Google leads our day with a post on Google Cloud Platform about the release of the consumer surveys API. It is an interesting little feature that could help a lot of companies. KD Nuggets gives us a few excellent posts as well. First, they give us 12 inspiring women in data science. Obviously, there are… Read More Geek Reading April 18, 2016 #1086
Leading our day, we have the announcement from the Google Cloud Platform about the general availability of custom machine types. This is very cool, and helps everyone using these platforms. I have always had a problem trying to choose the appropriate configuration for a new server. The Netflix Tech Blog started a series about how… Read More Geek Reading February 18, 2016 #1045
Leading the day is yet another security issue, this one reported on Bits Please. They describe an Android privilege escalation to mediaserver from zero permissions. Some of the security issues that I list tend to be more research based than potential threats, and this falls into the research category. That does not mean that you… Read More Geek Reading January 26, 2016
Late last week, there were two comics that were just perfect. First, XKCD gives their explanation of Git. If you are just starting with Git, it will sound all too familiar. The second comic is Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller, where it shows “Youth Revival Therapy”. I included this mainly because I know a bunch… Read More Geek Reading November 2, 2015
Paul Graham leads the day with hist post about writing like you talk. Paul doesn’t write too frequently, but when he does, you should probably listen. Gil Zilberfeld talks about how you can’t build an MVP if you are expecting it to make money. It is an interesting perspective on a hot current trend. On… Read More Geek Reading October 27, 2015
Sorry for the delay in posting yesterday’s links. I totally forgot to hit the publish button! Business Insider leads the day reporting on some French researchers who can hack Siri from 16 feet away. Interestingly, it uses the wires from the headset to send information. On Google Cloud Platform, they talk about alerting about a… Read More Geek Reading October 15, 2015
Leading today we have some job and startup related stories. First, Mark Suster talks about survivors on Both Sides of the Table. Mark always gives us an interesting look into the mind of a VC. On Customer Experience Matters, they share some research showing that employees need to feel like they are contributing. For some… Read More Geek Reading July 31, 2015
I want to apologize to the 3 people that really await this post every day, I was sick on Friday and unable to post:) That means we have a lot of articles today. Leading the weekend edition, Reuters reports on another Earth-like planet discovered using the Kepler telescope. There seems to be more excitement surrounding… Read More Geek Reading July 27, 2015
We have another slow weekend of news today. First, the Army National Guard announced that it had a data breach. This does not sound as bad as the last government breach, but it is still bad. MIT News reports on a program that fixes old code faster than “expert engineers”. The ideas in the project… Read More Geek Reading July 13, 2015
There is a varied selection of articles today, but I am going to focus on the job and startups. On O’Reilly Radar, there is a very good article about flattening organizations. More importantly, they address the fact that there is always an implicit hierarchy and you need to reconcile that with your organization structure. Mark Suster at… Read More Geek Reading July 9, 2015
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