“Tech community never lacked ideas which made their gatherings original. Such was the recently held, curiously named “Nothing Will Happen” anti-conference, certainly the most prominent event based on fusing Internet technologies and the social aspect of technology adoption.” via Nothing will happen: from e-books to drones.
” As for what’s happening these days, post-Reader: Took some extra time to scale out my backend, now completed. Running on 48 servers, serving 20x traffic Because I had the foresight to charge users for premium service, I’m now confident that NewsBlur will be standing tall a few years from now. Working on the next […]
via technologyreview.com “However, the DPLA’s decision to call itself a “public library” has raised hackles. At a meeting in May of last year, a group called the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies passed a resolution asking the DPLA steering…
A lot of people interested in free software, and user autonomy and network services are very worried about Facebook. Folks are worried for the same reason that so many investors are interested: the networks effects brought by hundreds of millions …
via dyne.org “ZShaolin unleashes the power of GNU/Linux on your Android phone or tablet by installing a small and powerful shell environment. It comes with applications to edit images, audio and video using batch scripts one can write and upload. …
After much speculation over whether Mozilla, the non-profit foundation, and Google, the search and advertising company, would renew their default search provision deal, Mozilla pay just under $300 million per year to be the default choice in Mozil…