How To Hoover Up Addresses
Maybe it’s just the summer heat but I get the feeling that, finally, people are focusing on software tools that really make working on a computer easier. Sure this has been the case for a while, but...
View ArticleOn News Visualization, Part II
This week’s Loose Wire column in WSJ is about visualizing news. Researching the column I had a chance to interview Craig Mod, the guy behind the excellent Buzztracker. Here’s an edited transcript of...
View ArticleHow to Make More Use of the Vicar
In last week’s WSJ column (subscription only, I’m afraid) I wrote about how Bayesian Filters — derived from the theories of an 18th century vicar called Thomas Bayes and used to filter out spam — could...
View ArticleMapping Your Tiddly Thoughts
I’m a big fan of TiddlyWiki, the personal wiki that runs in one file in your browser, and I’m very impressed by all the plug-ins and tweaks that the program’s users are introducing. (I wrote about...
View ArticleSudoku’s Secret: Open Source Collaboration
Great piece in the NYT/IHT on the company behind Sudoku and similar games. Their approach — no trademarking, harnessing users to help develop and perfect games — all sounds very Open Source: clipped...
View ArticleEurope’s Top-heavy Leagues
Spanish Primera Liga (48%) German Bundesliga (54%) English Premier League (47%) French Ligue 1 (47%) Greek Ethniki Katigoria (6%) Dutch Eredivisie (25%) Italy Serie A (24%) English Championship...
View ArticleProtect Your Privacy With Twiglets
I really hate being asked for lots of private details just to download a product. In short: People shouldn’t have to register to try something out. An email address, yes, if absolutely necessary. But...
View ArticleNonsense Linking, Or the Rise of the Cheap Bot
I’m a big fan of The Guardian, but their auto-linking software needs some tweaking. It’s a classic example of trying to provide that extra value to data on the cheap. My argument for a while has been...
View ArticleThe End of Boorish Intrusion
(This is a copy of my Loose Wire Sevice column, produced for newspapers and other print publications.) By Jeremy Wagstaff One of the ironies about this new era of communications is that we’re a lot...
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