O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 107

Social Media Google Internet Internet 107

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. Processors and memory consume the most power on the server, followed by the power supply efficiency loss. I already had Google Analytics installed, so I added the following code to each page.

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. Processors and memory consume the most power on the server, followed by the power supply efficiency loss. I already had Google Analytics installed, so I added the following code to each page.

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. Processors and memory consume the most power on the server, followed by the power supply efficiency loss. I already had Google Analytics installed, so I added the following code to each page.

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

SQL Performance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Since SQL Server 2005, the trick of using FOR XML PATH to denormalize strings and combine them into a single (usually comma-separated) list has been very popular. In the SQL Server 2005 days, I would have offered this solution: SELECT DISTINCT UserID , Bands =. ( But is it the most efficient? ( SELECT BandName + ', '.

Servers 82

Servers Code Efficiency Performance 82

Smashing Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

The British Standards Institution (2005) defines inclusive design as : “The design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible. Testing procedures should be implemented so that departments do their jobs well and do them efficiently, especially QA and developers.

Website 145

Website Mobile Design Testing 145

Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Google Maps started life in 2005 as a desktop application for getting from point A to point B. Since then, Google Maps has become the foundation for many other innovations after being opened up to developers via APIs. In Wardley lingo, Google Maps is so efficient that it acts as a building block for higher-order systems (e.g.

Innovation 52

Innovation Speed Google Strategy 52