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Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty (with a Cameo by Sheryl Sandberg)
Albert Wenger – Feb 25, 2013
I started writing this review last night with the Oscars still going on, having seen Zero Dark Thirty the night before (I will have some separate comments on other Oscar choices). I went to see it despite having some trepidation [...] Read more
Costly Communications (Thesis)
Albert Wenger – Feb 22, 2013
I am finally getting around to writing about the third paper in my MIT PhD thesis. The first paper was an empirical analysis of the impact of information technology on firm size. The second paper provided a model for how [...] Read more
Google Glass
Albert Wenger – Feb 21, 2013
Despite my sarcastic tweet from last night, I am actually intrigued by Google Glass (and I even believe that Google Plus will matter as Google is all in). First, as Fred pointed out yesterday, Google’s machine learning capabilities are a [...] Read more
More Thoughts on Cyber Security
Albert Wenger – Feb 20, 2013
It has been interesting to follow the recent spate of attacks on the systems of large companies including Apple and Facebook. The latest theory is that employees of the companies visited a site that used a zero-day Java exploit to [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Checking In With Readers
Albert Wenger – Feb 19, 2013
So far Tech Tuesday has covered basic computing technology (9 installments), an overview of web technology (11 installments) and an introduction to programming (a whooping 29 installments). So once again it’s time to survey readers to see what folks would [...] Read more
A Powerful Reminder from the Sky
Albert Wenger – Feb 15, 2013
Very short post today as I ran out of time in the morning. There was a meteor strike in Russia that apparently injured over 1,000 people. This is a powerful reminder that we should be spending way more on scanning [...] Read more
Wikipedia as a For Profit?
Albert Wenger – Feb 14, 2013
I use Wikipedia all the time. Sometimes to Susan’s dismay I will look up the answer to a question that has come up in conversation in the middle of dinner (I find that easier than remembering to look it up [...] Read more
Plympton and DailyLit
Albert Wenger – Feb 13, 2013
Today Susan and I are excited to announce that DailyLit has become a part of Plympton. We are big fans of Jenny, Yael and Jacky, the co-founders of Plympton, and love their commitment to serial fiction. DailyLit provides a great [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Concurrency (Conclusion)
Albert Wenger – Feb 12, 2013
One of the things I always realize as I write Tech Tuesdays is just how much there is to potentially know on any given topic. Entire books have been written on concurrency alone and there is already a long list [...] Read more