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Welcome to the 'weisure' lifestyle
(CNN) -- The line dividing work and leisure time is blurring right before our eyes, says one expert, and it's creating a phenomenon called "weisure time." English cricket player Geraint Jones enjoys a "weisure" moment during an Australian fishing trip in 2006.
Followup to Ning’s Viral Loop article I was recently sent a copy of Viral Loop by Adam Penenberg , which just came out.
What I’m reading: Viral Loop by Adam Penenberg | Andrew Chen (@a
This morning there was quite a bit of tweeting, back and forth, about this article and exactly how stupid it is.
Why experts are morons: a recipe for academic success « Finite A
When Quants Attack: Why Mathematical Mayhem is for the Birds | A
Totally Flocked “… fear of the unknown and our desire for certainty lead us to throw ourselves into the arms of perceived ‘experts.’ … We trust quantitatively flavored constructs to escort us away from the gloomy reality of unmeasurable uncertainty.” — Pablo Triana, “Lecturing Birds on Flying” Quick quiz: What’s sillier than trying to predict human behavior?
Participation Inequality: Lurkers vs. Contributors in Internet C
Summary: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.
Francisco Gutierrez & Unified Theory of Le
I was recently thinking about the commonalities between all systems that can learn. Neural networks learn by updating the strength of the connections between neurons.