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Comment on Who’s answering your questions? by Haystack Blog » Try out Habitbug!

Haystack Blog » Try out Habitbug! — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:58:29 +0000

[...] can use our friends to help us get things done – friendsourcing. (See some example previous posts here, here, here, and [...]

Comment on Tales of a Semantic Web Skeptic by In defense of the Semantic Web, Again. – hendler

In defense of the Semantic Web, Again. – hendler — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:18:34 +0000

[...] RDF is in Drupal core and the Semantic Web conference in DC, I wanted to take time to respond to “tales of a semantic web skeptic”. Healthy criticism, and a good [...]

Comment on Two Funny Things at the 2012 International Semantic Web Conference by Automatically captured autobiographical metadata | My Mind Bursts

Automatically captured autobiographical metadata | My Mind Bursts — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:22:55 +0000

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Comment on Converging Online Education and Online Journalism by ken

ken — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:10:04 +0000

This is a great philosophical post — on one hand it compels me to mention that many traditional journalists have always asserted that on-the-job training and experience is the best way to learn the craft. However, these days with technology emerging as the dominant medium (internet, mobile, etc.), it seems that journalists needs to branch out and learn about technologies and tools — but that’s really just the beginning. The best part about journalism is that we as journalists are expected to be capable of becoming experts on whatever topics we need to cover. Therefore, it’s never too early to start — be educated, and also be informed. Just my two cents.

Comment on “Living with Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities”, Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, Google Inc. by Data Dimensions « Clean Java

Data Dimensions « Clean Java — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:02:40 +0000

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Comment on Faculty Summits and Industy-Faculty Collaborations by Matt Welsh

Matt Welsh — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:41:45 +0000

Great post! I didn’t make it to the Google faculty summit this year but went last year, and have been to several MSR faculty summits. I think your points are pretty much dead on – keep in mind that often these events are pulled together at the last minute and without much certainty on who the attendees will be. I agree that there’s a lot of room for improvement, but glad you made it to all three!

Comment on Is Structured Data like Text or like Code? by Reproducible science FAIL (so far): What’s stoppin people from sharin data and code? « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:06:02 +0000

[...] continues: For context here’s a post on my group’s blog at the tail end of a discussion with a colleague about some of these data [...]

Comment on Congress, the NSF, and Social Science Research by Of Luck and Success — Economic View – NYTimes.com « Ye Olde Soapbox

Of Luck and Success — Economic View – NYTimes.com « Ye Olde Soapbox — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:09:09 +0000

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Comment on Allocating CHI reviewers, a sequel by Haystack Blog » To improve the CHI conference, would you share which talks you attended?

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:13:37 +0000

[...] can make use of data to improve the conference. I’ve already analyzed historical data that demonstrates that we can substantially reduce reviewer workload. We’ve also created a way you can use [...]

Comment on Allocating CHI reviewers, a sequel by David Karger

David Karger — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:19:40 +0000

The data from year 1 of the analysis is perfect: an archival copy of the scores that were entered from just before reviewers began discussion. In the second year, I missed the beginning of discussion by 3 days—some eager reviewers may have begun discussion, but I doubt that many had. It’s impossible to know, and I’ll be more careful to request the data in time next year.