-
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
-
Meta
Monthly Archives: September 2011
When a Business Model Dies
Spare a thought for poor Kodak, a company surely in the throes of death. Here is the key paragraph: Intellectual property licensing and lawsuits have largely funded Kodak’s cash needs but stalled earlier this year, prompting Kodak to decide to … Continue reading
Posted in economics
Leave a comment
More On Fire
Horace Dediu has an interesting and long discussion on the Kindle. Ultimately he shares a view I notice I didn’t put in my notes, but with which I completely agree: Fire will not have the opportunity to disrupt the iPad … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Pet Theories, Reviews
Leave a comment
Amazon On Fire
Kindle fire, eh. Pretty neat. A few observations: As many others have noted in many ways: 10 years ago how many leaps of faith would it take to name the three biggest innovators in tablets/smartphones: Apple, Amazon and Google? Shit … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Machine Learning: first impressions
Wow, this is pretty cool stuff. Some notes: There are two kinds of machine learning: supervised and unsupervised. Supervised learning is literally composed on of running regressions on datasets you know something about. That’s it. They further break the regressions … Continue reading
Posted in math, programming
Leave a comment
What (Meta Skills) Do Computers Teach Us?
Easy: programming. But what does that do for us? I just read Alan Kay‘s essay: The Computer Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet. There’s also a video of the lecture on which this essay is based. Haven’t watched it yet. Here’s the synopsis: when the … Continue reading
Posted in data, Pet Theories, programming
Leave a comment
Databases: Intro, Relational and XML (Hierarchical)
First day wasn’t so bad. I watched about 40 minutes of video at 1.2x or 1.5x (I’d probably have falled asleep at 1x pace) and learned a bit. There are four kinds of developers in the database programming world: builders, … Continue reading
Posted in math, programming
Leave a comment
Ok, I Did It
Fair warning to blog readers. I’m going to use this thing as a crutch for the Machine Learning and Database courses from Stanford, which I just finalized my enrollment in. Look out for lecture summaries and coursework as I think … Continue reading
Posted in DW Smackdown
Leave a comment
Fight Review: Mayweather vs. Ortiz
Watching HBO’s reply (love having HBO). Here’s Bad Left Hook’s extensive coverage. My notes: Mayweather really can land those lead straight rights. Man he’s fast. My enduring view of Mayweahter is that he’s one of these athletes that makes it … Continue reading
Posted in sports
Leave a comment
Build vs. Buy
Celent is releasing a report soon on build vs buy. I find this debate frustrating because I feel like it isn’t a difficult decision. Insurance companies are made of three things: money, a processing system and an underwriting system. Money is money and … Continue reading
Posted in economics, insurance, insurance business strategy
Leave a comment
Progress
Progress is a funny concept. For instance, here are some things that have undoubtedly progressed in human history: Math Physics Biology Chemistry Engineering Nobody disagrees, right? Here are some more things: 100m dash High Jump Still with me, no doubt. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
