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Archive for January 2nd, 2009

The Next Google?

Posted in algorithm, intelligent agent, jargon, product development, science, social networks, software, speculation, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

[warning: This is a fairly "duh, I know all this" post for some people.  I just wanted to get out an accumulation of thoughts on the topic.  The interesting stuff is closer to the bottom. ] It’s pretty safe to say that Google is the current king of technology and innovation.  No it doesn’t have [...]

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Scramble Squares and Squzzles Algorithm Solutions

Posted in algorithm, mathematics, puzzles, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »

[UPDATE  1/10/09:   This post is fairly popular so I assume many people are looking for help on Scramble Squares and potentially hints or solutions. Sadly, there is no way to shortcut these puzzles.  I suppose if you look at the box, and your box shows you the completed puzzle, you can "cheat" that way. [...]

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Cryptomnesia… or ‘concealed recollections’

Posted in analysis of behavior, behavior, blogs, business strategy, information theory, language, media, music, research, social science, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Well, isn’t that nice. Unconscious plagiarism is valued as wrong by people who only see black and white. ‘Wrong’ in the sense that someone is taking credit for something that was generated or created by another person and the interloper was not giving credit for the source of the new idea or ‘thing.’ Do you [...]

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Baloney Detection Kit…

Posted in Statistics, analysis of behavior, behavior, biology, blogs, brain, business strategy, decision theory, economics, game theory, government, health care, human rights, media, online advertising, philosophy, politics, religion, research, science, science prizes, social networks, social science, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

…The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality form fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge…but in the information age… it takes on a special urgency and importance.
– Michael Crichton

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Planet Google Review

Posted in Book Reviews, business strategy, search, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Planet Google by Randall Stross This book is two things: boring and generic.  As with so many “tell all” business books, this is nothing more than a collection of press release and business articles glued together with a not-so-insider narrative. Stross provides us little insight and only leaves us with the rather benign self prescribed [...]

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Descartes’ Bones Review

Posted in Book Reviews, philosophy, science, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Descartes’ Bones by Russell Shorto  is a lively, curious tracing of the antecedents to the current arguments of the interaction of faith and reason. Shorto concludes that extreme views on faith and reason miss the mark in their own world views – somewhere in between the extremes we can find answers. The thesis from Shorto [...]

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