by Tom | Nov 21, 2012 | Reading, Tech, View
Wow. Nokia HERE (I hate weird caps) is rubbish. There is a Lego display in Times Square right now, but no swimming pool. And it is lucky for you if you have a smattering of not-quite-yutping that you can see the Causeway Bay MTR station (Tung Lo Wan Zaam), although it...
by Tom | Nov 21, 2012 | Business, Reading
On reflection, the only surprising thing about this article is that retail “spying” hasn’t been a bigger issue before now. After all, if casinos can use face-detection technology (I’m assuming the veracity of Ocean’s 11 and Las Vegas, of...
by Tom | Nov 20, 2012 | Business, Reading
I agree that the new and changed sources of information means that getting intelligence from social media is new required line of investigation for companies. I wonder how much it actually changes historical ways of sourcing and analysing data? McK talks to a...
by Tom | Nov 20, 2012 | Business, Personal, Reading
Making Cents is a very sad article setting out quite how minimal the payments to artists can be from streaming music services. It’s a shame that these services are our preferred option for accessing music, because I’d like to reward the musicians if...
by Tom | Nov 16, 2012 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Great list of alternative translations of Chinese words. I particularly enjoyed Shitizen and Chinsumer. Freedamn is Just Another Word With Chinese Characteristics · Global Voices.
by Tom | Oct 31, 2012 | Reading, Science
It is a scandal and a potential disaster that we aren’t better at probabilities. Probability is hard and often counter-intuitive, but we have to find some simple ways to nudge people to realise this and deal with it. If I try to translate from numeracy to...
