2023 - To Read

How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist? My friend, who studies computer science, recently asked me what a tensor was. I study physics, and I tried my best to explain what a tensor i...

I’m straddling three worlds.

Demoscene & Video Game Music Streaming Radio Links

1) Do not read the whole original post or what it links to, which will dilute the purity of your response and reduce your chances of rebuking the poster for not mentioning anything they might&#8217…

The personal website of Knut Magnus Aasrud

A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has been so hard to achieve.

A reflection on the goal of making programming for everyone.

How do you ban a device built with open source hardware and software anyway?

"It is our belief that the bill’s current language around parts pairing will undermine the security, safety, and privacy of Oregonians by forcing device manufacturers to allow the use of parts of unknown origin in consumer devices."

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Attached: 1 image Ten essential highlights from human-computer interaction, No HCI background? It’s fine, Thomas Stokes put together this very nice list of concepts and frameworks you can then explore further (happy to see some Miller’s law debunk and some task analysis in here) https://theuxrsannotations.substack.com/p/ten-essential-highlights-from-human #HCI #UXModels #Interactions

HCI made simple

I recently read Lucy Suchman’s Plans and Situated Actions again. Actually I re-re-read it. When reading, I add a little year number to new notes and I saw that it had notes from 2016 and 2020 already. I though it was time to write some lines about the book …

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Interactive article explaining how lights and shadows behave.

Drawing together the most valuable lessons that Intercom has learned thus far, this book offers tried and tested advice on how you should be thinking about business, growth and innovation.

There is a mismatch of nine to one between what innovators think consumers want and what consumers truly desire.

The visionary mathematician and number theory pioneer G.H. Hardy, born on this day in 1877, on how to find your purpose and what is most worth aspiring for in a creative life https://t.co/YioRLuYjE4

Nature - The view of biology often presented to the public is oversimplified and out of date. Scientists must set the record straight, argues a new book.

Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent in the same way? Why isn’t everyone dropping everything to work on homelessness, or global poverty, or curing cancer? With many peers in tech now working on climate issues, I tried to understand why this topic holds such purchase for so many people – and its incredible staying power over the decades.

Most people throughout their career encounter at least one paper that seems especially daunting to them. I'm interested in real stories of how you successfuly overcame that to extract the knowledge...

The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician ever

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