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Netflix Inside - DanielRoth.net
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Laquo; Revenge of the Nerds. Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Netflix: Cutting the Cable ». September 29, 2009. Its everywhere on your computer, in your Xbox 360, backed into your TV. Now CEO Reed Hastings wants to let you watch every show and movie ever made instantly. October 2009 (17.10) issue. It had taken the better part of a decade. So on a Friday morning, he asked the six members of his senior management team to meet him in the amphitheater in Netflixs Los Gatos offices, near San Jose. ...
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October 30, 2009. Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Demand Media: "News Ex Machina". Oct 30, 2009. Online content provider Demand Media has found a formula, literally, for generating its many, often instructional, articles and videos. Think of it as a cut-rate Associated Press, except instead of human beings thinking up story ideas an algorithm does. Wired magazine’s Daniel Roth explains. Transcript. Continue reading "[Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Demand Media: "News Ex Machina" ». Audio...
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Gestures of War - DanielRoth.net
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Laquo; Road Map for Financial Recovery: Transparency Now! My interview with Better Place CEO Shai Agassi ». March 23, 2009. The battle to control iPhone-like multitouch technology has the gadget world in a pinch. April 2009 (17.04) issue. Them there are fighting words. (more). March 23, 2009 in Short items. Save to del.icio.us. The battle to control iPhone-like multitouch technology has the gadget world in a pinch. April 2009 (17.04) issue. Them there are fighting words. (more). More than twitter;. This ...
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August 25, 2009. Revenge of the Nerds. Revenge of the Nerds. If we want to reform education, we have to make it cool to be a geek. September 2009 (17.09) issue. Brought it back to earth. Its an art that has, for the most part, been lost on educators. The notion itself seems incredibly daunting until you look at one maligned subculture in which the smartest members are also the most popular: the geeks. If you want to reform schools, youve got to make them geekier. August 25, 2009 in Short items. The gestu...
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Laquo; [Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Netflix: Cutting the Cable. Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Demand Media: News Ex Machina ». October 16, 2009. Demand Media: The Answer Factory. A fiendishly clever startup knows what we are Googling then churns out thousands of cheap videos and articles to meet our every whim and wish. November 2009 (17.11) issue. If Christian Muñoz-Donoso is going to make this job pay. The algorithm’s endless ramblings a collection of cacophonous phrases and esote...
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Revenge of the Nerds - DanielRoth.net
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Laquo; Street Smarts. Netflix Inside ». August 25, 2009. Revenge of the Nerds. Revenge of the Nerds. If we want to reform education, we have to make it cool to be a geek. September 2009 (17.09) issue. Brought it back to earth. Geeks get things done. Theyre possessed. They cant help themselves, says Larry Rosenstock. Art project called Calculicious. Based entirely on math principles, now hangs in the San Diego airport.) The students all work in small groups as a way to foster shared enthusiasm: Get tw...
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Oracle's Lost Revolution - DanielRoth.net
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Laquo; [Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Demand Media: News Ex Machina. December 16, 2009. In 1995, Larry Ellison announced a computer that would run applications that lived in the cloud. Just one thing: The cloud didnt exist. January 2010 (18.01) issue. The Nature of Design. The network computer was the embodiment of that: It didn’t work as promised, it was too early, and it cost too much. But looking back now, it’s hard to see it as anything but a success. His concept on September 4, 1995, just ...
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December 16, 2009. In 1995, Larry Ellison announced a computer that would run applications that lived in the cloud. Just one thing: The cloud didnt exist. January 2010 (18.01) issue. Continue reading "Oracle's Lost Revolution" ». December 16, 2009 in Long. Save to del.icio.us. More than twitter;. Less than a blog. Follow me on Twitter. Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Demand Media: "News Ex Machina". Demand Media: The Answer Factory. Revenge of the Nerds. See how we're connected.
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September 29, 2009. Its everywhere on your computer, in your Xbox 360, backed into your TV. Now CEO Reed Hastings wants to let you watch every show and movie ever made instantly. October 2009 (17.10) issue. It had taken the better part of a decade. Was finally ready to unveil the device he thought would upend the entertainment industry. The gadget looked as unassuming as the original iPod a sleek black box, about the size of a paperback novel, with a few jacks in back and Hastings, CEO of Netflix. Arroga...