O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologieshttp://radar.oreilly.com/ETech CFP Ends Friday (919)- September 16, 2008 Hurry! The Call For Participation for ETech 2009 closes this Friday (919). We've got a lot of great submissions so far, but we'd like to see more. The submissions will all be reviewed by mid-October. Below are the major themes of the conference. If you've worked on technology in any of these areas submit a talk. City Tech: Our...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/etech-cfp-ends-friday-919.html Apple's Big Location Chance, Or When Is The iPhone Going To Use That GPS- September 15, 2008 Apple's iPhone is being heralded for all of its location-aware apps like Whrrl and Loopt. Unfortunately location-aware apps are currently crippled. I want a setting to record my location throughout the day. I want third-party apps that I trust to be able to access it. Until then Apple is crippling these apps' potential and not letting the iPhone live...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/apple-location-chance-iphone-gps.html Ignite NYC II Tonight!- September 15, 2008 Tonight on the eve of the Web 2.0 Expo NY we will have 12 Ignite speakers who each get just five minutes on stage. Bre Pettis, the co-creator of Ignite will be hosting a cupcake decorating contest. Ignite is going to be at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) where we are a guest of the New York...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/ignite-nyc-ii-tonight.html Software Freedom Day- September 14, 2008 Software Freedom Day is free and open source's open day, a chance for the general public who might have been curious about open source to come along and learn more. I'll be in Wellington on Saturday, September 20th, for Wellington's event. There'll be: copies of Linux given out and a WellyLUG installfest to provide any help people need installing Linux...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/software-freedom-day.html Daniel Suarez: Bot-Mediated Realities- September 13, 2008 I enjoy exposure to new world views, the feeling of one's brain being stretched to fit a new frame. For that reason, I enjoyed Daniel Suarez's talk to the Long Now Foundation, entitled "Daemon: Bot-Mediated Realities". You can listen to the talk as I did, or read Paul Saffo's summary. Suarez sees a world in which bots run everything from...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/daniel-suarez-bot-mediated-rea.html Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discuss the upcoming Web 2.0 Summit- September 12, 2008 Beginning on November 5th, 2008 a wide array of thought leaders and practitioners of Web 2.0 are converging on San Francisco to attend the 5th annual Web 2.0 Summit. This year's theme, "Web Meets World" reflects how much Web 2.0 has evolved over the past five years. I recorded an informal conversation with co-chairs Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle to...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/podcast-tim-oreilly-and-john-b.html Experience Syndication: Powered by Zappos- September 12, 2008 I have been thinking a lot about the new Powered by Zappos service. According to Zappos: Powered by Zappos (PBZ) is a feature Zappos.com offers to its partners where we design, host, fulfill and own a partners web site. Our goal is to provide Zappos customers as well as our partner's customers with the best possible service experience. By building...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/experience-syndication-powered.html How the Hell Did Matt Get People to Dance With Him- September 12, 2008 A couple of weeks ago Matt gave an Ignite talk at Gnomedex about his experiences dancing around the world. If you've seen the video you'll enjoy his talk - plus it ends with bonus footage of 100 of us dancing with him....http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/how-the-hell-did-matt-get-peop.html Book Review: Nudge- September 12, 2008 This year has seen a glut of books on topics in that strange area occupied awkwardly by behavioural economics, cognitive psychology, and experimental philosophy. Some fail to distinguish themselves, merely rehashing the many ways in which we aren't perfectly rational creatures. Others, however, find an original angle to tack the last 30 years of work since Daniel Kahneman first thought...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/book-review-nudge.html Where Camp PDX 2008- September 11, 2008 For the past two years the geo community has hosted WhereCamp right after Where 2.0 to discuss the events of the conference. Now it looks like WhereCamp is going regional! Portland will be hosting their own geo-oriented unconference called WhereCamp PDX from 1018-19. As they describe it: An unconference is a conference planned by the participants, we all convene...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/where-camp-pdx-2008.html |