Category: Twitterlog

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-18

    "How would you humans like it if we called you… single-origin flesh golems?" http://t.co/vHIY1PFc # http://t.co/xoFHNOAx we need this in the NLP world too! # *grumblemutterspit* not *THAT* NLP, dammit. # MT @kathrynschulz: "…chess, poker & Jeopardy. [next] at crosswords?" "Not cryptics!" (@cairdin via @bgzimmer) but I have PLANS there. in reply to cairdin #…

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-11

    Least possible snow http://t.co/Q9QcuqmB # That previous egg-corn laden tweet courtesy of @mrfaulty # Three tens and seven http://t.co/goPhoMed # I mention "bowling" and "birthday" in gmail: ads immediately become "adjusting to dentures" & "Join AARP". Data mining says I'm old. #

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-03-04

    View from my new office http://t.co/tZiyhXio # Identifying quirks of regular bus riders on my work commute, e.g. the one who angrily, wordlessly holds phone to ear the whole ride. #

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-26

    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 #

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-19

    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" (tho for very good reason: job interviews!). #greatbandname # Hey look, @kotaku on linguistics/naming/phonological plausibility…

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12

    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 came across this comic. Useful re: what to tell 14-year-olds about grad school http://t.co/OOeqosWY #

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-12

    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 came across this comic. Useful re: what to tell 14-year-olds about grad school http://t.co/OOeqosWY #

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-05

    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. # Burners recapitulate Hobbes' Leviathan. Next up: "hard-core" (rising mercantile class) will impose a Magna Carta……

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-02-05

    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. # Burners recapitulate Hobbes' Leviathan. Next up: "hard-core" (rising mercantile class) will impose a Magna Carta……

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2012-01-29

    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 on Mars, Gingrich and other wackjobs. http://t.co/Wqu7kD1K #