Beauty is Truth (or Complicated Formulas)
Here I am trying to find beauty in spreadsheets, and Nikki Graziano discovers hidden formulas in nature. Take a look at Nikki’s mashup of nature …
Month: February 2010
Anonymity = The Internet
You can’t have the Internet without anonymity. In fact, privacy protection is designed into the lowest levels of the plumbing, which supports communication without revealing …
Strogatz is Blogging at The Times
Cornell mathematician Steve Strogatz is writing posts for The New York Times’ Opinionator blog. He’s better known to some through the Watts-Strogatz small world model …
VoIP and iGadgets
Remember the iPhone? It’s like a smaller version of the iPad. Anyway, the tech press is all over the news that Apple unlocked VoIP calling …
The written word seems so horribly low tech. It hasn’t changed much for a few millennia, at least since the ancient Greeks invented symbols for …
Spreadsheet Art
Of course, we can’t all have the design sensibilities of a Steve Jobs. But I believe there’s untapped creative potential in each of us. Thankfully …
In most civilian fields, job satisfaction may not be a life-or-death matter, but a relatively uninterested, insecure work force is unlikely to bring about a …