September 12, 2010
by donkasprzak
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This is not a book about Dan Brown’s character, Robert Langdon and his fight against the Illuminati in Angels & Demons. This is The Numerati, a slight spin on very advanced mathematics and high performance computing, the future of shopping, … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
by donkasprzak
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I finished Alan Greenspan‘s book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World and learned it was more than I expected from the former Chairman of The Federal Reserve. And with the recession still in high gear it was … Continue reading
June 29, 2009
by donkasprzak
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I’m not sure why it took so long to read Malcolm Gladwell‘s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success but I’m sure glad its just as enjoyable as his books The Tipping Point and Blink. As defined scientifically Outliers is … Continue reading
May 16, 2009
by donkasprzak
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Wolfram|Alpha is launching tonight. It looks to be another step forward in Search. Billed by Wolfram as the “computational knowledge engine” the reviews so far are good. You can watch a powerful screencast showing the power of Alpha here. The … Continue reading