Top Stories: March 12-16, 2012

The nuances of location language, game devs find funding through Kickstarter, and the state of ebook pricing.

Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week.

Understanding place and space in a digital Babel
Computational linguist Robert Munro says the subtleties of spatial distinctions are growing in importance as more of the world’s digital information takes the form of non-English, unstructured text.

When game development met Kickstarter
Several game developers have decided that game funding and Kickstarter are two great tastes that taste great together.

The state of ebook pricing
Joe Wikert looks at the agency model, efficiencies, fixed pricing and other major trends that will drive ebook pricing in the months ahead.

Foxconn and Ford, Emerson and Jobs
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on “Compensation” was a source of inspiration for Henry Ford. It also affirms some of the cosmic truths Steve Jobs held dear.

Three of our best data interviews from Strata CA 12
Featuring: Hadoop creator Doug Cutting on the similarities between Linux and the big data world, Max Gadney from After the Flood explains the benefits of video data graphics, and Kaggle’s Jeremy Howard looks at the difference between big data and analytics.


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