January 2010
3 posts
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/14/next-jump/ →
Interesting read on NextJump’s business model. Amidst an endless list of me-too comparison shopping sites, this one has a completely different approach. Because of the way their business works, they got their hands on 3 valuable data sources:
consumer demographic database - they’re considered a non-traditional benefits provider and hence they get access to the employment status of 30...
http://maglevity.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/kd-trees-... →
Interesting post on building a KD-tree in MagLev to answer nearest neighbor searches.
Richard Hamming's "You and your research" →
Richard Hamming (of Bell Labs) gave a talk in 1986 on how to do great research as an individual. I particularly liked one of his comments during Q&A about reading - reading is important but read only as much as is required to understand the problems in the field but not to find the solutions.