Category Archives: Twitterlog

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 #

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

“@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 →

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 →

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 →