September 2011
23 posts
Mapping the world in binary subdivisions to find an optimal set of bounding boxes to query for in APIs like Picasa’s http://t.co/FI8c1nuU
The open-source repl.it project creates an online environment for interactively exploring programming languages http://t.co/XR0Bgopc
Strata Week: Crowdsourcing and gaming spur a... →
Here are a few of the data stories that caught my attention this week. Crowdsourcing and gaming helps in the fight against HIV Players of the online protein-folding game Fold.it have…
Technology Time Out: @gnat kicks off a hackathon w/words about developers’ roles in making the 21st century better http://t.co/2pv8P8S2
David Blumenthal lauds incrementalism at forum on... →
Anyone who follows health issues in the U.S. has to be obsessed with the workings of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). During the critical early phases of implementing HITECH and…
Seven Days Left: Free to Choose - 50% off any O’Reilly or MS Press #ebook or #video - http://t.co/mCJcccbV
The essential qualities of a data scientist: Expertise, curiosity, stortelling and cleverness http://t.co/MHUnkBC4 #strataconf
The best & brightest in tech are called to work on something that matters: fighting breast cancer http://t.co/N3BAuTeQ
Putting innovation and tech to work against breast... →
In April, Jeff Hammerbacher looked around Silicon Valley and made an observation to Businessweek that spread like wildfire: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to…
The work of data journalism: Find, clean, analyze,... →
Data journalism has rounded an important corner: The discussion is no longer if it should be done, but rather how journalists can find and extract stories from datasets. Of course, a dedicated…
A common vision for the future of Javascript from Google’s Internal Summit http://t.co/qhRb0eN
Harvard's Berkman Center hosts star-studded forum... →
May 9, 1961 marked the first public appearance of Newt Minow as FCC chairman, where he achieved immortality by raising the claim that television was a “vast wasteland.” The phrase entered…
http://t.co/DsOZeIl <- “service that turns a feed of partial posts into a full feed”-@gnat http://t.co/KpBcxkM
If you're a content designer, the web browser will... →
The upcoming Books in Browsers conference will focus on books as “networked, distributed sets of interactions,” as opposed to content containers. I’ve asked several of the event’s…
Highlights from the Military Open Source Software 2011 Working Group (WG) / Conference http://t.co/T1L46lN
Fun CSS3 experiment: a Sudoku solution checker that is purely performed with CSS http://t.co/Up3Pg2t
Top Stories: September 5-9, 2011 →
Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week. The new guy wants to hack the city’s data Instead of quietly settling in like most new residents, Tyler,…
The names may change, but the friction between science and art goes back centuries. http://t.co/UGPo5dX
Master a new skill? Here's your badge →
Earning badges for learning new things is an entrenched idea. Legions of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have decorated their sashes with badges, demonstrating their mastery of various skills. A…
RT @edd Incredible viz of Kiva microfinance loan activity, as moving as it is fascinating http://t.co/bGZn1vq #strataconf #dataviz
