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New data streams expose world’s hidden history

Loved yesterday's Times story about the archeologists uncovering a vast new Mayan…

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Is a tweet worth a drink?

A New York restaurant, Havana Central, gave free drinks to a woman…

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The iPad and the CD-Rom

I couldn't resist this BusinessWeek cover. It's on Scott Rosenberg's very interesting…

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The demotion of the human brain

On a frigid summer afternoon in San Francisco, I talked last year…

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How much is a Linked-In recommendation worth?

My profile on Linked-In is only 85% complete. That's largely because I…

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Rating agency data: Getting gamed

It looks like the rating agencies, which contributed so much to the…

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Deep reading, slow food

I was talking with Ed Lazowska a couple weeks ago. He's runs…

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Math to free up Mexican cash

While researching The Numerati, I traveled down to Miami for the annual…

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“Freemium’s” broken promises

'Freemium' I'm learning, is not to be trusted. For those who haven't…

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Garcia Lorca and the iPad

Years ago in a Spanish poetry class, we were talking about Federico…

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