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Capitalizing on the Digital Attention Economy: The Brave Browser
▻https://hackernoon.com/capitalizing-on-the-digital-attention-economy-the-brave-browser-c975b7b9

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“…in an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: …the attention of its recipients.” (Herbert A. Simon, Professor Carnegie Mellon University, 1971)There’s a new, better way to browse the #internet: the Brave Browser.Image taken from the Brave homepage.The Brave Browser operates on a principle I’m calling the Digital Attention Economy. As Professor Simon pointed out in 1971, the world is flooded with information, but human attention is a finite resource. Capitalizing on that resource has been every corporation’s objective, and we’re all familiar with the advertisement deluge that ensues. It’s overwhelming. Now, there’s a better way.With attention, security, and privacy in mind, CEO Brendan Eich (creator of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla) and CTO Brian (...)

#cryptocurrency #advertising #basic-attention-token #brave-browser

Changemakers in #programming: Brendan Eich
▻https://hackernoon.com/changemakers-in-programming-brendan-eich-e43f2cc7d269?source=rss----3a81

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Changemakers in Programming: this new blog series will be focusing on organizations, associations and people who have had and/or continue to have a positive impact on the tech world and the world of programming!For this second post, we will learn about the inventor of #javascript. This is the story of BrendanEich, a programmer with a long and growing list of accomplishments!Currently, Eich is the CEO of Brave, which has developed a new internet browser (called Brave) that promises its users more privacy, better security, and faster browsing speeds. But you may also know him as the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla (where he was also CTO and briefly CEO).In this blog post, we’ll explore how Eich got to where he is today and discuss his latest project (Brave) and how it might (...)

#brendan-eich #founder-interview #braves

Brave’s Brendan Eich on Fixing Online #advertising
▻https://hackernoon.com/braves-brendan-eich-on-fixing-online-advertising-7a3a98809e4d?source=rss

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Audio interview transcription — WBD045Note: the following is a transcription of my interview with Brendan Eich, the creator of #javascript and the Founder and President of Brave. I use Rev.com from translations and they remove ums, errs and half sentences. I have reviewed the transcription but if you find any mistakes, please feel free to email me. You can listen to the original recording here.You can subscribe to the podcast and listen to all episodes here.In this episode, I talk with Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript and founder of Brave and the Basic Attention Token. We talk about how Brave is attempting to change the broken online advertising model.▻https://medium.com/media/dbef713f3544680ed36a4fd34a46ed82/hrefConnect with What #bitcoin Did:Listen: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | (...)

#braves #bats

Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for the United...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7796293

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Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for the United States

Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to present the case for GDPR-like data protection standards in the United States. Article word count: 906

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119367 Posted by mochtar (karma: 380) Post stats: Points: 120 - Comments: 45 - 2018-10-02T07:02:23Z

#HackerNews #brendan #eich #for #gdpr #need #senate #states #the #united #writes

Article content:

Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to present the case for GDPR-like data protection standards in the United States. 

The full text of this letter is copied (...)

Brave Software | Building a Better Web
▻https://brave.com

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Browse faster and safer with Brave.

The new Brave browser automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser.

Soon, micropayments and better ads will give users and publishers a better deal.

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#navigateur #asuivre

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▻http://hroy.eu/notes/mozilla-ceo-ftr

Somebody working at Mozilla put together a timeline of facts surrounding Brendan Eich’s resignation.

And the real tragedy here is that Mozilla would have sorted this out satisfactorily if it hadn’t been sensationalized by the media and turned into an internet witch hunt. Anyone who wrote a news story, posted to their blog, or tweeted about Brendan without understanding paragraph (i)(c) of the Community Participation Guidelines was part of the mob that brought Brendan down. For more than 15 years, Brendan fought for openness and freedom on the web, and led many of the people who built that open and free web. This week, in a senseless, vicious convulsion, the web turned on him.

Meanwhile, Mozilla published an FAQ.

Q: Was Brendan Eich forced out by employee (...)

Mozilla’s Chief Felled by View on Gay Unions - NYTimes.com

▻http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-chief/?emc=edit_th_20140404&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=67617143

On Thursday, Brendan Eich, who has helped develop some of the web’s most important technologies, resigned under pressure as chief executive of Mozilla, the maker of the popular Firefox web browser, just two weeks after taking the job.

The reason? In 2008, he donated $1,000 in support of Proposition 8, a California measure that banned same-sex marriage.

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#californie #discrimination #homosexualité

Mozilla’s one week CEO steps down
▻http://hroy.eu/posts/mozilla-eich-down

Just saw on twitter that Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO.

We won’t even know if it would have been a good fit for Mozilla to face the challenges ahead with Firefox OS. But what I am sure of, is that there was definitely a mistake made by the board and by Brendan Eich, because they didn’t see it coming. The fact that he supported California anti-gay rights to marriage is known since 2012. He had plenty of time to think things through and to revert his action (for instance by counter-donating in support of marriage equality).

I wouldn’t have stopped using Firefox or promoting it just because of this. To put it bluntly, I do not care about Brendan Eich’s opinion on the matter of rights to marriage. However, I care about Mozilla’s approach and its ability to strive as a community of (...)

Brendan Eich Steps Down as #mozilla CEO | The Mozilla Blog
▻https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo

C’est quand même dommage qu’il préfère démissionner plutôt que réellement s’excuser de son homophobie (non, faire un billet disant que Mozilla est engagé pour l’égalité et qu’il va respecter ça, ce n’est pas une excuse.)

Bref, espérons que le/la prochain⋅e conviendra mieux.(Permalink)

#informatique #f #t

Polémique autour de la nomination de Brendan Eich comme PDG de Mozilla
▻http://www.pcinpact.com/news/86705-polemique-autour-nomination-brendan-eich-comme-pdg-mozilla.htm

La nomination de Brendan Eich à la tête de Mozilla ne passe pas pour une partie des utilisateurs et développeurs. Le nouveau PDG avait en effet financé il y a quelques années une campagne visant à faire adopter une loi barrant la route du mariage pour les couples de même sexe en Californie.Lire la suite […]