Out with the old and in with the new! August 13, 2010 by Alex. I begin a PhD program in Human Factors on August 30th. I thought it was a perfect time to spruce up my blog and make some changes online. It was also time for me to put on my programming hat and teach myself a thing or two about web design.

The WTF economy is transforming how we do business. Designing beyond screens to augment the full human sensorium. A new reality is coming that will forever change the way we engage with our surroundings.

A play in three acts. Thank you for coming in to interview with the team last week. Everyone enjoyed speaking with you, but unfortunately it was decided that your background and experience is not an ideal fit for the position. Please be assured that this decision was arrived at after careful and thorough deliberation. Again, we appreciate your time, and wish you the best of success in your job search. FourSquare for your Dog! .

My blog on my research on Twitter. Extended network flow model for Twitter. On the weakness of weak ties. Investigating tie strenghts on Twitter and their influence on retweets. Well it turns out that my analysis was lacking a lot of detail, so I re-did it again c.

At the intersection of minds and machines. Connecting to the University of Adelaide wireless network on Arch Linux. And adapted to fit the specific wireless configuration for the University of Adelaide. And save it somewhere handy.

ELTjam, Amazon, royalties and surveillance.

The Future of Recommendation Engines. Students have 90 seconds to pitch their ideas. Stake claim to a work space and begin.

Data - Information - Insight - Wisdom. And RMarkdown quite a lot. However, until recently, I never bothered with a makefile. Program for Windows, but I wish someone had told me that a couple years ago. This will allow you t.