by JAK | Apr 26, 2013 | big data, big ideas, TED, video
At the 2013 TED conference there was a debate between Prof Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson (director of the MIT Center for Digital Business) on the future of work. I have written before about Gordons theory but here is a great way to work through some counter...
by JAK | Jan 13, 2013 | big ideas, culture
Nate Silver as many of you will know is a math pundit who founded the fivethirtyeight blog now over at the NY Times. That blog was all about the presidential election and over there he used a series of polls to predict (very successfully) the results of both the 2008...
by JAK | Dec 29, 2012 | big ideas, culture, music
We are in the last week of 2012 which is a great time to reflect on the year that has past and think about doing better for the 2013 year. Why be good when you can be great? Christmas is a time for relaxing with family and catching up on my reading and reflecting on...
by JAK | Nov 4, 2012 | big data, big ideas
Next weeks US presidential election is fascinating to watch because the clash between old school journalism and more data driven approaches looks to be very much part of the story itself. The difference between probability and prediction is a key to this but not so...
