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Forget Zombies: Start Worrying about Bacteria
Albert Wenger – Oct 24, 2013
Halloween is coming up. But if you really want to scare yourself, I suggest you read this interview with an associate director at the CDC about the “end of antibiotics.” Essentially we are not only seeing more bacteria that are [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: University Courses
Albert Wenger – Oct 23, 2013
Growing up in Germany I was always bored in math class, despite going to “Gymnasium” (the branch of Germany’s multi-tiered system that leads up to university) and even taking the most advanced math class in our school (the so-called “Leistungskurs [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Finite State Machines (Introduction)
Albert Wenger – Oct 22, 2013
As promised (threatened?) Tech Tuesday is embarking on a look at the theoretical side of computer science. We also call this the theory of computation and it deals with two big questions: first, what are the limits to computation (known [...] Read more
Reclaiming Control of My Schedule
Albert Wenger – Oct 21, 2013
I am implementing a radical change to my scheduling: my default is going from saying yes to a meeting request to no. For a long time I have tried to meet with pretty much everybody who sincerely reached out to [...] Read more
SecureDrop: Fighting Government Secrecy
Albert Wenger – Oct 17, 2013
I was asked on Twitter what I think about SecureDrop. The short answer is that I am thrilled to see it. Just like I was thrilled about the New Yorker’s StrongBox which is based on the same original code by [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: Math Motivation
Albert Wenger – Oct 16, 2013
It is definitely Homeschool Wednesday in our household, as Susan has a blog post out about raising active decision makers. My post today will be about math. There are a great many problems with how math is taught in schools [...] Read more
Twitter: Life is Unfair?
Albert Wenger – Oct 14, 2013
At MIT one of my statistics classes was taught by Prof. Jerry Hausman (of the Hausman test). In every class Prof. Hausman would at some point reach a result and then exclaim “and this proves that life is unfair” (usually [...] Read more
Amazon Activate for Seed Funded Startups
Albert Wenger – Oct 11, 2013
I am often asked about what has changed in Venture Capital and how that has impacted startups. Inevitably I answer that the right place to start when looking for impact on startups is Amazon. My line is: “Amazon has done [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: Presentations (Public Speaking)
Albert Wenger – Oct 10, 2013
One of the skills we want all of our kids to learn is how to present. This seems like one of those universally useful things: being able to get up in front of an audience and get them to listen [...] Read more