Typo (4): (no) Standard English
[The task of documenting all the words in the English lanuguage] no longer seems finite. Lexicographers are accepting the languages boundlessness. They know by heart… Read More »Typo (4): (no) Standard English
James Gleick
Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Ironically – considering the frequency with which school children use it for exactly this purpose – the Oxford English Dictionary never set out to specify… Read More »Typo (3): the myth of correct spelling
Podcasts: starting points for learning about AI
Stuart Russell on After On with Rob Reid A thought provoking interview and excellent introduction that sounds a note of caution about AI and gives… Read More »Podcasts: starting points for learning about AI
Counting stamps
Examining the economics of the mail, he [Charles Babbage] pursued a counter-intuitive insight, that the significant cost comes not from the physical transport of paper… Read More »Counting stamps
Structure Counts: Information Architecture reading list and who’s who
I know almost nothing about Information Architecture, but I’ve been thinking a lot about structuring information recently. Here’s the metaphor: Jacques Carelman‘s famous Coffee pot for… Read More »Structure Counts: Information Architecture reading list and who’s who