- The Law of Accelerating Returns | KurzweilAI
Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity — technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light. - Qualidade de Software: Pedro Valente: Product Owner na prática
- Predicting The Future
the best way to predict the future is to invent it - The Guardian Open Platform
The Open Platform is a suite of services that enables partners to build applications with the Guardian. The first two products released as part of the platform were the Content API and the Data Store. We have since added the World Government Data Store, the Politics API and now the MicroApp framework. - Time Zones
- Viajantes na nova era
Nos preparativos para visitar Nova York, em dezembro último, o programador Pedro Valente, do Yahoo, encaminhou todos os emails que recebeu sobre vôos, reserva de hotéis, aluguel de carro e outras confirmações para o site TripIt (www.tripit.com). O sistema organiza todas as informações sobre a viagem em apenas um lugar, dentro de um modelo fácil de interagir com mapas, ser compartilhado e acessado pelo celular. “Expor dados e experiências é inevitável no mundo conectado”, afirma Valente, um caçador de hackers para o desenvolvimento de soluções digitais, algumas aplicáveis ao turismo. “A transparência radical é o caminho para transformar o poder dos consumidores e o destino dos negócios”. - Darwin's Finches, 20th Century Business, and APIs
- Web Numbr | Track numbers from anywhere on the web
Extract any number from any webpage and graph how it changes over time - Window Farms
Window Farms are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials. - The First iPad Jailbreak | Technomix | Fast Company
- Data Driven Experiences…..Trending Towards Emotional Data
To better understand this philosophy, I wanted to break-out the many ways in which we are processing real-time data:
· Business Intelligence – Optimization and Effectiveness
· Creative / Experiential – Activity Streams
· Engagement – Broken Emotional Ground
· Live Data – Drives Dead Things - Gephi
- Riak Presentation at NYC NoSQL, Oct 5, 2009
Riak is a document-oriented database. Riak is a decentralized key-value store, with the standard get, put, and delete operations. Riak is a distributed, fault-tolerant storage solution. - Factual
Factual is a platform where anyone can share and mash open data on any subject. - Data Cluster Meetup
get a whole bunch of really smart data geeks together, set up group discussions and a round of lightning talks