebruary 17, 2012 Tim O'Reilly: "It's amazing to me how books I first published more than 20 years ago are still creating value for readers." Visualization of the Week: Four ways to look at Obama's 2013 Budget February 17, 2012 A New York Times visualization offers a compelling alternative to wading through pages of President Obama's 2013 budget. Publishing News: Let's remember why we got into this business February 17, 2012 LeVar Burton's TOC keynote takes publishing back to its fundamentals; Joe Karaganis says opposition to SOPA isn't enough, we also need we good alternatives; and bookseller Praveen Madan says the future of bookstores hinges on experiences ... and perhaps partnering with Amazon. Four short links: 17 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 17, 2012 How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did -- predictive analytics moves faster than family communications. (via Sara Winge) JSHint -- a tool to detect errors and potential problems in JavaScript code. (via Hacker News) Web Caching Tutorial -- explanation of the technical ins and outs of web caching. Gatekeeper -- Apple's new app... Developer Week in Review: NASA says goodbye to big iron 
By James TurnerFebruary 16, 2012 This week, NASA marked the end of an era, as the last of its big iron is retired. Microsoft continues to signal that its forays into open source are legitimate. And a new open source gaming project has a little extra horse-power, thanks to the fans behind it. Strata Week: The data behind Yahoo's front page February 16, 2012 In this week's data news: Yahoo visualizes its front page traffic and demographics, why Tumblr is tougher to scale than Twitter, and a look at what you need to consider as you build visualizations. Commerce Weekly: Google defends its Wallet February 16, 2012 Google calmly responds to concerns about its Wallet application, yet another one-click payment method emerges, and Adele fans won't be using Spotify. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) The Falling Man and a center that cannot holdBy Doug HillFebruary 16, 2012 Doug Hill on how we celebrate exponential technological advance while looking for ways to escape it. Four short links: 16 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 16, 2012 The Undue Weight of Truth (Chronicle of Higher Education) -- Wikipedia has become fossilized fiction because the mechanism of self-improvement is broken. Playfic -- Andy Baio's new site that lets you write text adventures in the browser. Great introduction to programming for language-loving kids and adults. Review of Alone Together (Chris McDowall) -- I loved this review, its sentiments,... Book marketing is broken. Big data can fix it February 15, 2012 Peter Collingridge, cofounder of Enhanced Editions, says big data can be eye opening for publishers. In this interview, Collingridge talks about the role of real-time data and analytics in publishing and about a new market intelligence service for books. Why data visualization matters 
By Julie SteeleFebruary 15, 2012 Effective data visualizations go beyond aesthetics; they also allow organizations to make quick and correct decisions from massive amounts of information. Four short links: 15 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 15, 2012 Namebench (Google Code) -- hunts down the fastest DNS servers for your computer to use. (via Nelson Minar) Primer on Macroeconomics (Jig) -- reading suggestions for introductions to macroeconomics suitable to understand the financial crisis and proposed solutions. (via Tim O'Reilly) Smarter Cameras Plumb Composition -- A new type of smarter camera can take a picture but also assess... What the data can tell us about dating and other social congregation
By Andy OramFebruary 15, 2012 As people go online, they leave a trail of data that could never be captured before. On Employers, Portfolios, Commitment, and CakeBy Josh NutzmanFebruary 14, 2012 Commitment is hard, whether it involves choosing a cake for your wedding or choosing which IT candidate to hire. Josh explains why tasting cake is better than reading about it and how OST can help you bring your metaphorical IT cake - your portfolio - to job interviews and show your stuff! Four short links: 14 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 14, 2012 Why I Hate The STOCK Act (Clay Johnson) -- an attempt to reform insider trading within government, but because Congress exempts itself from substantial penalties then it has little effect where it's needed most. We won't see change on the issues that matter to us (copyright, due process for Internet takedowns, privacy, etc.) while the lawmakers are distracted by... A global pulse of big data, applied for good
By Alex HowardFebruary 14, 2012 The United Nations Global Pulse initiative is an effort to harness the power of big data and analytics to better understanding how the world is changing. The video embedded below explains more about what UN Global Pulse is trying to achieve: About the Emerging Battles Over Textbooks: Options from Apple to Open Initiatives
By Andy OramFebruary 14, 2012 Two dramatically opposed announcements from Apple and the state of California put the textbook publishing industry on notice recently that it could be facing rapid disruption. But open textbooks can't be created and altered as easily as open source software. The bond between data and journalism grows stronger
By Alex HowardFebruary 14, 2012 This interview with Liliana Bounegru, project coordinator of Data Driven Journalism at the European Journalism Centre, offers more insight into why the importance of data journalism continues to grow in the age of big data. There's Plan A, and then there's the plan that will become your business
By Mac SlocumFebruary 13, 2012 Drawing from the Lean Startup and other methods, "Running Lean" helps entrepreneurs transform flawed Plan A ideas into viable companies. "Running Lean" author Ash Maurya explains the basics in this interview. How to create a visualization February 13, 2012 Creating a visualization requires more than just data and imagery. Pete Warden outlines the process and actions that drove his new Facebook visualization project. Open innovation works in the public sector, say federal CTOs
By Alex HowardFebruary 13, 2012 Speaking at a recent forum in Washington, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said that the open innovation approach that can be seen across industry, from social networking to pharmaceuticals to manufacturing, has proven to be effective in the public sector. CTOs from HHS and the VA offered more case studies in success. Apple's iTV and the implications of what Steve said 
By Mark SigalFebruary 13, 2012 Mark Sigal challenges the conventional wisdom about the rumored "iTV" and offers a much different prediction about an Apple-television marriage. Four short links: 13 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 13, 2012 Rise of the Independents (Bryce Roberts) -- companies that don't take VC money and instead choose to grow organically: indies. +1 for having a word for this. The Performance Golden Rule (Steve Souders) -- 80-90% of the end-user response time is spent on the frontend. Check out his graphs showing where load times come from for various popular sites.... Joaquín Almunia gets it: "Owners of ... standard essential patents are conferred a power .. that they cannot be allowed to misuse. "
By Rick JelliffeFebruary 12, 2012 I think Almunia's speech does not go far enough: it still sees standardization as an escape hatch that a company that finds itself in a market dominating position can use when challenged. Preview of HIMSS 2012By Brian AhierFebruary 10, 2012 Brian Ahier says we're at a pivotal moment for healthcare and health IT. Many of the core issues that will shape these domains in the years to come will be discussed at the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. Publishing News: B&N boycott becomes booksellers' cold war against AmazonFebruary 10, 2012 Booksellers continue to pile on in response to Amazon Publishing's deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Also, publishers have a card to play against Amazon and cognitive friction makes for a better reading experience. Developer Week in Review: A pause to consider patents
By James TurnerFebruary 10, 2012 We take a look at two major events that rocked the technology intellectual property wars, centered on a courtroom in Texas and a standards body a continent away. O'Reilly Radar Show 2/10/12: The 5 trends that will shape the data world
By Mac SlocumFebruary 10, 2012 Strata chair Edd Dumbill discusses the five trends that will drive the near-term future of data science and big data. Also, Kevin Kelly offers a long-view perspective on the freemium model and digital rights management. Top stories: February 6-10, 2012
By Mac SlocumFebruary 10, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Mike Loukides surveyed the NoSQL database landscape, the open web scored an important victory in court, and Joe Wikert said it's time to embrace a unified ebook format and abandon DRM. Four short links: 10 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 10, 2012 Monki Gras 2012 (Stephen Walli) -- nice roundup of highlights of the Redmonk conference in London. Sample talk: Why Most UX is Shite. Frozen -- flow-based programming, intent is to build the toolbox of small pieces loosely joined by ZeroMQ for big data programming. Arctext.js -- jQuery plugin for curving text on web pages. (via Javascript Weekly) Hi, My... Jury to Eolas: Nobody owns the interactive web
By Alex HowardFebruary 10, 2012 A Texas jury has struck down a company's claim to ownership of the interactive web. Eolas, which has been suing technology companies for more than a decade, now faces the prospect of losing the patents. Visualization of the Week: Chasing storm chasers February 10, 2012 This week's visualization comes from Tim Dye, who has mapped the routes of storm chasers alongside the weather patterns they pursue. Commerce Weekly: Facebook finds a mobile commerce partnerFebruary 10, 2012 Bango will run Facebook's mCommerce platform, Google Wallet hacked, and PayPal pilots shopping walls. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) It's time for a unified ebook format and the end of DRM February 9, 2012 The music industry has shown that you need to offer consumers a universal format and content without rights restrictions. So when will publishers pay attention? Now available: Best of TOC 2012 anthology
By Mac SlocumFebruary 9, 2012 "Best of TOC 2012" explores the ideas that are shaping the content world, including: the adaptation of publishing, digital's legal issues, new tech and tools, and thoughts from the edge of publishing. Strata Week: Your personal automated data scientistFebruary 9, 2012 Wolfram|Alpha launches a pro version of its computational knowledge engine, guidelines emerge for protecting the data of people in crisis, and researchers cast doubt on dating sites' matchmaking algorithms. O'Reilly ebooks now optimized for Kindle FireBy Adam WitwerFebruary 9, 2012 If your O'Reilly ebook bundle includes a Mobi file, you can now download a KF8-compliant file. These updated files take advantage of the Kindle Fire's functionality. Four short links: 9 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 9, 2012 Weave -- web-based visualization platform designed to enable visualization of any available data by anyone for any purpose. GPL and MPL-licensed. (via Flowing Data) Flotr2 -- MIT-licensed Javascript library for drawing HTML5 charts and graphs. It is a branch of flotr which removes the Prototype dependency and includes many improvements. (via Javascript Weekly) What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About... Tip 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.... 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. 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... 1 to 50 of 9438 Next |
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