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O'Reilly at MacWorld

Mon, 2009-01-05 18:27
Visit the O'Reilly booth (#2210) at Macworld in San Francisco, January 5-9! We'll have a dynamic lineup of entertaining talks and will be offering a 30% discount on timely new Mac and digital media titles during the conference. We'll also have goodies, and a raffle drawing. View the complete schedule of author presentations.
Categories: Network Cultures

Audience Growth vs Digg

Mon, 2009-01-05 18:08
Can Digg increase your overall audience growth? It could, but it's usually a long and painful process.
Categories: Network Cultures

International Conference on Cyber Security 2009

Mon, 2009-01-05 18:07
I'll be speaking at the International Conference on Cyber Security 2009 in New York (Jan 5 - 9).
Categories: Network Cultures

PyMOTW: bz2

Mon, 2009-01-05 18:07
The bz2 module is an interface for the bzip2 library, used to compress data for storage or transmission.
Categories: Network Cultures

My 2009 Resolution: Learn IPv6

Mon, 2009-01-05 18:07
In which the author recounts his adventures getting an IPv6 tunnel hooked up to his home network.
Categories: Network Cultures

Letter to the Algorithm

Mon, 2009-01-05 17:28
Is Digg Sexist? No. Is the community it attracts "sexist"? Likely. This post is a response to the recent criticism, a diagnosis, and a prescription for future collaborative filtering evolution. The problem with the current iteration of collaborative filters is that they don't account for more than one dominant preference cluster.
Categories: Network Cultures

MadTux Closes Its Doors

Fri, 2009-01-02 22:29
After eight years in business California-based MadTux, an online retailer specializing in systems preloaded with Linux, has closed.
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MadTux Closes Its Doors

Fri, 2009-01-02 21:07
After eight years in business California-based MadTux, an online retailer specializing in systems preloaded with Linux, has closed. Caitlyn Martin http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2654
Categories: Network Cultures

Practice

Fri, 2009-01-02 17:07
My New Year's Resolution for this year is simple: practice. You don't have to achieve (or even aim for) total mastery for the practice to be worthwhile. Simon St. Laurent http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/166
Categories: Network Cultures

New PKI problem: Resolved

Fri, 2009-01-02 17:07
The Internet is still broken, but no more broken than normal. The risk level is acceptable for the average user, even though if a single user were being targeted, there's a good chance an attack would be successful. This is how it's always been. Let's go back to our lives. John Viega http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/902
Categories: Network Cultures

CitizenSchools.org: A Worthwhile Cause Worthy of Your Vote

Fri, 2009-01-02 17:07
When I was in Boston this last September I was fortunate enough to be introduced to John Werner, one of the founders of http://citizenschools.org/, by John Palfrey who thought I could be helpful in helping John achieve success with Citizen Schools on the Web 2.0 front. John has a chance to make it in front of President-elect Barack Obama and Congress, but he needs your help. Please take a moment to learn more. M. David Peterson http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2354
Categories: Network Cultures

Practice

Thu, 2009-01-01 21:41
My New Year's Resolution for this year is simple: practice. You don't have to achieve (or even aim for) total mastery for the practice to be worthwhile.
Categories: Network Cultures

New PKI problem: Resolved

Thu, 2009-01-01 21:40
The Internet is still broken, but no more broken than normal. The risk level is acceptable for the average user, even though if a single user were being targeted, there's a good chance an attack would be successful. This is how it's always been. Let's go back to our lives.
Categories: Network Cultures

CitizenSchools.org: A Worthwhile Cause Worthy of Your Vote

Thu, 2009-01-01 21:39
When I was in Boston this last September I was fortunate enough to be introduced to John Werner, one of the founders of http://citizenschools.org/, by John Palfrey who thought I could be helpful in helping John achieve success with Citizen Schools on the Web 2.0 front. John has a chance to make it in front of President-elect Barack Obama and Congress, but he needs your help. Please take a moment to learn more.
Categories: Network Cultures

FrameworkQuest 2008 Part 5: Mate, the Pure MXML Framework

Thu, 2009-01-01 18:07
Let’s get this out of the way first thing. It’s Mah-tay, not M-eight. Like the drink, the creators of Mate, Nahuel Faronda and Laura Arguello, come from Argentina. If you’ve never tried Mate (the drink), you should - it’s tasty....
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Thu, 2009-01-01 18:03
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The sky is not falling (re: today's PKI attack)

Thu, 2009-01-01 18:03
In my last post I talked about how anybody with enough money (a small 6-figure sum) could create a rogue certification authority (CA). This would allow them to generate certificates for any web site that seem to be genuine. That... John Viega http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/902
Categories: Network Cultures

FrameworkQuest 2008 Part 5: Mate, the Pure MXML Framework

Thu, 2009-01-01 18:03
Let’s get this out of the way first thing. It’s Mah-tay, not M-eight. Like the drink, the creators of Mate, Nahuel Faronda and Laura Arguello, come from Argentina. If you’ve never tried Mate (the drink), you should - it’s tasty.... Tony Hillerson http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3296
Categories: Network Cultures

The sky is not falling (re: today's PKI attack)

Thu, 2009-01-01 18:02
In my last post I talked about how anybody with enough money (a small 6-figure sum) could create a rogue certification authority (CA). This would allow them to generate certificates for any web site that seem to be genuine. That...
Categories: Network Cultures

Scott Berkun Talks about Innovation in Guy Kawasaki's New Book

Wed, 2008-12-31 10:03
Scott Berkun, the bestselling author of The Myths of Innovation, discusses how innovators and inventors get their ideas in Guy Kawasaki's popular new book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition. Sara Peyton http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2831
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