general

This category contains the occasional post which doesn’t quite fit into any other category or posts which fit or span several categories.

Mike is a professor at a reputable university. He teaches advanced machine learning and robotics, he’s finishing up his PhD in computer science, and he always has a new gadget he’s playing with. David is a software entrepreneur. He has sold a software company or two for modest profit and […]

Of Mikes and Davids

28 Aug, 2015 in general / it industry / software development by

Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever

23 Jun, 2011 in general tagged coffee / drugs by

[HT Infosthetics]

Ted Talk: Visualizing Humanity with Aaron Koblin

1 Jun, 2011 in general / it industry tagged culture / humanity / technology by

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, […]

On the distinction between work and play

27 May, 2011 in general tagged play / work / work life balance by

[HT Nancy Prager] One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The […]

Good artists borrow, great artists steal

19 Apr, 2011 in general tagged copyright / creativity / intellectual property by

[HT Joanne Jacobs] The Khan Academy is an excellent online resource that many luminaries, including Bill Gates, have endorsed as either an educational supplement (which was its initial purpose) or a harbinger of a profoundly new way of “doing” education.