How To Criticizing Computer Scientists
In recent exchanges, members of the faculty have tried in vain to attack other Computer Scientists and disparage their work. Quite frankly, I find the results embarrassing -- instead of cutting the opponent down, many of the remarks have been laughably innocuous. Something must be done about it beca
Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? | Rolling Stone Politics
Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off his beer.
Hasnain says:
"Everything's fucked up, and nobody goes to jail," he said. "That's your whole story right there. Hell, you don't even have to write the rest of it. Just write that."
Posted on 2011-03-28T05:50:56+0000
MIT is a national treasure
My friend and business partner Tom Pinckney started two companies with me and one company before. He invented many non-trivial patented inventions and raised many millions of dollars in venture capital, and returned capital to those investors many times over. He got his Bachelors and Master degrees
The Tyranny of the Extroverts
Society rewards extroverts. They get the job, the money, the girl (or boy), and the front page. Fortune 500 companies are run by 499 extroverts, plus Bill Gates. There are 435 extroverts in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate, two from each state. In fact, the only introvert in th
Hasnain says:
Definitely gives an interesting perspective on things.
Posted on 2011-03-21T13:59:36+0000
Eternally Confuzzled - Red Black Tree Tutorial
Welcome back! Or if this is your first experience with my tutorials, get ready for a good time. But first, why another red black tree tutorial? Anyone who searches for red black trees on Google will be rewarded with a slew of resources that include tutorials, general descriptions, Jav
Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine - The Long Now
One day when I was having lunch with Richard Feynman, I mentioned to him that I was planning to start a company to build a parallel computer with a million processors. His reaction was unequivocal, "That is positively the dopiest idea I ever heard." For Richard a crazy idea was
Hasnain says:
This is definitely worth reading for everyone. (not only the physicists)
Posted on 2011-03-11T11:09:57+0000
Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience
Analysis and Commentary on High Technology User Experience Research and Design
Hasnain says:
This is a really long post but very insightful - covers the psychology of a good user experience.
Posted on 2011-03-08T06:30:32+0000
Phillip Toledano - Days with My Father
Phillip Toledano Photography.
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This made me shed a tear or two. Incredibly moving.
Posted on 2011-02-25T12:40:16+0000
Reality touchscreen University of Groningen
This is the curved (!) screen in our reality center of the University of Groningen. We just finished building our own touch detection for it. We used six Optitrack v120 slim camera's which have a good sensitivity for infrared light. We used 16 cheap infrared emitters (the kind used for security syst
Wow, Microsoft And Google Are Punching Each Other In The Face In Front Of Us!
By now, you've undoubtedly heard the news. Google set up a sting operation (how cool is that?) in an attempt to catch Microsoft red-handed stealing their search results. And according to them, they did just that — and made it known. Microsoft has seemingly both sidestepped and denied the claim — and