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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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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 2012-01-29

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Jeremy

Delighted to discover @GRAMMARHULK reads @yoisthisracist: "HULK VERY RELIEVED! GOOD NEWS FOR ALL HULKS! http://t.co/iSh9Si4p" #worldscollide # Linguists & peevologists: @leighalexander's "I'M NOT SHOUTING" (has internet, peevers, 1st-person sociolinguistics): http://t.co/LooP2yPD # "also I want an orbital death ray." — @warrenellis … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-01-22

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Jeremy

“@marnanel: Today I read about "wicked problems": http://t.co/PU4PFFCA” [and now I did too. A lot of software is wicked.] # syck is available under the BSD license or the D&R license ("only after your own death, & we'll sue you … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-01-15

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Jeremy

Peevologists assemble: RT @kirkhamilton: "[reader email] informing me that "Embiggen" is not, in fact, a word… did I maybe mean "Enlarge"?” # I just watched the Fringe "Brown Betty" noir/musical episode and it sounds like the game @jessnevins is (maybe) … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2012-01-08

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Jeremy

Useful thoughts on goal-setting for big, open-ended projects (software dev, science research, art!) http://t.co/O2LhbkeG (h/t @jessykate) # I just took Christmas lights down off the front of my house. In early January, still daylight. No injuries. I think I might … Continue reading →

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Gnu ears eavesdropping

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jeremy

My mother sent me a link to this amazing doggerel (credited to G. Nolst Trenité) about the insane relationship between English spelling and pronunciation, which I quote from here (the link’s poem is much, much longer): Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. … Continue reading →

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Twitterlog for the week of 2011-12-25

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Jeremy

I been under the weather all weekend: out of energy after two hours awake; 2 hr nap earns only 45 min more. No other symptoms. # Today is "mansplaining sentiment analysis" day over at Corpora-L, where everybody who "wrote a … Continue reading →

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