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BlogsTags > innovationFour short links: 10 June 2013By Nat TorkingtonJune 10, 2013 Anatomy of Two Memes — comparing the spread of Gangnam Style to Harlem Shake. Memes are like currencies: you need to balance accessibility (or ‘money supply’) and inflation. Gangnam Style became globally accessible through top-down mainstream sources (High Popularity), but … Four short links: 16 May 2013By Nat TorkingtonMay 16, 2013 Australian Filter Scope Creep — The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for … Google Glass and the FutureBy Mike LoukidesApril 29, 2013 I just read a Forbes article about Glass, talking about the split between those who are “sure that it is the future of technology, and others who think society will push back against the technology.” I don’t see this as … The makers of hardware innovationBy Dale DoughertyApril 26, 2013 Chris Anderson wrote Makers and went from editor-in-chief of Wired to CEO of 3D Robotics, making his hobby his side job and then making it his main job. A new executive at Motorola Mobility, a division of Google, said that … VA looks to apply innovation to better care and service for veteransBy Alex HowardFebruary 21, 2013 There are few areas as emblematic of a nation’s values than how it treats the veterans of its wars. As improved battlefield care keeps more soldiers alive from injuries that would have been lethal in past wars, more grievously injured … Crowdfunding scienceBy Renee DiRestaFebruary 5, 2013 In our first science-as-a-service post, I highlighted some of the participants in the ecosystem. In this one, I want to share the changing face of funding. Throughout the 20th century, most scientific research funding has come from one of two … Publishing News: Pushing ebooks beyond skeuomorph boundariesBy Jenn WebbFebruary 1, 2013 Screens should be portals, not skeuomorphic containers Jeff Gomez, VP of online consumer sales and marketing at Penguin Group, took a look this week at the issue of ebooks in the publishing ecosystem and argued that “we’re focusing in all … Science as a serviceBy Renee DiRestaJanuary 30, 2013 Software as a service (SaaS) is one of the great innovations of Web 2.0. SaaS enables flexibility and customized solutions. It reduces costs — the cost of entry, the cost of overhead, and as a result, the cost of experimentation. … Four short links: 22 January 2013By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 22, 2013 Design Like Nobody’s Patenting Anything (Wired) — profile of Maker favourites Sparkfun. Instead of relying on patents for protection, the team prefers to outrace other entrants in the field. “The open source model just forces us to innovate,” says Boudreaux. … Publishing News: Amazon AutoRip — where’s the book version?By Jenn WebbJanuary 11, 2013 Here are a few stories from the publishing space that caught my attention this week. Why book lovers can’t have nice things Amazon announced a new service this week called Amazon AutoRip. According to the press release, consumers who buy … Four short links: 21 December 2012By Nat TorkingtonDecember 21, 2012 Amazon’s Product Development Technique — the product manager should keep iterating on the press release until they’ve come up with benefits that actually sound like benefits. Iterating on a press release is a lot less expensive than iterating on the … To eat or be eaten?By Mike LoukidesNovember 30, 2012 One of Marc Andreessen’s many accomplishments was the seminal essay “Why Software is Eating the World.” In it, the creator of Mosaic and Netscape argues for his investment thesis: everything is becoming software. Music and movies led the way, Skype … An innovation agenda to help people win the race against the machinesBy Alex HowardNovember 14, 2012 If the country is going to have a serious conversation about innovation, unemployment and job creation, we must talk about our race against the machines. For centuries, we’ve been automating people out of jobs. Today’s combination of big data, automation … Four short links: 1 October 2012
By Nat TorkingtonOctober 1, 2012 Flightfox — Real people compete to find you the best flights. Crowdsourcing beating algorithms …. (via NY Times) Code Monster (Crunchzilla) — a fun site for parents to learn to program with their kids. Loving seeing so much activity around … Seeking prior art where it most often is found in software
By Andy OramAugust 28, 2012 Patent ambushes are on the rise again, and cases such as Apple/Samsung shows that prior art really has to swing the decision–obviousness or novelty is not a strong enough defense. Obviousness and novelty are subjective decisions made by a patent … Four short links: 9 August 2012
By Nat TorkingtonAugust 9, 2012 Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy (Amazon) — soon-to-be-released book by Bill Janeway, of Warburg-Pincus (and the O’Reilly board). People raved about his session at scifoo. I’m bummed I missed it, but I’ll console myself with his book. Cell Image … Top Open Source SDN Projects to Keep Your Eyes On
By Sarah SorensenAugust 1, 2012 Interest and momentum around OpenFlow and software defined networking (SDN) has certainly been accelerating. it's hard to predict what's going to happen next. But that won't stop us from trying! I spent the last few weeks checking in with some SDN pioneers to find out what's going on that's of interest in the SDN space these days... Publishing News: Self-publishing to be the option of first resort? July 27, 2012 Smashwords' founder Mark Coker discusses the future of publishing in a series of interviews, the DOJ says its antitrust lawsuit "is in the public interest," Robin Sloan writes a book review in JavaScript, and Razorfish makes an NFC Gumball Machine. Publishing News: Subscription experiments and the dangers of paving cow pathsJuly 13, 2012 TED and Next Issue wade into subscription sales models, Anna Lewis admonishes the ebook publishing industry for being oblivious to web opportunities, and two industry writers look into publishing's future. Publishing News: You may not own what you think you own July 6, 2012 Courts are establishing copyright laws regarding digital media resale and tweet content ownership, Macmillan is funding the business that will replace it, and QR codes help publishers market and collect consumer data. Publishing News: You may not own what you think you ownBy Jenn WebbJuly 6, 2012 Courts are establishing copyright laws regarding digital media resale and tweet content ownership, Macmillan is funding the business that will replace it, and QR codes help publishers market and collect consumer data. Publishing News: Penguin goes back to the libraryBy Jenn WebbJune 22, 2012 Two NYC libraries will get Penguin books, ebooks often cost more to make than publishers earn, and one news startup addresses shrinking resources with editorial analytics. Publishing News: Penguin goes back to the libraryJune 22, 2012 Two NYC libraries will get Penguin books, ebooks often cost more to make than publishers earn, and one news startup addresses shrinking resources with editorial analytics. US CTO seeks to scale agile thinking and open data across federal governmentBy Alex HowardMay 29, 2012 In this interview, U.S. chief technology officer Todd Park lays out his ambitious agenda to apply technology in the public interest. Park has introduced new presidential fellowships and programs to scale open data across the federal government, releasing more health information and making digital government citizen-centric. US CTO seeks to scale agile thinking and open data to all federal government
By Alex HowardMay 26, 2012 In this interview and series of videos, U.S. chief technology officer Todd Park lays out his ambitious agenda to apply technology in the public interest. He has introduced new presidential fellowships and programs to scale open data across the federal government, releasing more health information, make digital government citizen-centric, make it easier for startups to work with government, cut down fraud through mobile payments, and scale the Blue Button across America. Making innovation: Open hardware, personal fab and collaborative design 
By Dale DoughertyMay 11, 2012 Being held May 15-16, MAKE's Hardware Innovation Workshop is an intensive introduction to the business of making and the makers who are creating these businesses. Four short links: 3 May 2012
By Nat TorkingtonMay 3, 2012 The History of Key Design (Slate) -- fascinating and educational. I loved the detector lock, which shows you how many times it has been used. Would be lovely to see on my Google account. (via Dave Pell) Why Telcos Don't Grok Open Standards (Simon Phipps) -- Their history is of participants in a market where a legally-constituted cartel of... Four short links: 30 April 2012
By Nat TorkingtonApril 30, 2012 Chanko (Github) -- trivial A/B testing from within Rails. OpenMeetings -- Apache project for audio/video conferencing, screen sharing, whiteboard, calendar, and other groupware features. Low Innovation Internet (Wired) -- I disagree, I think this is a Louis CK Nobody's Happy moment. We renormalize after change and become blind to the amazing things we're surrounded by. Hundreds of thousands (millions?)... Announcing Make's Hardware Innovation Workshop
By Dale DoughertyApril 6, 2012 We're announcing the Hardware Innovation Workshop, a new business conference being held during the week of Maker Faire. What is smart disclosure?
By Alex HowardApril 1, 2012 Smart disclosure is when a private company or government agency provides a person with periodic access to his or her own data in open formats that enable them to easily put the data to use. There are now over a dozen smart disclosure initiatives across the federal government and more in the private sector. When consumers gain access to data and can put it to work through the innovation entrepreneurs, citizens can tap it to make better choices about from finance, healthcare, travel, energy, education, real estate and more. What is smart disclosure?By Alex HowardApril 1, 2012 Smart disclosure is when a private company or government agency provides a person with periodic access to his or her own data in open formats that enable them to easily put the data to use. There are now over a dozen smart disclosure initiatives across the federal government and more in the private sector. When consumers gain access to data and can put it to work through the innovation entrepreneurs, citizens can tap it to make better choices about from finance, healthcare, travel, energy, education, real estate and more. The give and take between e-publishing standards and innovationBy Jenn WebbMarch 20, 2012 In this video interview, Bill McCoy, executive director of the IDPF, says it's important to emphasize and encourage the innovative aspects of building upon EPUB 3, as long as that innovation doesn't lock consumers in to one closed silo. The give and take between e-publishing standards and innovation March 20, 2012 In this video interview, Bill McCoy, executive director of the IDPF, says it's important to emphasize and encourage the innovative aspects of building upon EPUB 3, as long as that innovation doesn't lock consumers in to one closed silo. 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. Top Stories: January 9-14, 2012 
By Mac SlocumJanuary 13, 2012 This week on O'Reilly: Edd Dumbill explained what big data means and how organizations can put it to use, Maryland's first chief innovation officer discussed his job and his goals, and Justo Hidalgo offered three reasons why it's a good time to be a publishing startup. Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industriesBy Alex HowardNovember 22, 2011 In a time when the American economy needs to catalyze innovation to compete in a global marketplace, members of the United States Congress have advanced legislation that could cripple the Internet industry, damage cybersecurity and harm freedom of expression online. Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries
By Alex HowardNovember 22, 2011 In a time when the American economy needs to catalyze innovation to compete in a global marketplace, members of the United States Congress have advanced legislation that could cripple the Internet industry, damage cybersecurity and harm freedom of expression online. The maker movement's potential for education, jobs and innovation is growing
By Alex HowardNovember 4, 2011 Dale Dougherty, one of the co-founders of O'Reilly Media, was honored by the White House as a "Champion of Change" for his work on "MAKE" Magazine, MakerFaire and the broader DIY movement. On Dennis Ritchie: A conversation with Brian Kernighan
By Andy OramOctober 30, 2011 I talked on Friday with Brian Kernighan about Dennis Ritchie, who sadly passed away two weeks ago at the age of 70. To a large extent, Ritchie completed what he started. Four short links: 26 September 2011
By Nat TorkingtonSeptember 26, 2011 BERG London Week 328 -- we're a design company, with a design culture built over 6 years, yet we're having to cultivate a new engineering culture that sits within it and alongside it, and the two have different crystal grains. It's good that they do—engineering through a design process can feel harried and for some projects that does not... Four short links: 23 September 2011
By Nat TorkingtonSeptember 23, 2011 How Many Really? -- project by BERG and BBC to help make sense of large numbers of people, in the context of your social network. Clever! (via BERG London) Why the Best Days of Open Hardware Are Yet To Come (Bunnie Huang) -- as Moore’s law decelerates, there is a potential for greater standardization of platforms. A provocative picture... Liveblogging the Open Government Partnership (OGP) launchBy Alex HowardSeptember 20, 2011 Today, a historic Open Government Partnership launches in New York City. We'll be liveblogging the event all day. Transparency has gone global. Historic global Open Government Partnership launches in New York CityBy Alex HowardSeptember 20, 2011 The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an unprecedented global agreement between dozens of nations. In this podcast, Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, talks about how open government is connected to economic activity and what citizens should expect from the OGP. Putting innovation and tech to work against breast cancerBy Alex HowardSeptember 16, 2011 A $100-million challenge will pursue new approaches to fighting breast cancer through data, technology and innovation. How Free Software Contributed to the Success of Steve Jobs and Apple
By Andy OramAugust 26, 2011 In the great Second Coming, when Jobs returned to Apple 1996, he drove the adoption of the open source BSD as Apple's new operating system. This enabled some of the Mac's most popular features. There's no such thing as big dataBy Alistair CrollAugust 9, 2011 Having a lot of data is not the same as using it well. Today's big companies are losing to small upstarts simply because those firms ask better questions. To compete, large enterprises need to learn how to harvest the data they have on customers, markets, competitors, and products. There's no such thing as big dataBy Alistair CrollAugust 9, 2011 Having a lot of data is not the same as using it well. Today's big companies are losing to small upstarts simply because those firms ask better questions. To compete, large enterprises need to learn how to harvest the data they have on customers, markets, competitors, and products. Google Plus defines an era of disruption at a moment's notice 
By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.August 1, 2011 When an entrant quickly yields considerable power in an existing market, and elicits potential for rapid innovation, this is what Jonathan Reichental calls the "G+ effect." Four short links: 18 May 2011
By Nat TorkingtonMay 18, 2011 The Future of the Library (Seth Godin) -- We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too important to be a dwindling voice in our culture. For the right librarian, this is the chance of a lifetime. Passionate railing against a straw man. The library profession... 5 reasons why we still don't have invisibility cloaks
By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.April 6, 2011 The rate of technology adoption at enterprises limits new innovation that can be introduced by technology providers. Were this not the case, I imagine we may already have pervasive teleportation and invisibility cloaks at our disposal. 1 to 50 of 95 Next Stay Connected
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