AI Reading of Human Emotions is a Tough Problem
It’s tough enough to properly read nonverbal cues among us humans, now imagine programming software to do it. That’s what Lex Fridman and his MIT colleagues are trying to accomplish…. Read more »
Category Archives: digital lifestyle
Smartphones: Time to Go Direct
The likes of Dell and Gateway exploded on the PC scene in the late 80s/early 90s by streamlining their supply chain, thinking of themselves as OEM assemblers rather than manufacturers,… Read more »
How I Save Time with the Right Shortcuts, Handpicked Apps, and Finetuned Hardware [Spring 2016 update]
Over many years I’ve found a lot of good hardware and neat apps that work well together. In the spirit of the setup and how I work interviews, here’s my advice on picking… Read more »
Time to Revive This Weblog
Like so many people, I let my blog, which I had started relatively early at the end of 2000, fall into a state of utter neglect as various social networks… Read more »
State of my VOIP Setup
I just bought a prepaid data package from Claro, one of the three mobile telcos here in Chile. After fumbling with their settings (their APN for prepago banda ancha is… Read more »
Nokia E71 Apps
Quick notes on apps I’m using with my E71 smartphone: Nimbuzz and Fring because (unless I’m being really dense here), Skype Mobile doesn’t support free skype-to-skype calls over WiFi. I’m… Read more »
US 3G PAYG BYOD OMG WTF?
I’m thinking of buying an unlocked Nokia E71 (about $400 at Newegg, the Blackberry Bold isn’t really available unlocked yet at decent prices, and the iPhone has half a dozen… Read more »
The Chilean Sea is Not to Be Given Away?!
We’ve started to (carefully) explore to what extent there might actually be value in the current crop of social networks. We were involved in earlier waves – from Ryze to… Read more »
Innovation Outside of Big Cities
Jon Udell has a good conversation (with very good audio quality) with Neil Giarratana, the president of a small web shop based off Keene, NH. This stroke very close to… Read more »
Chile Wiki and VOIP Nuttiness
Web workers looking to spend some time or possibly relocate to Chile may want to check our entries on the fledgling Chile Wiki: internet access and VOIP. I bought the… Read more »