Words & Numbers

This blog was active from 2005 to 2012. If you’ve found it long after, the best place to start is Best Of . If you are looking for a work...

An update from the professional front: I have joined Responsys as SVP Product Management. Responsys is a software-as-service provider fo...

I knew I was back in the Bay Area when: On the second day, exiting Highway 92, I was behind a Google self-driving car. My new town’s was...

Today saw the final edition of Omnivark , my personal project to teach a computer to identify great writing. Each day, Omnivark would pick t...

As I taught a computer to recognize great writing , the division of labor between me (the teacher) and the computer changed over time. The O...