Category Archives: work

“Data Science” in this era, like “Cognitive Science” in the nineties, seems to be several intellectual neighborhoods in search of a city.

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Jeremy | 1 Comment

“Grad school” is a collaboration anti-pattern

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Jeremy

To quote Wikipedia: an anti-pattern is: a pattern used in social or business operations or software engineering that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice. [emphasis mine] I’ve been exploring patterns for actually working on software — not … Continue reading →

Posted in academics, linguistics, Patterns, programming, work | 10 Comments

Recommendations roundup for “TPC”

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Jeremy

My brother Daniel introduced me to a new term he and his security-geek friends are trying to encourage the rest of us mere mortals to adopt: “TPC”, or “Trusted Physical Console”. In short, it’s the sturdy, small laptop running a trusted operating … Continue reading →

Posted in programming, work | 6 Comments

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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