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A discussion with David Farber: bandwidth, cyber security, and the obsolescence of the Internet
January 30 2012
I pumped Farber for big ideas about where the Internet is headed: how long it can last, slaying the bandwidth bottleneck, and waiting for the big breach. read moreJanuary 20 2012
A tour of the new Massachusetts spending site, accolades and critiques from leading open government advocates, and an examination of it takes to produce data you can query for useful information. read moreMedical imaging in the cloud: a conversation about eMix
January 16 2012
It's a situation crying out for networked transfer, but HIPAA requires careful attention to security and privacy. read moreWhat would you like policy-makers to know about computing? Brian Kernighan's solution
December 29 2011
Brian W. Kernighan has been working for years to see that policy-makers knos a thing or two about the Internet, and now he has written a book called D is for Digital: What a well-informed person ought to know about computers and and communications. read moreHealthTap's growth validates hypotheses about doctors and patients
December 10 2011
HealthTap has revealed two interesting and perhaps unexpected traits about doctors: they will take the time to post information online for free, and they are willing to rate each other. read moreCould closed core prove a more robust model than open core?
December 01 2011
The closed core model requires businesses to determine where their unique value lies and to be generous in offering the public extra code that supports their infrastructure but does not drive revenue. This model may prove more robust and lasting than open core, which attracts companies occupying minor positions in… read moreIntellectual Property Strategy: a book, a panel, and a movement
November 23 2011
The speakers, who included household names of the free culture movement such as Lawrence Lessig and Eric von Hippel, emphasized the culture shift that is breaking the seemingly iron grip of current policies that favor wealthy companies with portfolios of patents and copyrights. But I think even these speakers failed… read moreVoIP Drupal reaches out to the developing world
November 21 2011
The VoIP modules form a door through which Drupal can move into a vast world of touch tone telephones, smart telephones, and text messaging, and therefore toward integrating a huge range of users in developing regions who use those technologies instead of desktop or laptop computers. read moreDemoting Halder: A wild look at social tracking and sentiment analysis
November 01 2011
My short story, "Demoting Halder," was supposed to lay out an alternative reality where social tracking and sentiment analysis had taken over society. As the story evolved, I wondered if the reality in the story is something we're living right now. read moreDemoting Halder: A wild look at social tracking and sentiment analysis
November 01 2011
My short story, "Demoting Halder," was supposed to lay out an alternative reality where social tracking and sentiment analysis had taken over society. As the story evolved, I wondered if the reality in the story is something we're living right now. read moreOn Dennis Ritchie: A conversation with Brian Kernighan
October 30 2011
I talked on Friday with Brian Kernighan about Dennis Ritchie, who sadly passed away two weeks ago at the age of 70. To a large extent, Ritchie completed what he started. read moreWhat's New in CFEngine 3: Making System Administration Even More Powerful
October 28 2011
CFEngine is a surprisingly flexible and fast tool for distributed configuration management. A new version was released this week. read moreWrap-up from FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google
October 21 2011
Mixtures of grassroots content generation and unique expertise have existed, and more models will be found. Understanding the points of commonality between the systems will help us develop such models. read moreWrap-up from FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google
October 21 2011
Mixtures of grassroots content generation and unique expertise have existed, and more models will be found. Understanding the points of commonality between the systems will help us develop such models. read moreFLOSS Manuals books published after three-day sprint
October 21 2011
Joining the pilgrimage that all institutions are making toward wider data use, FLOSS Manuals is exposing more and more of the writing process. read moreFLOSS Manuals books published after three-day sprint
October 21 2011
Joining the pilgrimage that all institutions are making toward wider data use, FLOSS Manuals is exposing more and more of the writing process. read moreDay two of FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google Summer of Code summit
October 20 2011
As a relatively conventional book, the KDE manual was probably a little easier to write (but also probably less fun) than the more high-level approaches taken by some other teams that were trying to demonstrate to potential customers that their projects were worth adopting. read moreDay two of FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google Summer of Code summit
October 20 2011
As a relatively conventional book, the KDE manual was probably a little easier to write (but also probably less fun) than the more high-level approaches taken by some other teams that were trying to demonstrate to potential customers that their projects were worth adopting. read moreDay one of FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google Summer of Code summit
October 19 2011
Four teams at Google launched into endeavors that will lead, less than 72 hours from now, to complete books on four open source projects. read moreDay one of FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google Summer of Code summit
October 19 2011
Four teams at Google launched into endeavors that will lead, less than 72 hours from now, to complete books on four open source projects. read moreFLOSS Manuals sprint starts at Google Summer of Code summit
October 18 2011
Four free software projects have each sent three to five volunteers to write books about the projects this week. Along the way we'll all learn about the group writing process and the particular use of book sprints to make documentation for free software. read moreFLOSS Manuals sprint starts at Google Summer of Code summit
October 18 2011
Four free software projects have each sent three to five volunteers to write books about the projects this week. Along the way we'll all learn about the group writing process and the particular use of book sprints to make documentation for free software. read moreBioCurious opens its lab in Sunnyvale, CA
October 16 2011
BioCurious has officially opened its first lab, with a mission of involving ordinary people off the street in biological experiments, using hands-on learning, and promoting open source hardware and software. read moreBioCurious opens its lab in Sunnyvale, CA
October 16 2011
BioCurious has officially opened its first lab, with a mission of involving ordinary people off the street in biological experiments, using hands-on learning, and promoting open source hardware and software. read morelifeIMAGE and the quest for medical imaging exchange
October 15 2011
Medical imaging was one of the first areas of medicine to computerize. But the field still fails to capitalize on many of the advantages that other parts of the computer field take for granted: access anywhere, seamless integration, and (perhaps most important for a health field) clear enforcement of permissions. read morelifeIMAGE and the quest for medical imaging exchange
October 15 2011
Medical imaging was one of the first areas of medicine to computerize. But the field still fails to capitalize on many of the advantages that other parts of the computer field take for granted: access anywhere, seamless integration, and (perhaps most important for a health field) clear enforcement of permissions. read moreOpenStack Foundation requires further definition
October 07 2011
The thinness of detail about the Foundation is probably a good sign, because it means that Rackspace and its partners are seeking input from the community about important parameters. read moreOpenStack Foundation requires further definition
October 07 2011
The thinness of detail about the Foundation is probably a good sign, because it means that Rackspace and its partners are seeking input from the community about important parameters. read moreCould Medical Devices in the Field Help Prevent Fraud?
September 26 2011
Evidence from devices could verify that a treatment was necessary, that it was administered, and that it was effective. read moreCould Medical Devices in the Field Help Prevent Fraud?
September 26 2011
Evidence from devices could verify that a treatment was necessary, that it was administered, and that it was effective. read moreDavid Blumenthal lauds incrementalism at forum on electronic health records
September 21 2011
The former National Coordinator spoke at a health care forum in Boston yesterday. The biggest plea from the audience was for more time with patients--a focus not on meaningful use but on meaningful contact. read morePromoting Open Source Software in Government: The Challenges of Motivation and Follow-Through
September 19 2011
I have posted a prepublication draft of my article "Promoting Open Source Software in Government: The Challenges of Motivation and Follow-Through," published by the Journal of Information Technology & Politics. read moreHarvard's Berkman Center hosts star-studded forum on media and the "vast wasteland"
September 13 2011
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 American life so thoroughly that citing it has become almost reflexive in media commentary over the intervening fifty years. Last night, the Berkman Center… read moreThe September 11 attacks: how little changed
September 11 2011
What jumps out at me when considering September 11, 2001 is how little the world has changed in response. Ideas for integrating September 11 into our culture in a more healthy manner. read moreSeptember 09 2011
At some point, all of us are likely to owe our lives--or our quality of life--to a medical device. Yesterday I had the chance to attend the third annual Medical Device Connectivity conference, where manufacturers, doctors, and administrators discussed how to get all these monitors, pumps, and imaging machines to… read moreMedical device experts and their devices converse at Boston conference
September 06 2011
The Medical Device Connectivity conference this week at Harvard Medical School covers interoperability, standards, regulations, wireless networks, and devices in practice. read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
Webcast: Crowdsourced news and professional journalists: pulling together to replace the tug-of-war
March 27, 2012
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free This webcast covers both the threat and the promise presented to professional journalism by citizen journalism, social networking, and other crowdsourcing. We'll look at some of the proposals made by ...
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