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NaNoWriMo Now Underway
By Andrew SavikasNovember 1, 2009
One of my favorite keynotes from TOC 2009 was National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) founder Chris Baty. It's November, which means the annual event is now underway. Check out...
Participant Sensing -An Interview with Deborah Estrin
By Joshua-Michele RossOctober 30, 2009
While the iPhone doesn’t ship nearly as much as its humbler brethren - the iPhone opened up many minds about the potential of phones to do a whole lot more than talk. In that regard it is a peek into the future. The iPhone is a rich portable computer with onboard sensors. Specifically, it is a location-aware (GPS), motion-aware (accelerometer),...
A Treatise on Social Networks
By Tom BarkerOctober 19, 2009
Maybe I'm just an aging curmudgeon, or a classic DiSC C-type personality but I'm not a fan of social networks. I've tried to get into them, I gave them a chance. Years ago I tried MySpace and Xanga and just...
Four short links: 7 October 2009
By Nat TorkingtonOctober 7, 2009
Followup to jwz's Palm App Store Fiasco -- redux: still nothing concrete from Palm, but they're saying they'll create a second-rate app store into which open source apps will go (along with apps that Palm hasn't reviewed). Schmidt on YouTube -- the interesting bit for me was Every minute, more than 10 hours of video is uploaded to the...
Worldwide Lexicon: matching up technologies and culture to end the language barrier
By Andy OramSeptember 22, 2009
Essays by Brian McConnell of World Wide Lexicon and Ethan Zuckerman of Global Voices describe the technical and cultural sides of developing communities of volunteer translators.
World Wide Lexicon Toolbar changes the reading experience for the other 99% of web pages
By Andy OramAugust 25, 2009
World Wide Lexicon Toolbar meets my criterion for a piece of critical infrastructure: after two days with it I can't get along without it, and I plan to avoid any browser that doesn't have it installed.
Four short links: 21 August 2009
By Nat TorkingtonAugust 20, 2009
TwitterMood -- using Twitter as a giant mood sensor for the world (see also temporal correlations, via kellan on delicious). What Will Remain of Us -- The sea that brought trade to Dunwich was not entirely benevolent. The town was losing ground as early as 1086 when the Domesday Book, a survey of all holdings in England, was published;...
Network is Busy Changing Business
By Sarah SorensenAugust 5, 2009
How fast can you respond to customer requests? How quickly can you bring a product to market - from concept to delivery? How effectively can you make changes based on new market environments or opportunities? The answers to those questions often depend on how well you are able to leverage technology...
Four short links: 28 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 27, 2009
CNMAT Resource Library -- The CNMAT Resource Library is our fast growing collection of materials, sensors, gestural controllers, interface devices, tools, demos, prototypes and products - all organized and annotated to support the design of physical interaction systems, "new lutherie" and art installations. (via egoodman on Delicious) PyGoWave Server -- first third-party Google Wave server, based on Django. Mobile...
Four short links: 1 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 1, 2009
The Onyas -- New Zealand web design awards launch, from the people behind Webstock and Full Code Press. The name comes from "good on ya", the highest praise that traditionally taciturn New Zealanders are allowed by law to give. The Year of Business Metrics: Don't make your users run away! -- wrapup of the Velocity conference. AOL: Users who...
Four short links: 25 June 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJune 25, 2009
How an Indie Musician Can Make $19,000 in 10 Hours Using Twitter -- as Zoe Keating pointed out: "cash made by @amandapalmer in one month on Twitter = $19,000; cash made by @amandapalmer from 30,000 record sales = $0". The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics (Wired) -- And not only can we...
Four roles for publishers: staying relevant when you are no longer a gatekeeper
By Andy OramJune 17, 2009
In many areas of publishing, there are enormous resources of free online material and innumerable forums where individuals can quickly and conveniently post their own observations. Since we are no longer gatekeepers, publishers have to focus on how we add quality.
The role of communications in greening the planet
By Sarah SorensenJune 16, 2009
The "Smart 2020" report, commissioned by the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI), with analysis by McKinsey & Company, estimates that information and communications technology (ICT), of which the network is a key component, has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 15 percent by 2020. But it is also true that the ICT industry contributes to overall emissions during their lifecycle. And as more information and resources are digitized and the reliance on our connections to these online assets increases, those emissions will increase too. So there is work that needs to be done within the industry to ensure maximum benefit is derived from communications technologies, while minimizing their impact.
FCC discusses broadband: the job is a big one
By Andy OramMay 27, 2009
Related to a proposal I submitted for local forums to implement high-speed networks, the FCC released "Bringing Broadband to Rural America: Report on a Rural Broadband Strategy."
Local forums to implement high-speed networks (broadband); proposal open for votes
By Andy OramMay 24, 2009
I've posted a proposal titled Local forums to implement high-speed networks (broadband) to a forum on open government put up by the White House. Voting is currently underway.
Completing the circle on journalists and public participation
By Andy OramMay 20, 2009
Capital News Connection has jumped into Web 2.0 full-tilt with Ask Your Lawmaker. The opportunity for a virtuous cycle of public input, professional processing, and listener loyalty--especially in a field whose death has been predicted by many--puts Ask Your Lawmaker into an intriguing category of its own.
From Open Source Software to Open Culture: Three Misunderstandings
By Andy OramMarch 22, 2009
The original practice and promise of open source software is unique. The software experience cannot be ported whole-hog into other areas such as sharing songs or organizing public forums.
Interview with Infoworld's Paul Venezia on the Terry Child's Case
By Timothy M. O'BrienFebruary 26, 2009
If you are a network engineer, you might want to pay attention to the continuing case of Terry Childs in San Francisco. In this 15-minute interview, Paul Venezia discusses the inconsistencies in the case, and why every technologist should be paying attention to the outcome of the Childs case.
Southern California Linux Expo: freedom in a service economy, and more
By Andy OramFebruary 22, 2009
This evening's SCALE blog covers Bradley Kuhn's keynote on Software as a Service, Jono Bacon on security, Red Hat's counsel on patents, and much more (with ample indulgence for my own opinions).
Peer-to-Patent and Article One Drag the Reclusive Patent Onto the Thoroughfare
By Andy OramJanuary 31, 2009
Peer-to-Patent, a research project affiliated with several patent offices, and Article One Partners, a commercial venture, are trying to bring public participation into the patent system. This article describes and compares these organizations, highlights a new "post-issue" site erected last week by Peer-to-Patent to seek prior art on patents that have already been issued, and tries to tease out the social and economic trend represented by the organizations.
Crowdsourcing childhood education
By Andy OramJanuary 9, 2009
The current enthusiasm we see everywhere for crowdsourcing and peer production seems ripe for application to pedagogy (see article).
Analysis 2009: Government Gets Into the Software Business
By Kurt CagleJanuary 6, 2009
The incoming Obama administration has, even before taking office formally, pledged between $650 and $800 billion dollars worth of public works initiatives, a massive shift away from the laissez faire approach of the outgoing Bush administration. Of that, it...
[TOC Webcast] Social Media for Publishers
By Mac SlocumDecember 12, 2008
Tools of Change for Publishing will host "Social Media for Publishers," a free webcast with presenter Chris Brogan, on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific)....
Education of software project members: New API posted
By Andy OramDecember 6, 2008
Over the past month I've made a few significant updates to my API for educating software project members.
Finding a sweet spot for crowdsourcing: uTest outsources software testing
By Andy OramDecember 2, 2008
The promise of peer production seems to reach everywhere these days, but harnessing it is quite a trick. uTest seems to have corraled all the necessary elements. Their business model can be described quite simply: uTest signs up freelance testers for participating software development firms, who in turn pay each tester for each bug found. Anyone who wants to try peer production in his own industry can get some tips by studying how uTest and a company with some similarities, TopCoder, found their sweet spots.
Publishers Need to Get In on the Conversation
By Peter BrantleyNovember 19, 2008
Kassia Krozser has a Cluetrain-like manifesto for publishers. From Booksquare: It's time to get your hands dirty, to dig into the real-world conversation. It's a weird thing, and sometimes...
Network Effects in Data
By Tim O'ReillyOctober 27, 2008
Nick Carr's difficulty in understanding my argument that cloud computing is likely to end up a low-margin business unless companies find some way to harness the network effects that are the heart of Web 2.0 made me realize that I use the term "network effects" somewhat differently, and not in the simplistic way many people understand it. Here's Nick: Let's...
Web Publicity Grows Up, Learns the Value of Conversation
By Mac SlocumOctober 20, 2008
Web publicity works best when the audience is spoken with, not at.
Facebook Growth By Age Group: Share of College-Age Users is Declining
By Ben LoricaSeptember 17, 2008
With the U.S. now accounting for only about a third of all Facebook users, we are starting to see a gradual shift away from its original demographic of college-age users (18-25): 46% of all users are 18-25 years old, down from 51% in late May. The number of users in the 18-25 segment is growing, but at a slower pace...
Audio: Lawrence Lessig on Congressional Reform and Internet for Everyone
By Timothy M. O'BrienAugust 18, 2008
Lawrence Lessig discusses Change-Congress.org, a online tool for users to tag congressional candidates as supporting or opposing reforms such as public financing, earmark reform, and congressional transparency. Lessig also responds to a few questions about InternetForEveryone.org, a coalition of public interest and industry groups working for open, universal, and affordable access to broadband.
The Behavior Gap: Three Persistent Problems for Internet Technologies
By Andy OramAugust 14, 2008
Behind the competing technologies for Internet application development--which impinge directly on the plans of Internet providers and dot-com businesses--lie some basic problems with Internet standards and protocols. Each technical problem is also a metaphor for difficulties in the way people interact, both online and off-line: we don't know how to handle many-to-many connections, we don't know what will happen next in time, and it's hard to split tasks between systems.
TOC Recommended Reading
By Mac SlocumJuly 9, 2008
Ebooks and the Iphone (Publishing Frontier) So by selling books as $5 iPhone books instead of $7 paperbacks, the publisher makes $0.90 per book. And, of course, if the publisher...
Seesmic Starts Adding Features
By Ben LoricaJuly 3, 2008
Seesmic is company built specifically to encourage asynchronous video conversations. We spent a few hours recently with Seesmic founder and CEO Loic Le Meur, who kindly gave us an update on the company. Four weeks after opening its service to the public, Seesmic recently announced a product roadmap heavily influenced by users. After focusing on making sure the service scales,...
Ravelry - the future of social networking?
By Bryan RasmussenJune 20, 2008
The interesting thing about Ravelry is that they recently had a fundraising drive, this might be something you could imagine a social networking site doing when they were on their last legs, but in the case of Ravelry it was initiated not by the site but a particularly enthusiastic fan - maybe one of the core 100 everyone needs? The other interesting thing is that the drive raised $71,000.
Twitter Availability & Response Times: A Mixed Bag
By Ben LoricaJune 5, 2008
From an all-time low of 76% registered on May 20th of this year, Pingdom.com’s uptime statistics for Twitter has slowly been increasing. Ideally, you want extended stretches of near 100% uptime, something that hasn’t occurred since mid April: Daily uptime has hovered around 98% over the last week. Sound impressive? To put things in perspective, 2% downtime means that twitter.com/home...
Social Graph Foo Camp--the Videos
By Sara WingeApril 22, 2008
On a stormy weekend back in February, O'Reilly hosted Social Graph Foo Camp (David Recordon and Scott Kveton were the instigators; we were happy to say "Yes" when they asked to hold the party at our Sebastopol campus). Google announced their Social Graph API on Friday morning, adding fuel to the fire as the intense discussions got underway. We managed...
Building Better Silos
By Mike LoukidesApril 10, 2008
It's been good to watch the use of OpenID spread. It's great to see that ma.gnolia.com has dropped "traditional login" in favor of OpenID. And I was encouraged to read about Yahoo's support of OpenID. Granted, it took me a while to get around to trying it. But when I got around to trying it, Yahoo!ID was a disappointment. The...
Worldwide Social Network Market Share
By Tim O'ReillyApril 9, 2008
Via Azeem Azaar's twitter feed, a great visualization of worldwide social network market share, from Le Monde:...
Open Source "Social App Server" Might Crack Garden Walls?
By Jim StogdillMarch 26, 2008
New social application server space may crack social network garden walls.
To be free, information has to be smart (comments on Chris Anderson's "Free!")
By Andy OramMarch 24, 2008
WIRED Magazine's editor in chief Chris Anderson, following up on the popularity of his Long Tail meme, theorizes in the March 2008 issue of WIRED about the modern tendency to put information online at no cost. I think this is highly volatile and that the phenomenon will be driven in very different ways from his six models. "Free as in freedom" may ultimately triumph. Furthermore, professional quality doesn't come for free, so projects and industries have to find ways to fund it.
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