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Do you believe that you require 8 hours of sleep to be rested and effective. Well, in this really interesting article in the BBC News it seems like that pattern might not really be the most natural.Some experiments conducted came up with some interesti...
Read more →Funny thing, I like many people are trying to figure out what Pinterest is good for. Well I found a use. From yesterday’s post, you saw that I am searching for a new application icon for BlogBridge. In fact I listed a series of out/crowdsource desig...
Read more →Well, it’s been about 5 years with the same (lovely) BlogBridge application icon and as we are redesigning the web site and releasing a major new release of the product, we thought, hey, it’s time to update the icon to something, ahem, a little more modern. In case you forgot (or never knew),here’s...
Read more →Have you ever heard a politician or pundit say, with self-assurance, America is a Right of Center country. Think Newt Gingrich. Right of Center. How do we determine the center? Isn’t this a lot like Lake Wobegon, “Where all our children are above average“? I’m just sayin’…
A simple question that for some reason does not have a simple answer: > “I want to follow someone’s twitter feed using an RSS reader, where is it?” Well it seems that for some reason Twitter has quite hidden it but as a public service I will share the results of my research with you. You will fi...
Read more →Great review article: > “In this article I digested a number of MapReduce patterns and algorithms to give a systematic view of the different techniques that can be found in the web or scientific articles. Several practical case studies are also provided. All descriptions and code snippets use the ...
Read more →As you know, I am a big big fan of Spotify. Lately I’ve been playing with the Last.FM integration. It’s a handy way for me to see what new music or artists I might like to listen to. I’ve discovered plenty of new music that way, it’s great. What I would like is to be able to ask Spotify (or Last.FM...
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Here’s a really interesting article about how the Superbowl used Social Mediato enhance the experience: > “An exclusive, in-depth look into the Super Bowlâs first ...
Read more →Should it be ok for students to take notes during a class and turn them into a marketable product that they make money on? If I am teaching the same class again this year, students could buy the course notes and potentially do better, or learn more. That’s a good thing, right? However is i...
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There is always a good deal of controversy surrounding elections and in particular, whether an election is ‘fair’ or not. As I have been working on a project with the Open Source Digital Voting FoundationI’ve been exposed to this from time to time. This controversy arise...
Read more →An interesting article in Forbes about Software Developers and Development in general, The Rise of Developeronomics. While here and there he is promoting old chestnuts which may or may not be true there is a core ar...
Read more →Are you thinking about hiring a software developer to build your system? Here are “8 Things You Ought to Know If You Do Not Know Anything About Hiring a Software Developer“. He says: > “I did not come to this in...
Read more →From an article called “Effective Customer Consultant Relationships”: > “As a customer, how can you get the most out of your consultants? As a consultant, how can you deliver what your customers rea...
Read more →This happened: I had a book on my Amazon wish list for several months. Yesterday, I finally placed the order at around 3pm and today the book is in my hands, just about 24 hours later. And this is with regular Prime shipping, which is supposedly two days. I wonder. Amazon is **...
Read more →A fascinating article, which is hard to disagree with, although the conclusion is a little counter-intuitive: > “Imagine that the captain of a $5 billion aircraft carrier let his ship sink rather than allow seven volunte...
Read more →Funny insider lingo. I am sure you’d be able to do a similar video for Washington DC (politics) and L.A. (movies) and Kendal Square (Biotech). My word is computers. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8zFANeBGQ]
I know (at least I believe) that, for example, “… Scott Brown and I reached an historic agreement…” is correct, and that “… Scott Brown and I reached a historic agreement …” would be incorrect. But I can’t help hearing it as “snooty” and “smarty pants”. I know, it’s my problem 🙂