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BlogsTags > CFour short links: 21 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonMay 21, 2013 Hyperinflation in Diablo 3 — interesting discussion about how video games regulate currency availability, and how Diablo 3 appears to have messed up. several weeks after the game’s debut a source claimed that there were at least 1,000 bots active … Visualization of the Week: Building collapse rescue effortsBy Jenn WebbMay 8, 2013 In the wake of recent building collapses, the BBC addressed the question of what goes into the rescue efforts by creating an interactive guide outlining how rescuers approach a collapsed building. Using information from the International Rescue Corps, the BBC … Four Short Links: 7 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonMay 7, 2013 Raspberry Pi Wireless Attack Toolkit — A collection of pre-configured or automatically-configured tools that automate and ease the process of creating robust Man-in-the-middle attacks. The toolkit allows your to easily select between several attack modes and is specifically designed to … Cultural capital goes commercialBy Julia ErrensMay 2, 2013 It wasn’t one of my proudest moments when, a week before Christmas last year, I was hunched over my smartphone towards the back of the famous Hamley’s Toy Store on London’s Regent Street, composure tethered to an elusive bar of … Do publishers have the right people on the bus?By Michael FoyApril 25, 2013 I know from talking to many of my clients that most have read Jim Collins’ book ‘Good to Great’. I have also been inspired by his research into what makes great companies great. Many of you will recall an article … Four short links: 2 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 24, 2013 Metrico — puzzle game for Playstation centered around infographics (charts and graphs). (via Flowing Data) The Lease They Can Do (Business Week) — excellent Paul Ford piece on money, law, and music streaming services. So this is not about technology. … Stop standardizing HTMLBy Simon St. LaurentApril 24, 2013 When HTML first appeared, it offered a coherent if limited vocabulary for sharing content on the newly created World Wide Web. Today, after HTML has handed off most of its actual work to other specifications, it’s time to stop worrying … Four short links: 24 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 24, 2013 Solar Energy: This is What a Disruptive Technology Looks Like (Brian McConnell) — In 1977, solar cells cost upwards of $70 per Watt of capacity. In 2013, that cost has dropped to $0.74 per Watt, a 100:1 improvement (source: The … Twisted Python: the engine of your InternetBy Jessica McKellarApril 22, 2013 I want to build a web server, a mail server, a BitTorrent client, a DNS server, or an IRC bot—clients and servers for a custom protocol in Python. And I want them to be cross-platform, RFC-compliant, testable, and deployable in … 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 … MagicBy Jim StogdillApril 5, 2013 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke I spent Wednesday at Penn Medicine’s Connected Health event in Philadelphia. We saw an array of technologies that wouldn’t even have been imaginable when I came into this … Visualization of the Week: Block-level electricity use in Los AngelesBy Jenn WebbApril 3, 2013 California Center for Sustainable Communities (CCSC) researcher Jacki Murdock, along with advisor Yoh Kawano, GIS Coordinator at the Institute for Digital Research and Education at UCLA, has developed an interactive map of electricity use in Los Angeles at the Census … Visualization of the Week: MOOC completion ratesBy Jenn WebbMarch 27, 2013 Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, offered through platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, are arguably helping to fill higher education needs around the world. Educational researcher Katy Jordan noted in a post, however, that “although thousands enroll for … Dangerous ideas from the world of startupsBy Todd SatterstenMarch 26, 2013 Dustin Kurtz, marketing manager at Melville House, wrote a piece last week about the incursion of startup vocabulary in the world of book publishing. He says: [N]ow the models and the metaphors of the tech industry are, full-throatedly, without embarrassment, being used … Mobile native publishing: The rise of dynamic content servicesBy Mark SigalMarch 25, 2013 One reason that industry disruptions prove so vexing to market leaders is that disruptive waves simultaneously barrel through assumptions about customer needs, industry economics and operational best practices. Consider the case of the motion picture business, an industry that was disrupted … Making government health data personal againBy Julie SteeleMarch 19, 2013 Health care data liquidity (the ability of data to move freely and securely through the system) is an increasingly crucial topic in the era of big data. Most conversations about data liquidity focus on patient data, but other kinds of … Commerce Weekly: Intuit Pay heats up U.K. mobile payments marketBy Jenn WebbMarch 14, 2013 Intuit Pay enters U.K., PayPal Here takes on Square Register On the heels of PayPal announcing it would bring PayPal Here to the U.K. later this year, Intuit launched its Intuit Pay mobile payments solution in the U.K. market. The … Commerce Weekly: Intuit Pay heats up U.K. mobile payments marketBy Jenn WebbMarch 14, 2013 Intuit Pay enters U.K., PayPal Here takes on Square Register On the heels of PayPal announcing it would bring PayPal Here to the U.K. later this year, Intuit launched its Intuit Pay mobile payments solution in the U.K. market. The … Saint James Infirmary: checking the pulse of health IT at HIMSSBy Andy OramMarch 11, 2013 I spent most of the past week on my annual assessment of the progress that the field of health information technology is making toward culling the benefits offered by computers and Internet connectivity: instant access to data anywhere; a leveling … Rich multi-media and a web of devices is driving us to a world of standardsBy Jenn WebbFebruary 28, 2013 At the recent TOC conference in New York, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, to talk about the Open Web Platform and standardization issues. In our video interview (embedded … Four short links: 27 February 2013By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 27, 2013 Open Source Cancer Informatics Software (NCIP) — we have tackled the main recommendation that came out of our June meeting with open-source thought leaders: Keep it simple. Make barriers to entry as low as possible, and reuse available resources. Specifically, … How do you make money with Open Source?By Fabienne RienerFebruary 25, 2013 That is a question I get asked all the time. And quite rightly so. After all, without the license model and the source code being out in the open, free for everybody to download and do with it whatever they … Four short links: 22 February 2013By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 22, 2013 Indiepocalypse: Harlem Shake Edition (Andy Baio) — After four weeks topping the Billboard Hot 100, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s “Thrift Shop” was replaced this week by Baauer’s “Harlem Shake,” the song that inspired the Internet meme. SplinterNet — an Android … With Respect to OST’s Executive DirectorBy Trish GrayFebruary 14, 2013 A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. -Thomas Carlyle A few words I use to describe O’Reilly School of Technology’s Executive Director, Scott Gray: Brilliant. Determined. Loyal. Visionary. Authentic. Of course, I may be a bit biased, after … Continue reading Frozen turkeys are thermal batteriesBy Jim StogdillFebruary 11, 2013 I went to San Diego two weeks ago for DistribuTECH as part of our ongoing investigation into the industrial Internet. DistribuTECH is a very large conference for electric utility operators in the U.S. and while I was there ran into … Strata Conference in Santa Clara 2013 Startup ShowcaseBy Alistair CrollFebruary 8, 2013 The Startup Showcase returns to Strata this month, with 10 startup finalists pitching our panel of judges. We’ve assembled an enviable— and somewhat intimidating— lineup of experts to help narrow down the field. In the interest of giving our finalists … Four short links: 30 January 2013By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 30, 2013 Chinese Attack UAV (Alibaba) — Small attack UAV is characterized with small size, light weight, convenient carrying, rapid outfield expansion procedure, easy operation and maintenance; the system only needs 2-3 operators to operate, can be carried by surveillance personnel to … Commerce Weekly: Analytics for people, the next big thing in retailBy Jenn WebbJanuary 24, 2013 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. New trend in retail customer tracking: Smartphone Wi-Fi Dan Tynan posted a two-part series (here and here) on IT World this week looking at growing … Commerce Weekly: Analytics for people, the next big thing in retailBy Jenn WebbJanuary 24, 2013 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. New trend in retail customer tracking: Smartphone Wi-Fi Dan Tynan posted a two-part series (here and here) on IT World this week looking at growing … Author (R)evolution Day Friday Tweet Chats Start This WeekBy Kat MeyerJanuary 23, 2013 Starting January 25 and continuing through February 8, Kristen McLean (@BKGKristen) and I (@KatMeyer) be hosting #ARDay twitter conversations featuring speakers from Author (R)evolution Day. This Friday’s #ARDay tweetchat topic is “The Benefits of Bookish Community Participation and Building” and … Commerce Weekly: PayPal marches toward ubiquityBy Jenn WebbJanuary 17, 2013 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. PayPal expands its footprint with new partners PayPal announced this week it has expanded its U.S. footprint to include 23 new partners for its PayPal … Join me for the Strata Online Conference on data warfare on January 22ndBy Ann SpencerJanuary 16, 2013 “Jeez, the days are flying by,” I muttered to myself the other day. The next Strata Online Conference on data warfare is just around the corner. I’ve been excited about this event for some time. How could I not be … Length and spine width in a digital-first worldBy Joe WikertJanuary 8, 2013 I’m still working through this extremely long exchange between Nicholas Carr and Clay Shirky about containers and contents but one point keeps jumping out at me: We have got to get away from thinking every “book” has to be at … TOC 2013 Start-up Showcase semi-finalists announcedBy Kat MeyerJanuary 7, 2013 This year we’re having the publishing community help us determine the 10 finalists who will come to TOC in New York to show off their product/service. Starting today, an online voting site will be open to the public. Voters will … Commerce Weekly: iPhone NFC rumors returnBy Jenn WebbJanuary 3, 2013 Happy new year! Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space recently. Apple NFC rumors revived We’ve no sooner outfitted our shiny new iPhone 5s with cases and fancy accessories than rumors of the iPhone … Four short links: 28 December 2012By Nat TorkingtonDecember 26, 2012 Kenyan Women Create Their Own Geek Culture (NPR) — Oguya started spending some Saturday mornings with Colaco and other women, snipping code and poring through hacker cookbooks. These informal gatherings became the Akirachix. Oguya graduated and turned her mobile phone … New school CBy Nathan JepsonDecember 21, 2012 Choosing a programming language for that project you’re working on is a fairly straightforward decision: it needs to be fast, easy to use, and it must come with enough bells and whistles to keep you from re-inventing the wheel every … The MOOC movement is not an indicator of educational evolutionBy Andy OramDecember 3, 2012 Somehow, recently, a lot of people have taken an interest in the broadcast of canned educational materials, and this practice — under a term that proponents and detractors have settled on, massive open online course (MOOC) — is getting a … Printing ourselvesBy Julie SteeleNovember 27, 2012 Tim O’Reilly recently asked me and some other colleagues which technology seems most like magic to us. There was a thoughtful pause as we each considered the amazing innovations we read about and interact with every day. I didn’t have … TOC to Host W3C eBook WorkshopBy Kat MeyerNovember 27, 2012 Among the many exciting events taking place during TOC this year, we’ll be hosting the W3C’s first eBook workshop, “eBooks: Great Expectations for Web Standards – A W3C Workshop on Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform.” The workshop – … Printing ourselvesBy Julie SteeleNovember 27, 2012 Tim O’Reilly recently asked me and some other colleagues which technology seems most like magic to us. There was a thoughtful pause as we each considered the amazing innovations we read about and interact with every day. I didn’t have … Will online learning destroy America’s colleges?By Jon BrunerNovember 20, 2012 The American college system is staggeringly large: 2,421 four-year institutions enroll about 18.5 million college students. The proportion of Americans with a bachelor’s degree is at an all-time high — a social victory if they’re able to enjoy a positive … Four short links: 19 November 2012By Nat TorkingtonNovember 19, 2012 Wing Man — Mac app for source control management with git, implements workflow rather than simply being a wrapper for git commandlines. CodeKit — Mac app for web developers, automates (invisibly, thanks to watching filesystem changes) much of the web … Commerce Weekly: Mobile wallets and NFC get a global partnership platformBy Jenn WebbNovember 1, 2012 Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week. Vodafone partners up to launch a new mobile wallet platform Yet another mobile wallet is gearing up to hit the market in 2013. Vodafone announced … Four short links: 1 November 2012By Nat TorkingtonOctober 31, 2012 Selfstarter (Github) — open source roll-your-own crowdfunding platform. (Kickstarter has its own audience, of course, which why they could release their source-code and still be top of the heap) 100 Year Business Plan (Unlimited) — New Zealand Maori tribe has … NYC’s PLAN to alert citizens to danger during Hurricane SandyBy Alex HowardOctober 30, 2012 Starting at around 8:36 PM ET last night, as Hurricane Sandy began to flood the streets of lower Manhattan, many New Yorkers began to receive an unexpected message: a text alert on their mobile phones that strongly urged them to … Direct channels and new tools bring freedom and flexibilityBy Joe WikertOctober 25, 2012 Earlier this week I wrote about why I’m bullish on publishing’s future. I talked about two areas that are ripe for change: ebook prices and formats. In the second and final part of this discussion I share the other two … The future is bright for ebook prices and formatsBy Joe WikertOctober 22, 2012 I typically get a sympathetic look when I tell people I work in the book publishing industry. They see what’s happened with newspapers, they realize many of their local bookstores have disappeared, and most of them have heard about the … Challenge to Meaningful Use by House leaders highlights difficulty of asking incumbents to be innovatorsBy Andy OramOctober 8, 2012 Four leading members of the House Ways and Means Committee tore away last Thursday at the polite, cautious, incremental approach that the Department of Health and Human Service has been taking toward key goals of HITECH act that was meant … Steve Jobs, RomanticBy Doug HillSeptember 24, 2012 “… the season Wherein the spirits hold their wont to walk the fruitful matrix of Ghosts …” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Steve Jobs died a year ago October 5th, and we can expect his ghost to appear … 1 to 50 of 805 Next Stay Connected
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