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Reference vs. Referral
From The Noisy Channel

Reference vs. Referral

I just read an interesting “guessay” by designer Joshua Porter entitled “The Slow Erosion of Google Search“–which in turn cites an insightful essay by Brynn Evans...

Happy Birthday, Noisy Channel!
From The Noisy Channel

Happy Birthday, Noisy Channel!

Actually, I’m a few days late: Monday, April 6th was the 1-year anniversary of The Noisy Channel. I was looking back at my first post and I’m happy to see that,...

Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista
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Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista

Guest posts are always a pleasure, but today I’m particularly delight to have AJ Shankar of Modista share his thoughts about visual exploration. My friend Arlo...

Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista
From The Noisy Channel

Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista

Guest posts are always a pleasure, but today I’m particularly delight to have AJ Shankar of Modista share his thoughts about visual exploration. My friend Arlo...

Chillin
From The Noisy Channel

Chillin

I didn’t get to actually attend CHI this year, but I was fortunate to be able to hang out with attendees during the receptions on Wednesday evening. There was a...

Chillin
From The Noisy Channel

Chillin

I didn’t get to actually attend CHI this year, but I was fortunate to be able to hang out with attendees during the receptions on Wednesday evening. There was a...

Google News Cluster Timelines
From The Noisy Channel

Google News Cluster Timelines

Just saw a post from Alex Chitu

Something Jeff Jarvis and I Agree On
From The Noisy Channel

Something Jeff Jarvis and I Agree On

Recently I had a bit of a spat with Jeff Jarvis over how he characterizes Google’s transparency. Jarvis has positioned himself as the standard-bearer for all things...

Something Jeff Jarvis and I Agree On
From The Noisy Channel

Something Jeff Jarvis and I Agree On

Recently I had a bit of a spat with Jeff Jarvis over how he characterizes Google’s transparency. Jarvis has positioned himself as the standard-bearer for all things...

Announcing HCIR
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Announcing HCIR

I am proud to announce that HCIR 2009, the third Annual Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, will take place at the Catholic University...

Announcing HCIR
From The Noisy Channel

Announcing HCIR

I am proud to announce that HCIR 2009, the third Annual Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, will take place at the Catholic University...

Great Blogging Tips from SEOmoz
From The Noisy Channel

Great Blogging Tips from SEOmoz

I know that a number of you here are bloggers and trying to earn greater visibility for your blogs. I suggest you check out the “21 Tips to Earn Links and Tweets...

Daniel Tunkelang: Taste and Trust
From The Noisy Channel

Daniel Tunkelang: Taste and Trust

A promise of social networking platforms is their ability to leverage your social network to provide useful recommendations. We are overwhelmed by the choices available...

Daniel Tunkelang: Data Scientists at Work
From The Noisy Channel

Daniel Tunkelang: Data Scientists at Work

Recently, I had the privilege to be included in Sebastian Gutierrez's book on Data Scientists at Work. In each of the book's 16 chapters, he interviews a different...

Daniel Tunkelang: My Three Ex’s: A Data Science Approach for Applied Machine Learning
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Daniel Tunkelang: My Three Ex’s: A Data Science Approach for Applied Machine Learning

Today, I gave a talk at QCon SF entitled “My Three Ex’s: A Data Science Approach for Applied Machine Learning”. The talk wasn’t about machine learning as such,Brendan...

Daniel Tunkelang: Dream Big. Execute Incrementally.
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Daniel Tunkelang: Dream Big. Execute Incrementally.

In Silicon Valley, everyone loves to talk about disruptive innovation. Indeed, it's easy to dismiss incremental improvements as boring or unimaginative. But moonshot...

Daniel Tunkelang: Not Everyone Should Interview
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Daniel Tunkelang: Not Everyone Should Interview

A few months ago, I wrote a post on interviewing as a team sport, in which I cited Yishan Wong's advice on hiring software engineers. Among other things, Yishan...

Daniel Tunkelang: Controversial Questions About Personalization
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Daniel Tunkelang: Controversial Questions About Personalization

Yesterday, I had the pleasure to moderate, along with my friend Xavier Amatriain, a panel at the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2014). Our panel...

Daniel Tunkelang: Taking Notes in Public
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Daniel Tunkelang: Taking Notes in Public

Yesterday, I talked with Women at LinkedIn (WALI) about how to invest in your professional brand. Several people asked for tactical advice on how to use socialJeff...

Daniel Tunkelang: How To Invest In Your Professional Brand
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Daniel Tunkelang: How To Invest In Your Professional Brand

I’m no stranger to self-promotion. For years I’ve used LinkedIn, Twitter, and a personal blog as ways to increase my professional visibility. My investments instartup...
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