Apple and Too Much NLP
Quote from Tim Cook in an Apple Press release: Apple – Press Info – Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours] “iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus...
View ArticleTwitter Thoughts 20140921
This tech conference is like a yard sale of nerds. Came to work today and saw a chalk outline of my soul on the floor under my desk. I’m the best damn network engineer in the room (when I’m in the...
View ArticleTwitter Valediction
I will be spending less time on Twitter. I will be returning to writing as my primary focus and will publish more often on my blogs, here and at EtherealMind.com and PacketPushers.net as my primary...
View ArticleVideo: Emma Watson Inspires In This Speech
Emma Watson gives an impassioned speech for men to join women in equal rights for everyone at the UN. Make women equal to men. Simply beautiful and genuine speech that is really touching. Standing...
View ArticleI Beat Cancer at 19 But I’m Still Fighting To Be Healthy
I beat cancer when I was nineteen. Thirty years later I still have legacy health issues. But, hey, I'm not dead. The post I Beat Cancer at 19 But I’m Still Fighting To Be Healthy appeared first on...
View Articlemediatization
This word and meaning took my fancy. mediatization, n. [‘ In Germany under the Holy Roman Empire: the action of reducing a prince or state in position or power (see mediatize v. 1a); the condition of...
View ArticleTwitter Thoughts 20141002
Twitter Thoughts is a pseudo-collection of stuff I’ve tweeted. Bitter, snarky, humorous but collected here so I still own it after Twitter goes away. The only person who rings mobile is my account...
View ArticleVideo: Jonathan Ive Shares Three Lessons He Learned from Steve Jobs
Inspiring. “Steve [Jobs] was the most remarkably focused person I ever met in my life,” Apple’s senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive told Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter during the closing...
View ArticleCIO Cancels The Project
The engineer is getting on with the project and the CIO cancels the deal. Source: http://brkwydln.tumblr.com/post/99589774609/romance The post CIO Cancels The Project appeared first on gregferro.com....
View ArticlePhoto: Cirencester 20141009
I was in Cirencester, England for a meeting last week and this building caught my eye. I wish I had time to know it purpose and learn some more about it but the pictures are dramatic and pleasing. The...
View ArticleTechnology Evangelist
Saw this, instantly thought of people who call themselves “technology evangelists” The post Technology Evangelist appeared first on gregferro.com. That was really nice of Greg.
View ArticleVideo: Thunderstruck – Folk Style
An acoustic version of AC/DC Thunderstruck with banjos, spoons, accordion and an anvil. The post Video: Thunderstruck – Folk Style appeared first on gregferro.com. That was really nice of Greg.
View ArticleData Proves Twitter Less Relevant For My Blog
A while back I posted that I am scaling back my twitter engagement because I felt it was becoming less useful and less valuable. I had some time this evening to verify the perception with hard data...
View ArticleWhimsy: Treasure on the Garden throw
“Look to the Rose that blows about us—”Lo, Laughing,” she says, “into the World I blow: At once the silken Tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw.” Excerpt From: Omar Khayyám....
View ArticleJoke: When The Body Was First Made, Who Was the Most Important
One day, all the parts of the body were talking about who was most important. THE BRAIN SAID – “Since I control everything and do all the thinking, I am the most important therefore I should be boss.”...
View ArticleScribbling.net | Short-form blogging
Gina Trapani has a some suggestions on Short Form Blogging that I like very much. Not every blog post needs to be a world changing epic with thousands of words: Summary: If it’s a paragraph, it’s a...
View ArticleVideo: Ritual and Presentation
"Dress Smartly and You Will Think Smart" The post Video: Ritual and Presentation appeared first on gregferro.com. That was really nice of Greg.
View ArticlePodcasts are back — and making money – The Washington Post
I’m biased by involvement with (Packet Pushers but I can confirm this article is correct from my side. Podcasts are popular and well supported. Maybe it’s the intimacy of hearing soothing voices piped...
View ArticleVideo: James Mickens on Javascript.
I’ve linked to James Mickens before here is another one: This time its Javascript. It’s been known for years that JavaScript is a dangerous, unholy language that is banned in 27 countries and most fine...
View ArticleVideo: PLUG – SciFi Short Film
15 minute Sci-Fi short film. I was totally into it before the time ran out. Want more. The post Video: PLUG – SciFi Short Film appeared first on gregferro.com. That was really nice of Greg.
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