Re: [FRIAM] Just sent this to the Google Device Support Team

Doug: I have a Nexus S 4G from Sprint. FWIW, the Bluetooth audio does not work with the audio directions for the Google Navigator nor any other audio, e.g. listening to online radio. -tom On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > *Hi, Google Device Support Team.* > * > * > *It'

Re: [FRIAM] Google Reader and More: Google Abandoning of Apps/Services

I've used Google+ a couple of times recently for the AV version of a "hangout" with reasonable results. For example, screen sharing was an important factor at the time, and that worked well, and the audio is fine, too. At the moment, I'm having trouble getting the latest version of Skype to inst

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Please sign this thing! Eliminate the bi-annual time change caused by Daylight Savings Time

I like daylight savings. Gives another point of semi-regularity to my year. -tj On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Joshua Thorp wrote: > >> But is the time change even needed? What purpose does it really serve? >> There are lots of stor

Re: [FRIAM] Google Reader and More: Google Abandoning of Apps/Services

I agree, Owen. I don't understand this strategy either. Can anyone explain how, once something is up and apparently solid, it requires a lot of money to maintain it? All in all, Google seems to be trying to disassociate itself from its community(ies). I would be glad to pay for some of its apps

Re: [FRIAM] In case any body is interested

Doug: I'm probably not clear on your objective, but are you folks aware of the work the Guardian did a couple years back on mapping the riots in London in real time using Tweets? See http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2011/08/august-2011-london-riot-maps.html =tom On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:33 A

[FRIAM] The coffee grinder/maker head scratcher. Solution?

So thanks to all who responded to me query RE the quite-hard-to-remove coffee grinding device. Many speculated about the role of steam interacting with the device. Seemed plausible, but the most logical and creative solution -- at least to me -- came from Neil Bryant, who wrote: *"BTW, the differ

Re: [FRIAM] cloud backup recomendations wanted

I've run into the same problem as Dean (and used the recovery method Robert talks about, which, I assume, puts the files back in everyone's folder(s).) So does anyone know of a service whereby I can delete the file from my HD's folder, but not interfere with others? Is FTP the only answer to date

[FRIAM] Video on Applied Complexity sessions in Havana

. It's always great to work with local pros.) Here's the link to the vid: https://vimeo.com/5944180<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F59441804&h=cAQFWE5tuAQGlpdSj2FTJtZgeUcFUmL8DXLRKMlNX3D1SXA&s=1> 4 <https://vimeo.co

[FRIAM] Susan Crawford on Why U.S. Internet Access is Slow, Costly, and Unfair on Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/59236702 Susan Crawford on Why U.S. Internet Access is Slow, Costly, and Unfair -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/

Re: [FRIAM] Yet Another Personalized Service: SlideShare Weekly Digest

not cheap. -tom johnson On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > What is the point of this site? Death by PowerPoint? > > I read a presentation if there is absolutely no other form of the > information, and I'm desparate for it, but give me an HTML page >

[FRIAM] Fwd: V International Biennial Symposium “Complexity 2013 – for a Sustainable Development”

-- Forwarded message -- From: "Marcelo Chacon via LinkedIn" Date: Feb 8, 2013 6:57 AM Subject: V International Biennial Symposium “Complexity 2013 – for a Sustainable Development” To: "J T "Tom" Johnson" Cc: "Diederik Aerts" , "Don Al

[FRIAM] Tom Johnson in Portugal

I will be in Lisbon and Faro, Portugal next week. Any FRIAM-ers in those locales interested in meeting for a coffee or beer? -tom johnson -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.

Re: [FRIAM] Privacy vs Open Public Data

Per Nick's fine invitation, see: http://battellemedia.com/archives/2013/01/facebook-is-no-longer-flat.php -tom johnson On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Dear all, > > ** ** > > We had a discussion last Fr

Re: [FRIAM] Dropbox big-time

Owen: I use to varying degree most of the services; I'm always testing them because I often talk about storage alternatives in workshops. Dropbox is easy to use, but be sure to pay the extra $30 or $40 to get its back up service. I've found that if I share a folder with someone, and at some poin

[FRIAM] Update on the Java update

Update on the update: U.S. says Java still risky, even after security update http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/us-java-oracle-security-idUSBRE90D10P20130114 -tj On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > On 1/14/13 4:53 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Has anyone se

[FRIAM] Java's security flaws prompt warnings to disable the software - San Jose Mercury News

Has anyone see updates on this? http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22357009/?source=inthenews -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe

[FRIAM] Santa Fe Institute offering free online course on Complexity

s course. If you’d like to receive e-mail updates about how to register for this course, please submit your contact information below, and we’ll be in touch soon. http://www.santafe.edu/mooc/subscribe -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity G

Re: [FRIAM] Google Nexus 4

Quite helpful, Doug. Keep 'em comin' -tom On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > More on the Nexus 4. I still haven't answered your questions from an > earlier message, Owen, but I'm working on it. In the mean time, feel free > to check out my initial experiences in moving

[FRIAM] Robots for Christmas

This might be the right gift for the right kid. http://moway-robot.com/en/ -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[FRIAM] Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility - In One Pie Chart

FYI http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/11/15/why-climate-deniers-have-no-credibility-science-one-pie-chart -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, map

Re: [FRIAM] The Presidential Election

And here's another thing that needs fixing: the graphic design of our ballots, which vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and sometimes election to election. This is an easily solvable problem if approached by good designers at a national level as is apparently the case in Canada. -

Re: [FRIAM] Linked-in endorsement storm?

Yes, I'm seeing the same thing, but I don't know why nor can I assess its significance. So somebody endorses me as a "Freelance writer." So what, especially if they are friends and not clients? -tj On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Cleaning out my email, due to a recent

[FRIAM] Journalism for developers

As some of you know, I've been involved in journalism from time-to-time. Here's an interesting take on what we do. -tj -- Forwarded message -- The programmers among us will be amused by this. (Thanks to Hanna McLane of the EJC.) http://datadrivenjournalism.net/news_and_analysi

[FRIAM] The Weatherman Is Not a Moron - NYTimes.com

A good piece in the NYTimes yesterday by Nate Silver that touches on many things we find of interest: chaos theory, prediction, non-linear behaviors, simulation modeling, etc. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/magazine/the-weatherman-is-not-a-moron.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all -tom joh

Re: [FRIAM] Feedback Needed: Interactive network diagram demos | Interactive Visualizations

sociated with that node. > > Other things are possible, like layered maps. Just waiting for someone to > ask. > > Ron > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > >> Taking on some practical, serious needs. >> >> http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/vis/

[FRIAM] Feedback Needed: Interactive network diagram demos | Interactive Visualizations

Taking on some practical, serious needs. http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/vis/?p=9 -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at

Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

OK, you're on the list. -tom On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote: > Hello, Tom, Michael- > I would like to attend, but may not be able to stay for the entire event. > Victoria > > On Sep 1, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Great. You

Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

Great. You're in. And no requirement to present a paper. -tj On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:07 AM, George Duncan wrote: > I would like to participate, Tom. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > > All: > > My Inst

Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

Ron: The board is about six weeks away from officially looking for more members. I think we will be looking for (1) people who are here in Santa Fe most of the time and is willing to do actual work as opposed to just writing checks; (2) someone with good financial experience; (3) someone with goo

Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

You're on the list, Ron. Looks like your project might be a good fit. Michael Kaufman will let you know about the demo-ing. -tom johnson On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Ron Newman wrote: > Hi Tom, > I'd definitely like to attend. > > I'm also the CEO of MyIdeaTr

[FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

All: My Institute for Analytic Journalism is co-sponsoring this, but that aside, the topic is key for not just scientific endeavors, but for the survival and advancement of all organizations hoping to function in the Digital Age. "Collaboration" here refers to work inside an organization as well

[FRIAM] A 1939 Map of Physics | Strange Maps | Big Think

This morning's amusement. http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/579-a-1939-map-of-physics -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscrib

Re: [FRIAM] For those wondering about the Samsung-Apple verdict...

//cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach > *_* > > > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Gillian Densmore > wrote: > >> thanks for that-you seem to be fairly media aware. That part of this >> story might end up being a problem for

[FRIAM] For those wondering about the Samsung-Apple verdict...

...consider this: "I'm sitting in a Starbucks doing random whatever over an iced americano. While I waiting for my drink, I watched a guy with his friend, pick up a newspaper; and start to remark on the Samsung Apple verdict." https://plus.google.com/114476892281222708332/posts/246srfbqg6G -t

[FRIAM] A New Formula for Quantitative UX Decision Making | UX Magazine

Anyone here ever worked with this guy Adjusted-Wald? http://uxmag.com/articles/a-new-formula-for-quantitative-ux-decision-making If so, any brief case studies of usage and utility? Thanks, Tom FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Me

Re: [FRIAM] where to get adobe cheep?

Adobe does offer educator and student prices, which are relatively affordable. But about a year ago I ponied up $140 for Acrobat X, via an educational reseller, and never could get the damn thing installed because of the "Adobe Paranoia" (trademark pending) in terms of all the often-conflicting se

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Tomorrow?

, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > >> That's OK with me, but the food there isn't the greatest. How about >> Counter Culture or some bakery-type joint? >> >> -tj >> >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: >> >>

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Tomorrow?

il.com wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu > > Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 > > ** ** > > *From:* friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On > Behalf Of *Tom Johnson > *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:02 PM > *To:* The Friday Mo

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Tomorrow?

I can make it, but where? Downtown Subscriptions? -tj On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Edward Angel wrote: > I can't make it tomorrow. > > Ed > __ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science,

[FRIAM] X-ray imaging lets Stanford-SLAC team observe running batteries

Kinda cool. -tj http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/july/lithium-surfur-battery-071812.html FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.f

[FRIAM] Tyne ‹ ~Flow

Interesting simulation/data viz project. http://www.flowmill.org/tyne Concept Tyne is a visualisation of data from 5 sensor values recorded by ~Flow, a tidemill floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal waterwheel. ~Flow was initiated by Owl Project

[FRIAM] A good read from the NYT today

.html -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[FRIAM] Tying IP address to geography

ing down to the county level would be better than what we now have, but ZIP or census tracts would be the holy grail. -thanks, Tom Johnson -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/&g

[FRIAM] Hans Rosling's Shortest Talk Ever - information aesthetics

While I usually raise an eyebrow at over-simplification, this one is a pretty good elevator pitch. http://infosthetics.com/archives/2012/05/hans_roslings_shortest_talk_ever.html -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays

[FRIAM] Petition The White House RE research publications

Who knows if it will do any good, but it can't hurt. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/#!/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity

[FRIAM] Kaggle.com - machine learning contests, datasets, and interviews

Might be some interesting opportunities at Kaggle.com for members of the Friam clan. -tom johnson -- Forwarded message -- From: Dan Nguyen Date: Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:50 AM Subject: [NICAR-L] Kaggle.com - machine learning contests, datasets, and interviews To: nica

[FRIAM] World’s best and worst hotel Wi-Fi | CNNGo.com

http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-best-and-worst-hotel-wifi-330879 Best and worst hotel Wi-Fi A new in-depth report lays it all out, calling out the brands that refuse to stop charging for a service that should be free -tom johnson

[FRIAM] Factual’s Gil Elbaz Wants to Gather the Data Universe - NYTimes.com

-gil-elbaz-wants-to-gather-the-data-universe.html?scp=1&sq=gilad%20elbaz&st=Search --tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[FRIAM] TODAYonline | Singapore | NTU launches complexity science programme for researchers

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120228-052/NTU-launches-complexity-science-programme-for-researchers NTU launches complexity science programme for researchers by Amir Hussain 04:46 AM Feb 28, 2012 SINGAPORE - Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will soon have oppo

[FRIAM] A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors - YouTube

For our "fly by night" colleagues. A "swarm" of nanodrones flying in formation and navigating through obstacles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FubP0KzeS4w -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at S

[FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Live coding and inventing on principle

Yes, Nathan's right. This is worth watching. After you've seen this, do any of you know what program this guy is using to display his code-building and editing in real time, i.e. without compiling? -tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Nathan Yau Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:09 AM

[FRIAM] Printing Drones by the Sheet (or how we get to tens of billions of drones by 2020) - Global Guerrillas

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2012/02/printing-drones-by-the-sheet.html Printing Drones by the Sheet (or how we get to tens of billions of drones by 2020) -tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv

Re: [FRIAM] Elsevier - my part in its downfall « Gowers's Weblog

Ah, but remember that many (most?) articles -- especially in the sciences -- contain tables and illustrations. Getting those formatted -- or even getting authors to read, understand and apply instructions is not a trivial task. I suspect there was always be editing and formatting to do. And then

[FRIAM] Announcing the School of Data | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog

ges. Community support and on-demand mentoring will also be available for those who need it.* http://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/08/announcing-the-school-of-data/ --tom johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30

[FRIAM] Stephen Wolfram Blog : Launching a Democratization of Data Science

FYI. -tom johnson Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM USA http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/02/launching-a-democratization-of-data-science/ *Launching a Democratization of Data Science February 9, 2012 It's a sad but true fact that most data that's generated or collected

[FRIAM] Strange, funny and baffling units for measuring almost anything | Royal Pingdom

Just in case you need a special metric http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/07/13/strange-funny-and-baffling-units-for-measuring-almost-anything/ -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's Coll

Re: [FRIAM] Tech has arrived

And a few days ago I downloaded The Daily Show and Colbert while in Phnom Phen, Cambodia. -tj On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Michael Barron wrote: > Gary: > > I had another had day in the garage, packing and sending Emails. > > I do not like football, but if it F1, road racing or America Cup

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: [IP] EFF: Who Is Flying Unmanned Aircraft in the U.S.?

I have two journalist friends working on this. See http://dronejournalism.tumblr.com/about Among other things, we see this as a way to do things like count demonstrations and film the cops vs. occupiers "discussions." I suspect, though, that there will be statutes afoot. -tj On Tue, Jan 10, 20

[FRIAM] Erwin Gonzalez • 30 Story Hotel Built in 15 Days

I also want to see how they got the crane off the roof. http://erwinluis.tumblr.com/post/15530473761/30-story-hotel-built-in-15-days -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectur

[FRIAM] Fusion-io passes one billion IOPS barrier thanks to better software, not hardware | The Verge

The Woz still has the right stuff. https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/6/2686627/fusion-io-one-billion-iops Steve Wozniak FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsub

[FRIAM] More on "Detecting novel associations in large data sets | Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard"

FYI, folks. Apparently released only recently; I haven't done any test driving yet. -tom johnson Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM USA Video: http://www.broadinstitute.org/news-and-publications/mine-detecting-novel-associations-large-data-sets MINE: Detecting novel associatio

[FRIAM] Explainer: understanding Sopa | World news | guardian.co.uk

If you are a U.S. citizen, this is important. Explainer: understanding Sopa Will 2012 see the end of the internet as we know it? The House Judiciary committee tried to finalize the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) before Christmas for a vote early next year. But fierce opposition – much of it online

[FRIAM] Twitter / @neiltyson: The best engineering flow ...

http://twitter.com/#!/neiltyson/status/149569759485235200/photo/1 The best engineering flow chart ever: -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, ma

Re: [FRIAM] Tomorrow

Yes, DS is the happening place. -tj On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Oh dear. Now what? I think I mentioned to others that SJ was closed and > DS was the answer. > > What do you folks think? > >-- Owen > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > nicktho

Re: [FRIAM] Tomorrow

I'm up for Downtown Subscriptions. On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > If? Where? > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe,

[FRIAM] Free copy of Introduction to Information Retrieval

Worth the price, especially for those in the teaching biz. -tj = http://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/information-retrieval-book.html The book aims to provide a modern approach to information retrieval from a computer science perspective. It is based

[FRIAM] The Mental Munition Factory: A breakthrough in data visualization,

This may be of interest to some of us Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation announceda new system to help researchers make sense of stores of scientific papers, and potentially find the “next big thing.” The Ac

[FRIAM] Astonishments, ten, in the history of version control

I suspect some of us will be interested in this brief history of version control. http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=397 --tj Santa Fe FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, a

Re: [FRIAM] American Airlines Gets FAA Approval to Use iPad During All Phases of Flight

Yeah, but will they have to turn them off during take-off and landings? Of course it will reduce insurance claims for bad backs given the size of the briefcases those guys lug around. -tj On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > How Star Trek: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/inde

[FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

fyi http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/108599-cern-to-announce-higgs-boson-observation-at-lhc Perhaps. We shall see. -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, u

[FRIAM] FYI: Data Science Central

ugh social interaction, peer to peer technical support, the latest in technology, tools and trends --and even job opportunities. We look forward to hearing your feedback as we grow this community of professionals in our exciting industry during times of dramatic change."

Re: [FRIAM] linux? and also how to backup bookmarks?

RE bookmarking: I really like diigo.com for social bookmarking and Xmarks (a Firefox add-on) for regular bookmarks. Both sync nicely with multiple devices and your stuff is always saved in the cloud. Or should it be The Cloud? -tj On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Not s

[FRIAM] How crowdsourcing is changing science - Ideas - The Boston Globe

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2011/11/11/how-crowdsourcing-changing-science/dWL4DGWMq2YonHKC8uOXZN/story.html How crowdsourcing is changing science -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. Joh

[FRIAM] UI design resources

All If interested in UI design, drill down into this --> http://interaction-design.org/ -- Tom johnson (in Zanzibar) Understanding Social Computing:An Authoritative Review by Tom Erickson of IBM’s Watson Research Lab<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/UXM/%7E3/1B04U2tum34/understanding-

[FRIAM] When Crime Appears: The Role Of Emergence

Thanks to friend Mike Gizzi for this reference, which some on the list may find of interest. -tom johnson *When Crime Appears <http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/11ibjK23XFown7mDtUD>* The Role of EmergenceEdited by *Jean McGloin*, *Christopher Sullivan*, *Leslie Kennedy* *Series:* Criminolo

[FRIAM] Elsevier Journal publishes paper by Cuban complexity scholar

t: Re: Elsevier Journal publishes paper by Cuban complexity scholar To: Tom Johnson > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:06 PM, < > ajuarr...@friendsofcomplexitytheoryincuba.org> wrote: > >> Folks: >> I am delighted to attach the latest paper published (in Elsevier's journ

Re: [FRIAM] iClarified - Apple News - Steve Jobs Reveals Why He Always Wore the Turtleneck

I knew a guy in San Francisco 20 years ago who was dedicated to reducing all his material possessions to no more than 100 "things" -- books, clothes, shoes, everything. He eventually came up with the idea of two or three all-white jumpsuits that literally were all the wore. Oh, he could add a lay

[FRIAM] Nerd humor:

"We don't allow faster-than-light neutrinos in here," says the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar. -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c)

Re: [FRIAM] Delicious Alternative

And I use Diigo.com, not only because it syncs my bookmarks, but more importantly lets me annotate my bookmarks and, especially, let's me share them with "lists" and "groups" I work with, most of whom have international members. Basically, Nick, the bookmarking tools that come with any of the brow

[FRIAM] Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest - Tides

http://www.tides.org/impact/awards-prizes/pizzigati-prize/ About the Prize The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest annually awards a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the n

[FRIAM] Kill Math

Some things here that will surely be of interest to some of the FRIAM-ers. http://worrydream.com/KillMath/ Designer Bret Victor hopes to make the abstract and conceptual to real and concrete with Kill Math . Kill Math is my umbrella project for techniques that en

friam@redfish.com

Good questions, and I have another one: What is it about Slinky that young children find so fascinating and fun? -tj On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:07 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES wrote: > Below are links to some science videos nifty for two reasons. > > 1) They ask and answers a pretty cool question: What h

Re: [FRIAM] Google Correlate

Is this any help? https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/ -tj On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > Has anybody been able to get anything useful out of that thing? Most of > the items I've searched for return totally bizarre results. For example, > searching on ibuprofe

[FRIAM] The Top 10 Programming Languages - IEEE Spectrum

The Top 10 Programming Languages They're mostly ones you'd expect'and then there's Lua http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/the-top-10-programming-languages?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29 -tj

[FRIAM] Science360 - The Knowledge Network

fyi http://science360.gov/files/ *NSF Launches Science360 Radio for Web, iPhone and Android * The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched Science360 Radio, the first Internet radio stream dedicated to programming abo

[FRIAM] Neutrino discussion

Per request from Jan Hauser -to -- Forwarded message -- From: Jan Hauser Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:37 AM Subject: Need help with Friam To: Tom Johnson , Tom Johnson , Jan Hauser Tom, I still can't access FRIAM. Would you please post this for me? Make subject

[FRIAM] Data Mining, Quant, Statistics, Computer Science: Jobs, Resumes, Directory

So who's looking for a year of interesting work? *Predictive Modeling and Data Mining Scientists/Analysts* Analyze the campaign data to guide election strategy and develop quantitative, actionable insights that drive our decision-making. Looking for people at both the senior and junior level to j

[FRIAM] UPDATE 1-Particles found to break speed of light | Reuters

Sigh. I guess there really are NO absolutes in this universe of ours. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/science-light-idUSL5E7KM4CW20110922 -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John

[FRIAM] Eddie Rosenstein: Tom Hanks Narrates 'BOATLIFT, ' Honors Untold 9/11 Story Of Mariner Heroes (VIDEO)

A nice example of complex adaptive systems at work. -tj Tom Hanks Narrates 'BOATLIFT,' Honors Untold 9/11 Story Of Mariner Heroes (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eddie-rosenstein/tom-hanks-narrates-boatlift_b_956529.html FRIAM Appl

[FRIAM] Draw - Google Correlate

You will never have trouble fitting your data analysis results to SOMETHING ever again. -tj Search by Drawing Draw an interesting curve, then click 'Correlate!' to find query terms whose popularity over time matches the shape you drew. https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/draw

[FRIAM] Introduction to Databases - Stanford University

Opportunity? -tj http://www.db-class.org/ A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Databases" will be offered free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011. Students will have access to lecture videos, receive regular feedback on progress, and receive answers t

[FRIAM] AP-GOOGLE JOURNALISM AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP

Should you know any bright folks who could use some money. -tj -- Forwarded message -- Spread the word to our students The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship The Associated Press and Google

[FRIAM] Infovis vs. Statistical Graphs? « Blog about Stats

This may be one of those "everybody's correct" arguments, still some of us will find it of interest, I should think. -tom johnson https://blogstats.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/infovis-vs-statistical-graphs/ Infovis vs. Statistical Graphs?<https://blogstats.wordpress.com/201

Re: [FRIAM] Sage Introduction

e has an importer that > does a great job of CSV's. After loading the CSV as an array, you can do a > LOT with it. > > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.loadtxt.html > > > Is this what you mean? > > -- Owen > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2

Re: [FRIAM] Sage Introduction

Any obvious advantages over Google Docs Spreadsheet? In fact, since one can't upload an .XML file, it seems Sage is going out of its way to make things hard. -tom On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > I beamed into the sagemath.org site and noticed they had video tutorials. >

[FRIAM] The Theory That Would Not Die -

A review of a new book that may be of interest. --tom johnson The Mathematics of Changing Your MindBy JOHN ALLEN PAULOSPublished: August 5, 2011 Sharon Bertsch McGrayne introduces Bayes’s theorem in her new book with a remark by John Maynard Keynes: “When the facts change, I change my opinion

Re: [FRIAM] dream weaver tutor?

Hi, Gil -- Dreamweaver is really quite easy, and there are a ton of tutorials on the web (and probably in the program). I have an old copy for Windows, should you want to borrow it. But for starters, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6rRLw5ggOg -tom On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Gillian De

[FRIAM] The Physics of Culture: How algorithms shape our world

How algorithms shape our world July 29, 2011 to Statistics | Add Comment Kevin Slavin, chairman and co-founder of Area/Code, describes how algorithms (processing tons and tons

Re: [FRIAM] Where will be The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group?

Yes, at Downtown Subscription. -tom johnson On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote: > With the St. John's college coffeehouse closed, will there be a Friday > AM meeting somewhere else in Santa Fe this Friday

[FRIAM] New file format allows journalists [and Ohters] to create interactive infographics

Of interest to some of us, I'm sure http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2011/07/21/new-file-format-allows-journalists-to-create-interactive-infographics/ -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe a

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