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A federal judge learned to code
May 16 2012
The judge presiding over the Oracle/Google case learned Java, and that skill came in handy when coding specifics arose during the trial. It's proof that coding is a part of cultural competence, even if you never do it professionally. read moreOperations, machine learning and premature babies
April 09 2012
Machine learning and access to huge amounts of data allowed IBM to make an important discovery about premature infants. If web operations teams could capture everything — network data, environmental data, I/O subsystem data, etc. — what would they find out? read morePrivacy, contexts and Girls Around Me
April 04 2012
The application of user data is pushing at the edges of cultural norms. That can be a positive, but finding "the line" requires adherence to a few simple and clear guidelines. read moreMarch 26 2012
A candidate that forks over a social media password during an interview could become an employee that gives out a pasword in other situations. Employers aren't making that connection. read moreThe unreasonable necessity of subject experts
March 20 2012
We can't forget that data is ultimately about insight, and insight is inextricably tied to the stories we build from the data. Subject experts are the ones who find the stories data wants to tell. read moreFebruary 28 2012
We're at a point in privacy's evolution where sanitized tech solutions are clumsily attempting to introduce (or reintroduce) human connections into our experiences. read moreFebruary 08 2012
A relational database is no longer the default choice. Mike Loukides charts the rise of the NoSQL movement and explains how to choose the right database for your application. read moreJanuary 23 2012
Mike Loukides: "I'm not willing to have the next Bach, Beethoven, or Shakespeare post their work online, only to have it taken down because they haven't paid off a bunch of executives who think they own creativity." read moreDon't expect the end of electronics obsolescence anytime soon
January 20 2012
Software updates for consumer electronics sound great in theory. But over time, the discrepancy between what the software is supposed to do and what your devices are capable of will rub obsolescence in your face. read moreFrom SOPA to speech: Seven tech trends to monitor
January 19 2012
Mike Loukides weighs in on the tech trends — good and bad — that will exert considerable influence in 2012. read morePutting money where our mouths are
January 17 2012
SOPA and PIPA are attempts by established companies to preserve an industry that has been fundamentally unchanged since the 1950s, if not the 40s. read moreUnderstanding randomness is a double-edged sword
January 05 2012
While Leonard Mlodinow's book offers a good introduction to probabilistic thinking, it carries two problems: First, it doesn't uniformly account for skill. Second, when we're talking probability and statistics, we're talking about interchangeable events. read moreDecember 05 2011
If you want to tell me what you listen to, I care. But if sharing is nothing more than a social application feed that's constantly updated without your volition, then it's just another form of spam. read moreAn open response to Sen. Blumenthal on Protect IP and SOPA
November 30 2011
SOPA and Protect IP are proposing remedies to copyright violation that never come under the scrutiny of the legal system. read moreNovember 17 2011
AT&T and other carriers are not helping Android, or themselves, by turning a great product into a second-rate one. And maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I now understand what Apple fans hate about Android. read moreNovember 10 2011
Organizers of this year's KDD Cup data mining challenge are looking for data problems in areas such as medicine, education, the environment, or anything that leads to a social good. Submissions are due by November 15. read moreNovember 10 2011
Organizers of this year's KDD Cup data mining challenge are looking for data problems in areas such as medicine, education, the environment, or anything that leads to a social good. Submissions are due by November 15. read moreDennis Ritchie's legacy of elegantly useful tools
October 29 2011
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity," Dennis Ritchie once said. It's true, and we need more geniuses who share his spirit. read moreOctober 06 2011
Oracle's announcement of a NoSQL product isn't just a validation of key-value stores, but of the entire discussion of database architecture. read moreOctober 06 2011
Oracle's announcement of a NoSQL product isn't just a validation of key-value stores, but of the entire discussion of database architecture. read moreIntellectual property gone mad
July 18 2011
Patent trolling could undermine app ecosystems, but who can mount a legitimate challenge? Here's four potential solutions. read moreIntellectual property gone mad
July 18 2011
Patent trolling could undermine app ecosystems, but who can mount a legitimate challenge? Here's four potential solutions. read moreThe Java parade: What about IBM and Apache?
July 15 2011
Why did Mike Loukides leave IBM and Apache out of his recent piece, "Who leads the Java Parade?" Because — despite good reasons — they both opted out. read moreJuly 13 2011
Are any of the companies in the Java community willing to exercise technical leadership? Are there organizations willing to bring the features Java needs to fruition? It's time for the real leader to stand up and address these questions. read moreJuly 02 2011
Within hours, early Plus invitees were actually using Google Plus for conversations. Not just nattering back and forth, not just comments on the service itself, but real conversations. That's fundamentally different from Google Wave. read moreJuly 02 2011
Within hours, early Plus invitees were actually using Google Plus for conversations. Not just nattering back and forth, not just comments on the service itself, but real conversations. That's fundamentally different from Google Wave. read moreJune 27 2011
A number of emerging themes are defining the web operations world, including: resilience engineering, new approaches to failure, and the role data plays in boosting performance. read moreWhy a JavaScript hater thinks everyone needs to learn JavaScript in the next year
June 07 2011
JavaScript is everywhere: servers, rich web client libraries, HTML5, databases, even JavaScript-based languages. If you've avoided JavaScript, this is the year to learn it. And if you don't, you risk being left behind. read moreJune 06 2011
The Java community has always been a broad, fractious, interesting mess, capable of doing surprising things with little warning, and that's precisely why we're attracted to it. read moreJune 02 2011
As we approach the fourth Velocity conference, here's a look at how the web performance and operations communities came together, what they've done to improve the web experience, and the work that lies ahead. read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
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