Monthly Archives: February 2012

Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-26

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jeremy

I am among the math clergy, but like @Wordie, "I'm both dubious of and excited by [@worrydream's] 'Kill Math' project" http://t.co/eTTOwQjj #

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-19

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Jeremy

debunking critical period http://t.co/oXtlK76u (via @aria42). "kids… [merely] persistent" (kids, I might add, also not afraid of failure.) # http://t.co/9d8qZUdg Spolsky on bottom-up management. His points seem obvious but bear repeating. # aw, missing a UW/AI talk on "submodular bandits" … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jeremy

On the relative value of online and in-person interaction: http://t.co/yaGQU8PS (h/t @lynneguist) # Tough job market for new Hogwarts grads: muggles can't tell Slytherin from Hufflepuff, ask hard questions re: turnover in Dark Arts dep't. # hey @hanachronism — just … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jeremy

On the relative value of online and in-person interaction: http://t.co/yaGQU8PS (h/t @lynneguist) # Tough job market for new Hogwarts grads: muggles can't tell Slytherin from Hufflepuff, ask hard questions re: turnover in Dark Arts dep't. # hey @hanachronism — just … Continue reading →

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Looking for work, 2012 edition

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jeremy

A short note (implied by my updates on Twitter), just to say: I was laid off last week from my previous employment in an abrupt downsizing — a company pivot, evidently away from the work I like to do.  I’m … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-05

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Jeremy

Hey! You! Hiring a clever, #seattle based, wordy, shockingly handsome, stats/computational linguist/software-geek/PhD? #callme # Also. Apropos of the previous tweet: layoffs suck. # peevologists: @yoisthisracist has your back today. http://t.co/AQExL3HH # At @dorkbotsea with @eldang @jkopel @cprosser and more. # … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-05

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Jeremy

Hey! You! Hiring a clever, #seattle based, wordy, shockingly handsome, stats/computational linguist/software-geek/PhD? #callme # Also. Apropos of the previous tweet: layoffs suck. # peevologists: @yoisthisracist has your back today. http://t.co/AQExL3HH # At @dorkbotsea with @eldang @jkopel @cprosser and more. # … Continue reading →

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