I For One Welcome Our New Freaky Robot Overlords
There’s just something about Boston Dynamics’s Big Dog that just weirds me out. Maybe it is the strange alien bug sound it makes, or the freakishly organic motion of this legs. Either way its both nightmarish and amazing.
(About 30 seconds into the video - watch how it moves as it manages to stay [...]
Medicine 2.0 - Back to Housecalls
I usually write a lot about technology’s role in shaping the publishing world, but of course technology is shaping all industries. A Twitter friend pointed me to an HISTalk article about Jay Parkinson, M.D. and how he is using technology to change the way he practices medicine - and I don’t mean fancy diagnostic machines [...]
The Changing Publishing Landscape - Introducing Wrox Blox
I often write about the changes in publishing caused by disruptive technologies and the need for publishers to make their own changes in order to stay relevant. Today we have launched Wrox Blox, a new product for programmers that hopefully will strike a chord with a market that often looks to the web for [...]
Peter Collingridge Get Out of My Head!
This post from the Times emit blog of Peter Collingridge artfully sums up my own opinion of Publishers’ old-school usage of technology and the frustration I often feel when I want to move faster. My favorite quote from the post:
Without a grasp of what makes a good site compelling and successful, it is implausible [...]
Hot off the presses: Hacking Ubuntu
This morning I was pleased to find my copy of Hacking Ubuntu, Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations, the latest from our ExtremeTech series. The book should be shipping from Amazon.com early next week. Congratulations to author Dr. Neal Krawetz for a great guide to Ubuntu hackery.
This is an incredible guide to Hacking Ubuntu, [...]
