links for 2007-04-07

• Interview with Jacob Kaplan-Moss – Python Programming Portal
  Nice interview with one of the lead developers of Django. Also some information about what’s in the pipeline.
  (tags: django webdev development interview python)
• Mathemagics – Youtube
  On etech 2007 Arthur Benjamin did a show about mathemagic. It was really cool to see how quick he could do ‘his numbers’. In the end he blamed it on his ‘mispent youth’. Funny guy!
  (tags: etech07 math mathemagic magic)
• Amazon Web Services Developer Connection
  Another talk at etech07 was about the webservices Amazon is offering. The presentation was a bit high on marketing, but the idea is still pretty cool. There are three services: storage (S3), computing (EC2) and messaging (SQS).
  (tags: etech07 amazon webservices web2.0 development api web)
• Trampoline Enron Explorer
  This tool shows all email that has been going around in Enron, it is a showcase of the SONAR technology from Trampoline Systems. This company presented at etech2007 (Mike Stenhouse and Charles Armstrong)
  (tags: etech07 enron web2.0 visualisation socialnetworking interaction innovation)
• The Right Stuff (movie)
  A pointer to this movie came up in Scott Berkuns talk at etech2007. Looks like a cool movie, I have to see this.
  (tags: etech07 scottberkun innovation apollo moon)
• Exploring Office Live
  What Jon Udell shows is mighty impressive. Ordinary users are getting the power of RUP like tools that came into fashion just a few years ago for developers.
  (tags: rup webdev windows live office2.0 office microsoft jonudell)
• The real Web 2.0
  A thorough writeup about the energy side of web2.0.
  (tags: web2.0 sustainability energy datacenter google)