O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

Speed Curve

JUNE 14, 2021

My journey into performance started in the late 1990s, while I was working for an elearning provider and discovering the challenges of delivering rich content over the internet. I think this was the first time I’d seen someone bring strong visual design to a web performance product, and it was lovely. Why SpeedCurve?

Retail 52

Retail Internet Internet Education 52

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

By Werner Vogels on 29 June 2011 09:55 AM. Often we think about innovation as going after new unchartered territories, but it is also important to innovate in those existing dimensions that will remain important for customers. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

AWS 104

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 104

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Vitaly specializes in front-end development, performance optimization, and responsive design, and he has made an epic contribution to the performance industry in addition to many other technology and design-related spaces. He was also the founder and president of Mobile Portland, where he started the first community device lab.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

When browsers provide integrated engines (an "integrated browser" ), then it's possible to disagree in standards venues, return to one's corner, and deliver ( hopefully and responsibly ) the best design to developers. Developers can provide feedback from using features and lobby other browsers to adopt (or re-design) them.

Engineering 98

Engineering Open Source Website Operating System 98

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2011 04:00 PM. A whole range of innovative new services, ranging from media conversion to geo-location-context services have been developed by our customers using this flexibility and are available in the AWS ecosystem. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

AWS 115

AWS Cloud Java Operating System 115

Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2015

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson 4 ⁄ 5 How We Got to Now builds off the ideas from Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From and further hammers home the point that good ideas do not come from lightbulb moments but from what Johnson calls the Hummingbird Effect.

Social Media 40

Social Media Education Design Technology 40