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Irish Librarians and library-related organisations wish to express our grave dissatisfaction at the sudden withdrawal by Wiley publishers of over one thousand titles from key ebook collections to which many academic libraries subscribe. On 31st of August 2022 Wiley abruptly removed more than 1,300 ebooks, many of…
There were many reasons why I left Oracle shortly after it acquired Sun, but first among them: I could not stomach the disdain that Oracle had for its own customers. Sun — for all of its (many!) other faults — loved its customers.
While there are countless examples of DMCA abuse, sometimes a story stands out. Last week, Samsung sent a series of takedown notices aimed at videos showing a GTA V mod in action. The modification replaced an in-game weapon with an exploding Samsung phone. Whether you think these videos are...
Are you falling victim to the peeking problem? Learn how to design and run an experiment properly.
[This post is about the day that Glitch failed, and how that failure created the opportunity to make Slack. We're sharing it here (out of chronological order) to mark 12 years since the famous pivot.] “We have to shut down the game.” Stewart Butterfield said. I looked at him
Noah Kagan built three multi-million dollar online businesses before turning 28. He also looks great in green. (Photo: Brandon Wells) I first met Noah Kagan over rain and strong espressos at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, CA. It was 2007. We were both in hoodies, had a shared penchant for the F-bomb and burritos…
Today we're announcing that InfluxDB, the company, is now InfluxData. This is the beginning of delivering on our long-term vision.
I’m excited to be teaching Stanford Law’s first Coursera offering this fall, on government surveillance . In preparation, I’ve been extensively poking around the platform; while I found some snazzy features, I also stumbled across a few security and privacy issues.
In previous posts I wrote about visionary entrepreneurs, and how to constantly ask how you can 10X your business. However, many startups fail because the founding team thinks *too big* from day one, and doesn't take the time to really define the short term, immediate value their product or business provides.
A quick summary of the evolution of our company, our open-source work, interesting news and lessons in product design and engineering throughout 2019.
An irony of studying history is that we often know exactly how a story ends, but have no idea where…
The only enterprise AI data platform that cuts complexity, reduces costs, and gets you to production faster.
Since the beta version of Mozilla's Firefox, I've been a devotee. It became my go-to web browser in 2004. In addition to being open-source, it was far
The Universal Postal Union's S10 standard, in all its glory
Not sure what a “lingam” is, but if it means what I think it means, just thinking about it is making mine swell. Jackpot. Rejected app for inappropriate content.
Master boring fundamentals. Play infinite games.
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
Sir Frank Williams – the longest-serving Team Principal Formula 1 has ever seen – has died at the age of 79.
The OpenBSD Foundation needs your help to achieve our fundraising goal of $200,000 for 2015.
Announcing an exciting new partnership and welcoming Hipchat and Stride users to Slack. We’re glad you’re here!
the studio has always played to critics instead of children and manipulated with cheap sentiment
Not only is it poorly drafted with better alternatives available, but “Unlicensed” means the precise opposite of “unlicensed”.
We believe online ads should be better. The Better Ads Standards provide clear, public, data-driven guidance for how the industry can improve ads for consumers. Here's h…
Apple's new transparent design system has obvious readability issues that Apple's own design standards should have caught.
We are the ones creating these massive network effect businesses. So it's up to us to write new social contracts for the people who use them.
