"top stories" entries
Top Stories: August 22-26, 2011
The legacy of Steve Jobs, the sweet spot between data and art, and a deep dive into Google+
This week on O'Reilly: Mark Sigal examined the legacy of Steve Jobs, we talked with New York Times data artist Jer Thorp about the commingling of data, art and science, and Tim O'Reilly and Google VP of Product Bradley Horowitz discussed Google+, data portability and more.
Top Stories: August 15-19, 2011
The meat-to-math ratio, Chicago embraces open government, and data science influences social science.
This week on O'Reilly: We learned how smart companies apply the "meat-to-math ratio," Chicago's commitment to open data and open government was explored, and we looked at how data science is shaping social science.
Top Stories: August 1-5, 2011
Our fragile modern systems, the G+ Effect, and science gets democratized.
This week on O'Reilly: The fragility of our modern systems was made clear to Tim O'Reilly during a recent trip, Jonathan Reichental defined the G+ Effect, and we learned what can happen when the barriers to scientific exploration come down.
Top Stories: July 25-29, 2011
Data and education, real-time data, what publishers can learn from startups.
This week on O'Reilly: We looked at how data can help education, Theo Schlossnagle made the case for real-time business data, and we learned that tech startups can teach publishers a thing or two.
Top stories: July 18-22, 2011
Google+ is a social backbone, how to fix the patent mess, and programming well with others.
This week on O'Reilly: We examined the deeper and broader implications of Google+, four solutions to the patent quagmire were offered up, and we learned about the "art of mass organizational manipulation."
Top stories: July 11-15, 2011
The HTML5 paradigm shift, Java's missing community leader, and the "programmable self"
This week on O'Reilly: We took a deep dive into HTML5, Mike Loukides looked for Java's next community leader, and we learned that quantifying the self is a step toward programming the self.
Top stories: July 4-8, 2011
Why Java matters, inside Node.js, predicting Android's ubiquity
This week on O'Reilly: We offered seven reasons why Java is worth your time, the utility of Node.js was duly noted, and Marko Gargenta offered three Android predictions that have nothing to do with mobile phones.