Author Archives: Bob Sutor

How much does it cost to self-publish a book? Three budget breakdowns. “For many writers considering self-publishing, cost is the first question and concern. The range authors spend to self-publish varies dramatically. You can choose to self-publish completely free doing … Continue reading →

Open source Java iOS tools compared – JavaWorld “Java programming for Apple’s iOS devices is not only possible but it’s getting easier all the time. Steve Hannah surveys the recent evolution of the Java iOS landscape, then introduces five open … Continue reading →

The Linux desktop is already the new normal | Open Source Software – InfoWorld “A debate is smoldering yet again in the Linux community as prominent figures debate whether it’s time to give up hope on the “year of the … Continue reading →

Kenneth I. Appel, Mathematician Who Harnessed Computer Power, Is Dead at 80 – NYTimes.com “Kenneth I. Appel, who helped usher the venerable mathematical proof into the computer age, solving a longstanding problem concerning colors on a map with the help … Continue reading →

How Big Data Is Playing Recruiter for Specialized Workers – NYTimes.com “Of late, growing numbers of academics and entrepreneurs are applying Big Data to human resources and the search for talent, creating a field called work-force science.” tags: hr analytics … Continue reading →

MathML Samples | “This page contains sample equations represented by MathML markup. The page has been configured to always use HTML-CSS mode with web fonts to display the equations, which produces uniform layout and typesetting across browsers.” tags: mathml JavaScript … Continue reading →

Monty changes roles, goes big with MariaDB—and gains Wikipedia as a user | Ars Technica “All of this comes as big Web players are taking a hard look at their database investments. The buzz around the “NoSQL” database movement has … Continue reading →

With Tablets, Businesses Ring Up at More Fanciful Cash Registers – NYTimes.com “With the advent of tablets, particularly the iPad, many stores have traded in their clunky cash registers for mobile devices. Now, though, they are dressing up those tablets … Continue reading →

IBM Information On Demand 2013 – global conference November 3-7, Las Vegas, Nevada tags: iod ibm analytics Baseball Broadcasts Introduce Advanced Statistics, but With Caution – NYTimes.com “Statistical analysis has swept through baseball over the past decade, becoming part of … Continue reading →

Army scalability test finds login bottleneck “Looking for an immersive platform for your company, non-profit, educational institution, or government agency? Start with the following list of vendors, all of which have a successful history of serving enterprise customers.” tags: 3d opensim … Continue reading →

Python Software Foundation wins a battle for the Python name | Python – InfoWorld “The Python Software Foundation (PSF) announced it has reached a settlement with POBox Hosting Ltd. of the United Kingdom over the latter’s trademark application for the … Continue reading →

Ned Batchelder: Python parsing tools “A few years ago, I went looking for Python parsing tools. I spent a long time researching the various options. When I was done, I had a cheat sheet on the different alternatives. This is … Continue reading →

Condé Nast’s VP of marketing analytics on how tablets changed publishing | ZDNet “During the 2013 Adobe Summit this week, I had a chance to sit down with Chris Reynolds, vice president of marketing analytics at Condé Nast, to find … Continue reading →

The Evolution of Social Business: Six Stages of Social Business Transformation “Companies are not created equal when it comes to social media maturity. In its latest research, Altimeter Group’s Charlene Li and Brian Solis uncovered a distinct gap between organizations … Continue reading →

IBM, OpenStack, and the cloud IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack in the Cloud – Arik Hesseldahl – News – AllThingsD “The open source software for running cloud computing installations just got a big new name in its camp: … Continue reading →

Is it time for Oracle to donate MySQL to Apache? | ZDNet “Oracle no doubt got the bang for the big bucks it paid for MySQL via its Sun acquisition. But the original developers of MySQL won’t let it die … Continue reading →

I.B.M. to Take Big Step Into Mobile – NYTimes.com “The company is announcing a major initiative into mobile, involving software, services and partnerships with other large vendors. I.B.M. plans to deploy consultants to give companies mobile shopping strategies, write mobile … Continue reading →

Project Seeks to Build Map of Human Brain – NYTimes.com “The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the … Continue reading →

New Year’s Resolution Reading List: 9 Books on Reading and Writing – Maria Popova – The Atlantic “As far as New Year’s resolutions go, hardly anything does one’s mental, spiritual, and creative health more good than resolving to read more … Continue reading →

Hey Presto, Opera switches to WebKit | Ars Technica “Norwegian browser developer Opera has announced that it is going to end the use of its own rendering engine, Presto. Over the course of 2013 the company will switch its browser … Continue reading →

Big Data and Analytics Helping to Protect Big Cats – News Watch “From tracking the illegal trading of hazardous substances and uncovering evidence of the trade in endangered big cats including tigers in Asia, data analytics is increasingly being used … Continue reading →

One Step Closer to the Open eBook Tipping Point: O’Reilly Joins the EPUB 3.0 Ecosystem – ConsortiumInfo.org “Anyone who reads eBooks is aware that a number of content vendors are using proprietary platforms in an effort to lock you into … Continue reading →

Kindle Fire Nabs 33 Percent of U.S. Android Tablet Market | News & Opinion | PCMag.com “Approximately 59 percent of the Android tablets equipped with Localytics-intregrated apps are from the U.S. Of those, 33 percent are Amazon Kindle Fires, the … Continue reading →

peterolson/BigInteger.js · GitHub “An arbitrary length integer library for Javascript” tags: Javascript mathml integers http://www.mathjax.org/ “MathJax is an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers.” tags: math Javascript mathml tex Posted from Diigo. The … Continue reading →

Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny – NYTimes.com Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Going Mobile: Advances in Mobility Lead to Smarter Travel « A Smarter Planet Blog “The true value of mobility does not live within each capability alone – rather, it’s all these apps coming together that can transform the travel experience. … Continue reading →

Sony Issues Bob Dylan Recordings to Keep European Copyright – NYTimes.com “In an unusual response to provisions in a new European copyright law, scheduled to take effect by 2014, Sony Music has released a compilation of early Bob Dylan recordings … Continue reading →

IBM Research: IBM 5 in 5 2012: Taste “But we may not realize that the way we perceive flavors and the characteristics of a “good” meal are fundamentally chemical and neural. In five years, computers will be able to construct … Continue reading →

A Martian Dream: Here’s What the Red Planet Would Look Like With Earth-Like Oceans and Life – Atlantic Mobile “What if instead of dust and rocks, our planetary neighbor Mars were a bit more lush? What if it had oceans, … Continue reading →

Is Apple Plotting A Route To A Waze Acquisition? Rumours On The Road Point To Yes | TechCrunch “There can be no doubt that one of the hottest startups of the last couple of years has been social sat-nav smartphone … Continue reading →

Mathematician Ramanujan’s secrets unlocked | MNN – Mother Nature Network “While on his death bed, the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan cryptically wrote down functions he said came to him in dreams, with a hunch about how they behaved. Now … Continue reading →

Instagram Reversal Doesn’t Appease Everyone – NYTimes.com “Facebook may have quelled a full-scale rebellion by quickly dumping the contentious new terms of use for Instagram, its photo-sharing service. But even as the social network furiously backpedaled, some users said Friday … Continue reading →

How Obama Used Big Data to Rally Voters | MIT Technology Review “But underneath all that were scores describing particular voters: a new political currency that predicted the behavior of individual humans. The campaign didn’t just know who you were; … Continue reading →

Military grid hits performance goals – Hypergrid Business “The military’s MOSES project has achieved its performance goals of creating an opensim grid with Second Life-level or better features and stability.  The team behind it has also reached out to other … Continue reading →

What’s Amazon’s enterprise strategy for the cloud? | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld “Amazon Web Services is doing well with startups and midsize businesses, but pricing structure, security, and privacy issues are holding it back from gaining traction with enterprises” tags: … Continue reading →

Google now lets businesses build private Android app stores | Ars Technica “Announced on Tuesday for Google Apps customers, the Google Play Private Channel lets IT shops build their own applications and distribute them to employees on the Google Play … Continue reading →

Big Data and Advanced Analytics: Success Stories From the Front Lines – Forbes “$50 billion. That’s about how much marketers are spending on Big Data and advanced analytics (according to a BMO Capital Markets report) in the hopes of improving … Continue reading →

How to install gcc compiler on Mac OS X “Often times, you need c or gcc compiler to compile open source projects in Mac OS X. The problem is Mac OS X doesn’t install the gcc compiler by default.” tags: … Continue reading →

Apple Fires Maps Manager – NYTimes.com “Apple continues to clean house after it stumbled badly with its mobile mapping service, firing a manager who oversaw it.” tags: maps apple Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Scientists See Advances in Deep Learning, a Part of Artificial Intelligence – NYTimes.com “Using an artificial intelligence technique inspired by theories about how the brain recognizes patterns, technology companies are reporting startling gains in fields as diverse as computer vision, … Continue reading →

Twitter survives election after Ruby-to-Java move • The Register “Micro-blogging site Twitter experienced record traffic as the results of the 2012 US Presidential election were announced on Tuesday night, but the service never faltered despite the increased load – something … Continue reading →

AT&T offers free cloud storage for iOS and Android | Mobile – CNET News “Is AT&T trying to be like Apple’s iCloud or Google Drive? It sure looks like it. The company is now offering a free video and photo … Continue reading →