I found myself enjoying advertisement books. It took me about an hour to read Paul Arden's "It's Not How Good You Are..." http://www.amazon.com/dp/0714843377/?tag=iwhite-20 and James Webb's "A Technique For Producing Ideas" http://www.amazon.com/dp/1907590137/?tag=iwhite-20. Apparently no secret sause recipe, but really nice and relaxing reading. Very recommended!
This is a special collection of problems that were given to select applicants during oral entrance exams to the math department of Moscow State University. These problems were designed to prevent Jews and other undesirables from getting a passing grade. Among problems that were used by the department to blackball unwanted candidate students, these problems are distinguished by having a simple solution that is difficult to find. Using problems with a simple solution protected the administration from extra complaints and appeals. This collection therefore has mathematical as well as historical value.
Get PDF with problems here at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1110.1556v1
Stanford Engineering professors are offering three of the school’s most popular computer science courses for free online this fall, and at the same time launching an experiment that could transform the way online education is delivered.
The professors are taking technologies designed to enhance learning for Stanford students and extending them to a broad online audience. They are delivering lectures as short, interactive video clips that allow students to progress at their own pace through course materials. They are offering live quizzes with instant feedback. And they are testing new technologies that allow students to rank questions that should be posed to the instructors.
The professors also hope to extend the benefits of Stanford-style education to those who lack access.
“Both in the United States and elsewhere, many people simply do not have access to a high-quality education. By putting out this initial set of courses, we hope to teach some of the latest computing technologies to anyone who wants to learn it – for free,” said Andrew Ng, an associate professor of computer science who is teaching a new online machine learning course.
The three courses – Machine Learning, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Introduction to Databases – cover material that forms the basis of some of the most prevalent technologies today, from online shopping to web search and robotics.
I'm sick and tired of Notes app on iPhone. What makes it even worse, is that they are out of sync all the freaking time. If I need something to remember on the go, I can't just make a note - I feel that I have to deal with the whole world to keep them up. It makes my life complicated and less joy.
Until today. I welcome Noteless for iPhone http://www.notelessapp.com This is kick-ass app for iPhone that can make simple notes, and sync them everywhere. If this doesn't appeal to you enough that means you probably don't live in information era, yet.
What could be better? Only if you will get it for free (it's still cheap, while it's new on the market). Updated: Unfortunately, I have only limited number of promo codes, and they run away fast.
Do you want to get it for free? This is easy. Twit about it and comment to this post why you want it - tell me any situation when you wanted it so much but it wasn't around (until today :). And you'll get it.
First come - first served. Free it is.
A yet to be confirmed rumour indicates that Apple had offered to buy Dropbox for $800 million but the increasingly popular startup has declined the offer.
That would make perfect sense, and I would love to see this acquisition passing through, however, bearing in mind multiple billion valuation, $800 million offer makes very little sense.
P.S. I don't think that multiple billion valuation makes sense either.
Has Groupon's ship sailed? Well, with its IPO pending, the group-buying leader has seen traffic decline nearly 50% since its peak in the second week of June.That's according to new Hitwise data based on Web-based traffic, but excluding mobile and app-specific traffic.
"Regardless ... the drop-off in Groupon traffic this summer has been significant," according to Bill Tancer, GM of global research at Hitwise.
During the same time period, rival Living Social saw a 27% increase in visits to its site.
