4 month ago
deusx : What is it like to write a technical book? at Xaprb - "I would say that avoiding the temptation to write, and outlining in fanatical detail, is a very high-value activity for writing a book that’s hierarchically organized like this. "
Jeremy Zawodny : What is it like to write a technical book? - What is it like to write a technical book?: 'You can cut your work down by about 75% if you keep working on more and more detailed outlines, long past the point you think you ought to start “writing.”' True. Lots of good stuff in that
Simon Willison : What is it like to write a technical book? - What is it like to write a technical book?. Plenty of food for thought from the lead author of the new edition of High Performance MySQL. It’s amazing how Word is still an integral part of most technical book projects despite its obvious inadequacies
philgyford : What is it like to write a technical book? at Xaprb - Great write-up of what it was really like to write a big complicated book, managed by rather disorganised people. (via Simon Willison)
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6 month ago
nelson : Maker Faire this weekend - Terrible website, but the Faire is in San Mateo this weekend
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15 month ago
wearehugh : Linux.com :: Eben Moglen challenges Tim O'Reilly to "join the conversation" - "on the 10-year timescale, Web 2.0 is thermal noise."
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20 month ago
deusx : Video Marilyn Manson on O'Reily Factor - Marilyn, Manson, on, O'Reily, music - Dailymotion Share Your Videos - Unflappably calm and rational in explaining what he's about and in responses to some nasty pointed questions. Even thanked O'Reilly for challenging him
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wearehugh : O'Reilly Radar > Is "Open Source" Now Completely Meaningless? - blame your boss for that, nat. he wanted a "business-friendly" alternative to those dirty hippies promoting Free Software. now can you leave us alone?
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merlinmann : Conference convo [Scribbling.net] - "Her: Fuck that. Do it! They need more people there like you. Me: You mean people with breasts?"
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merlinmann : O'Reilly Radar > Email to Blog Etiquette ["Why do you tolerate the Dingle spin and not fight back with facts?"] - Always kills me when people just start posting comments on sites that _sound_ like what they want. What must the world look like to folks like poor Don?
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29 month ago
merlinmann : O'Reilly & Associates - Best Brands Of The World - search - For future reference -- the O'Reilly logo. Many thanks, Angela Jones, but where were you when I needed you?!?
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29 month ago
philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: Building Scalable Web Sites: Books - Cal has a book out! Sounds interesting and very useful.
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29 month ago
deusx : Please cease-and-desist from using "Web 2.0" - "Will controversy tarnish the shiny O'Reilly image, or will the publisher recover the community's goodwill once the event fades from memory?"
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29 month ago
Andy Baio : O'Reilly responds to Web 2.0 trademark debacle - they were called out by Arrington and others for cease and desisting an Irish Web 2.0-branded conference
deusx : O'Reilly Radar > Controversy about our "Web 2.0" service mark - "While we stand by the principle that we need to protect our "Web 2.0" mark from unauthorized use in the context of conferences, we apologize for the way we initially handled the issue with IT@Cork."
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29 month ago
deusx : O'Reilly trademarks "Web 2.0 and sets lawyers on IT@Cork! - at Tom Rafterys I.T. views - "So Tim was aware of the event in February but decided to wait until 2 weeks before the conference to set the lawyers on us."
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deusx : Advanced Audio Editing Techniques - In this session from the first Podcast Academy, Daniel Steinberg of O'Reilly Media's Distributing the Future podcast demonstrates some techniques for getting better sounding audio through post-production editing.
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32 month ago
kellan : O'Reilly.com redesigns - Wow, shock to the system, but a change for the better #
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33 month ago
plasticbag : Multi-Touch Interaction Research - Interesting looking touch-based interface that reminds me a lot of the map display that people were showing off at last year's ETech...
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33 month ago
deusx : Joe Wikert's Book Publisher Blog: Safari's Rough Cuts Service - "Don't get me wrong. Again, I love the concept, but I wonder whether enough early adopters will want to pay for it."
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34 month ago
deusx : The Blog | Steve Martin: Leap Second Lovers Are Traitors Says Bill O'Reilly | The Huffington Post - "A leap second is a denial of everything American, of everything good, of everything moral."
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Read Most of O'Reilly's Hacks Books for Free Using Google - I have found a way to read most of their terrific hacks for free using Google Book Search - at least for now
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Greasemonkey Hacks: Tips & Tools for Remixing the Web with Firefox - For those who prefer to customize and control their content, Greasemonkey Hacks provides the expertise you need to take command of any web page you view
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35 month ago
kellan : Rabble and Blaine - Phone Communities and Activism Showcase (O'reilly Emerging Telephony) - Congrats! At the Foocamp VOIP hacking session it became clear that Rabble and Lattice had actually done it, not just talked about it. #
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36 month ago
kellan : Bill O'Reilly to San Francisco: "No more federal funds without military recruiting" - The problem with Bill's logic is that SF runs a net loss paying more in federal taxes then its recieves in benefits (as do almost all major urban cities). Unlike say, the state of Wyoming. #
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37 month ago
plasticbag : There's a great post on "Creating Passionate Users" called 'How to speak at a tech conference', which isn't really about the style of talking but about how to get accepted to attend.. - It's a good read, it's solid and it's true - I'd recommend everyone who is interested in submitting papers should read it thoroughly...
deusx : Creating Passionate Users: How to speak at a tech conference - "Do NOT wait for an invitation!"
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Web 2.0: Compact Definition? - Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use i
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37 month ago
kayodeok : O'Reilly: What Is Web 2.0 - Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software
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37 month ago
Andy Baio : Steven Levy profiles Tim O'Reilly in Wired - he's one of the kindest and wisest people I've ever met [via]
kayodeok : The Trend Spotter - Tim O'Reilly built an empire on computer manuals and conferences that make sense of new technologies. Along the way he became the guru of the participation age
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