History of Computers
3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, 1st Edition
By Paul Marino
Machinima will revolutionize the computer animation industry, and this book will serve as the industry bible for emerging filmmakers. Expertly covers the latest technology in filmmaking, the history of Machinima, the major players, and where the Mach...
[Publish Date: April 2009]
Four short links: 7 Apr 2009 - O'Reilly Radar
By Nat Torkington
Maps, meaning, makers, and orphaned works: Lens Tools and Fisheye Map Browsing -- a summary of magnification in maps through history, culminating in use of the fisheye/lens as a way to explore layers and data in thematic maps. (via Titine's delicious stream) Socially Relevant Computing -- frustrated by the meaningless examples and work in computer science classes, Mike Buckley started...
[Publish Date: April 07, 2009]
Kurt Heiden is a marketing manager for Alesis, with a diverse history in computer gaming, music, and pro audio. He is also chairman of the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IASIG).
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Speaker: Danese Cooper: OSCON 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, July 20 - 24, ...
Danese Cooper has an 18-year history in the software industry and has long been an advocate for transparent development methodologies. Cooper worked for six years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. on the inception and growth of the various open source projects sponsored by Sun (including OpenOffice.org, java.net and blogs.sun.com). She was Sun's chief open source evangelist and founded Sun's Open Source Programs Office. She has unique experience implementing open source projects from within a large proprietary company. She joined the OSI Board in December 2001 and currently serves as Secretary & Treasurer. After four years advising Intel on Open Source Strategies, in February 2009, Cooper joined REvolution Computing to advise on open source projects, investment and support. She speaks internationally on open source and licensing issues.
[Publish Date: July 20, 2009]
Ian Molyneaux originally hails from Auckland, New Zealand, and ended up in IT purely by chance after applying for an interesting looking job advertised as junior computer operator in the mid '70s. The rest is history, 30 years later he's held many roles...
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Faster, Greener, Cheaper: Why Every MySQL Database Server Will One Day Have ...
By Raj Cherabuddi
The history of computing is full of algorithms such as graphics processing that are fine-tuned in general purpose CPUs over decades. Only when they are finally ported to dedicated hardware are tremendous improvements in speed, cost, and power realized. Raj Cherabuddi explains how a new SQL chip will revolutionize today’s database query processing.
[Publish Date: April 14, 2008]
Speaker: Peter Norvig: ETech 2008 - O'Reilly Conferences, March 03 - 06, ...
Peter Norvig is the Director of Research at Google Inc, where he has been since 2001. From 2002-2005 he was Director of Search Quality, which means he was the manager of record responsible for answering more queries than anyone else in the history of the world. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery and co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the field (with 94% market share).
[Publish Date: March 03, 2008]
Speaker: Frank San Miguel: Where 2.0 Conference 2008 — O'Reilly ...
Frank San Miguel is the founder of Concharto (link: http://www.concharto.com/home.htm,) an encyclopedic atlas of history and happenings that anyone can edit. He was one of the original creators of Mapquest and has held leadership positions at a number of other internet startups in media and insurance (CondéNet, Channelpoint, Fusura). Frank is also the President/CTO of San Miguel Technology, LLC, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Delaware Department of Computer Science. His blog is at www.tech4d.com/blog (link: http://www.tech4d.com/blog.)
[Publish Date: May 12, 2008]
Forecast: Partly Cloudy: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2008 - Co-produced by ...
By Albert Wenger
Drawing on computer science, economics, history, and examples from the USV portfolio and beyond, this talk will speculate on the impact of cloud computing on the nature of competition, the opportunities for startups, and the changing role of technology.
[Publish Date: September 16, 2008]
Speaker: Paul McDonald: Graphing Social Patterns East 2008 - O'Reilly ...
Paul McDonald is currently the Product Manager for Google App Engine and Google Mashup Editor. Paul has been with Google for 5 years and has experience working on a variety of Google Products including AdWords, Google Checkout and Google Data APIs. He is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego where he majored in Computer Science and the History of Technology.
[Publish Date: June 09, 2008]
Speaker: Daniel V. Klein: OSCON 2008 - O'Reilly Conferences, July 21 - 25, ...
Daniel Klein began his life of crime in 2nd grade, when he was caught with a pack of firecrackers. Since then his brushes with authority have been sporadic but relentless, but have not managed to deny him a security clearance, a job, or his well deserved reputation as an off-the-wall maverick. His computer experience has included simulation and process control, the internals of almost every Unix kernel released in the past 31 years, graphical user interface management systems, compilers, medical diagnostic systems, the 800 year history of drawing languages, Ada runtime kernels, a racetrack betting system, research into Unix password security, and oodles of CGI scripts. He holds a Masters of Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and in his free time is a photographer, directs a professional a cappella group, and a member of an improv comedy troupe. Dan is a frequent invited speaker and tutorial instructor at USENIX, SANS, and assorted courtrooms and...
[Publish Date: July 21, 2008]
Maker Faire Earns a Coveted American Magazine Vanguard Award - O'Reilly FYI
By Sara Peyton
The first American Magazine Vanguard Awards recognizes magazines that are innovating, extending their brands, and finding new exciting ways to connect with their customers. And O'Reilly Media's Make snared an AMVA award because of the creation of Maker Faire, which celebrates DIYers and crafters of every persuasion. "Considering that some of the greatest leaps forward in American technological history have been scrappy homebrews (Apple Computer was a literal garage start-up), it's really kind of exciting to think that, given its explosive growth, the Maker Faire might well help along an invention or two that's truly important," writes Simon Dumenco. Read on to find out more about Maker Faire Austin, which opens Oct. 18.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2008]
