He’s not even wrong: Business studies as a (pseudo) science
When a colleague of the nobel award winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli showed him a research paper by one of his students, asking for his opinion, Pauli is said to have given his legendary remark: Not...
View ArticleDrifting to the anti-GMO team
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan, mathematician, philosopher and occasional troller, has been tweeting a lot about how worried everyone should be about Genetically Modified Organisms or...
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Dropbox resurrects Clippy
Were you a fan of Clippy, the anthropomorphised paperclip that followed you around with cutesy advice when you were trying to use Microsoft’s Word? If so, you’re in for a treat. Dropbox are so happy...
View ArticleFrom the ashes of Nokia rises Realm, a database that runs on 500 million phones
My first mobile phone was a Nokia 3210 which, according to Wikipedia, was one of the most successful mobile phones in history. Nowadays, anyone who is typing “Nokia” into a search engine is probably...
View ArticleThe human spreadsheet
Ben Evans paints a vivid picture of technology replacing humans in a recent blog post describing the 60s film The Apartment: In effect, every person on that floor is a cell in a spreadsheet. The floor...
View ArticleThe Software Paradox – book review
Over the weekend I came across a great book (via Hacker News – where else) being given away for free from O’Reilly media called The Software Paradox. I always used to recommend Eric Raymond’s...
View ArticleWomen in tech: It’s not just a pipeline problem
Rachel Thomas, math PhD, software developer and instructor at the Hackbright Academy recently wrote an article about women in tech titled “If you think women in tech is just a pipeline problem, you...
View ArticleHadley Wickham: The statistics celebrity and R programmer
Hadley Wickham is famous. The kind of famous where people at statistics conferences line up for selfies, ask him for autographs, and are generally in awe of him. Sureley that’s the best kind of famous....
View ArticleMapping the fortunes of Silicon Valley
The Economist did a great piece on Silicon Valley a couple of weeks ago and along with the article they posted an excellent interactive map on their website. The map shows the geographic location of...
View ArticleThe slideshow listicle: When metrics win and common sense loses
As an avid Arsenal supporter, I’ll read almost anything the UK newspapers write about them. I’ll read The Guardian, Telegraph, Times and even papers I otherwise try to avoid like Metro and the Evening...
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Prediction: In ten years we’ll have ten different iPads
Apple just unveiled the iPad Pro. Yesterday, the Verge reported thus: Apple has unveiled its latest addition to the iPad tablet lineup during a special press event in San Francisco this morning. Like...
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