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The Commoditization of Massive Data Analysis

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:41:05 +0000

The Commoditization of Massive Data Analysis: Big Data is a major theme on the O’Reilly Radar, so we’re delighted to welcome guest blogger Joe Hellerstein, a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley whose research focuses on databases…

SGN iFun iGolf Instructional Video

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:15:25 +0000

SGN iFun iGolf Instructional Video:

Skip the cheesy promo in the first 20s and marvel at this integrated iphone/touch app - like the Wii, but a strapless £300 device is the controller (hold tight!)

Interesting idea, and looks like v. smooth integration. Also interesting to see them leverage Facebook-as-platform for socialising the app.

The Five Dollar Comparison

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:39:36 +0000

The Five Dollar Comparison:

Photos above taken from the fivedollarcomparson.org site - they make more sense with the notes posted here

You’re on your way to meet up with friends and only realise after 5 minutes that…

Michael Heller and the Gridlock Economy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:39:36 +0000

Michael Heller and the Gridlock Economy: Professor Michael Heller of Columbia University got a nice endorsement for his book the other day. Former President Bill Clinton recommended his book, The Gridlock Economy: How Too…

Richard Shed (by way of IFBook)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:49:05 +0000

Richard Shed

(by way of IFBook)

Collaborative reading

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:34:47 +0000

Collaborative reading:

Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook is a rather wonderful experiment in collaborative reading; an elegant pairing of Wordpress and Vanilla, blended with an important literary text and a…

Jonathan Glancey: Frozen skyline as architecture works out how not to come to a halt in the recession

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:34:19 +0000

Jonathan Glancey: Frozen skyline as architecture works out how not to come to a halt in the recession:

‘I didn’t lose any work in the first recession I experienced,” says Zaha Hadid, “because I didn’t have any work.” This was the early 1970s, the time of the three-day week, when the lights of…

New Work: ‘Quantum of Solace’ | New at Pentagram |...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:26:58 +0000

New Work: ‘Quantum of Solace’ | New at Pentagram | Pentagram

Beautiful…and just picked up on amazon; a nifty xmas treat for a certain someone.

(By way of Kottke)

The miraculous power of scale

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:33:47 +0000

The miraculous power of scale:

In this talk at UC Berkeley, Google’s Sergey Brin confesses (at minute 1:27) that he thought Wikipedia couldn’t work. Most people wouldn’t contribute, he rightly assumed, and it would…

Ed Miliband to exempt Sellafield consortia from Freedom of Information Act

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:53 +0000

Ed Miliband to exempt Sellafield consortia from Freedom of Information Act:

Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, is to exempt from the Freedom of Information Act the new US-led private consortia taking over the running of Britain’s biggest nuclear…

Q&A: Ian Freed of Amazon Kindle

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:28:51 +0000

Q&A: Ian Freed of Amazon Kindle:

A fairly anodyne interview with the guy responsible for Kindle.

Didn’t learn anything new, but if completely avoiding answering a question shows a discomfort about a topic, then e-reader apps on…

The paperless President

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:28:47 +0000

The paperless President:

NYTimes.com:

“Mr. Obama’s memorandums and briefing books were seldom printed out and delivered to his house or hotel room, aides said. They were simply sent to his BlackBerry for his review. If…

Burkhard Bilger: The rise of extreme beer.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:28:38 +0000

Burkhard Bilger: The rise of extreme beer.: Elephants, like many of us, enjoy a good malted beverage when they can get it. At least twice in the past ten years, herds in India have stumbled upon barrels of rice beer, drained them with their…

The miraculous power of scale

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:28:34 +0000

The miraculous power of scale:

In this talk at UC Berkeley, Google’s Sergey Brin confesses (at minute 1:27) that he thought Wikipedia couldn’t work. Most people wouldn’t contribute, he rightly assumed, and it would…

James Surowiecki: On how we created the food crisis.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:28:34 +0000

James Surowiecki: On how we created the food crisis.: This spring, disaster loomed in the global food market. Precipitous increases in the prices of staples like rice (up more than a hundred and fifty per cent in a few months) and maize provoked food…

Alan Rusbridger reflects on the legacies of Hugo Young following the publication of the legendary columnist's papers

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:26:45 +0000

Alan Rusbridger reflects on the legacies of Hugo Young following the publication of the legendary columnist's papers:

On July 21 1997, Tony Blair, Hugo Young and I met for tea in the garden of Number 10. The prime minister was reasonably assiduous in talking things over with columnists and editors and on this…

Capitalism and Credit

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:26:02 +0000

Capitalism and Credit:

There was a time, a few weeks ago, when I thought Hank Paulson was the right man for the job of rescuing the economy. Now I don’t think so. Which leads me to worry about who Obama will put…

Five scientists argue the case for the world's most invaluable species

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:25:58 +0000

Five scientists argue the case for the world's most invaluable species:

Fungi
‘It keeps the trees alive, recycles waste and helps us’
Professor Lynne Boddy of the Cardiff School of Biosciences

Fungi have a bad reputation, usually being thought of as poisoners,…

What This Country Needs is a Chief Technology Officer

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:25:56 +0000

What This Country Needs is a Chief Technology Officer:

I’ve read in a few places recently that president-elect Obama plans to appoint a Chief Technology Officer for America, perhaps as a cabinet-level position. This is one of those brilliant…

OCLC and the Great Library Scandal

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:25:56 +0000

OCLC and the Great Library Scandal:

A couple of months ago I was doing some research into various sources of book data, and one of the things I was interested in was seeing if it was possible to hook into local library data….

Guy Dickinson DOT com

The Commoditization of Massive Data Analysis

SGN iFun iGolf Instructional Video

The Five Dollar Comparison

Michael Heller and the Gridlock Economy

Richard Shed (by way of IFBook)

Collaborative reading

Jonathan Glancey: Frozen skyline as architecture works out how not to come to a halt in the recession

New Work: ‘Quantum of Solace’ | New at Pentagram |...

The miraculous power of scale

Ed Miliband to exempt Sellafield consortia from Freedom of Information Act

Q&A: Ian Freed of Amazon Kindle

The paperless President

Burkhard Bilger: The rise of extreme beer.

The miraculous power of scale

James Surowiecki: On how we created the food crisis.

Alan Rusbridger reflects on the legacies of Hugo Young following the publication of the legendary columnist's papers

Capitalism and Credit

Five scientists argue the case for the world's most invaluable species

Fungi‘It keeps the trees alive, recycles waste and helps us’Professor Lynne Boddy of the Cardiff School of Biosciences

What This Country Needs is a Chief Technology Officer

OCLC and the Great Library Scandal

Fungi
‘It keeps the trees alive, recycles waste and helps us’
Professor Lynne Boddy of the Cardiff School of Biosciences