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Car Fuel Tank Shape: Actual vs. Deduced
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. The “Whiteboard” is a where I relate and organize ideas in a “quick and dirty” way, without the formality and permanence of prose. This section is inspired by — but does not compare to — the unique work of folks like Edward Tufte. August 17, 2009 (@3:37 pm). Car Fuel Tank Shape: Actual vs. Deduced. By Jonathan C. Hall. Deduced shape based on long-term study of fuel gauge behavior. August 5, 2009 (@8:32 am). The Original Three-Body Problem. By Jonathan C. Hall. Health ...
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. Error connecting, check your Review Stream settings. Book: Meet the Kinect. I'm a co-author of this Apress (Springer) title, Meet the Kinect. It's a nice survey of the first year of Kinect "hacks" and how to start rolling your own. Don't make me call to cancel a "cloud" service. You may collect more fees from me, but @Grasshopper. Gets my future business. 07:17:48 PM May 31, 2013. Interesting that the @CastlightHealth. CEO is from @Medco. CEO is from @CVSCaremark.
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How to Do Gesture Recognition With Kinect Using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs)
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. December 22, 2011 (@11:33 am). How to Do Gesture Recognition With Kinect Using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). By Jonathan C. Hall. Note: The precious little I know about machine learning I learned from the brilliant Frank Wood. Whose talk at the Machine Learning meetup. Inspired me to finally put together this post. I also worked with my friend Frederik Lang. On the material presented here, but the shortcomings remain all my own. May 27, 2011 (@12:12 pm). Also, there ar...
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The Future of OpenNI, PrimeSense (Makers of Kinect)
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. May 20, 2011 (@11:54 am). The Future of OpenNI, PrimeSense (Makers of Kinect). By Jonathan C. Hall. Updated me regarding redistribution of OpenNI/NITE on Twitter: “Commercial apps are allowed and they can be packaged with OpenNI/NITE.” Thank you! For my Kinect-hacking friends who missed last night’s “Evening With PrimeSense” meetup. In NYC or otherwise have the misfortune of living elsewhere in the world, I thought I’d share some of the tastier morsels. For two, I rec...
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Systematic Creativity: Four Templates for New Product Ideation, Innovation and Invention
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. September 8, 2009 (@4:57 pm). Systematic Creativity: Four Templates for New Product Ideation, Innovation and Invention. By Jonathan C. Hall. But what if brainstorming isn’t always the best way to be creative? Continue reading Systematic Creativity: Four Templates for New Product Ideation, Innovation and Invention. Book: Meet the Kinect. I'm a co-author of this Apress (Springer) title, Meet the Kinect. Gets my future business. 07:17:48 PM May 31, 2013. In reply to RWD.
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A Little Trick to Expose More User Data on LinkedIn
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. Occasionally I come across, uncover, or otherwise construct bits of information that might be interesting or useful to others. I post them here. August 12, 2009 (@10:11 am). A Little Trick to Expose More User Data on LinkedIn. By Jonathan C. Hall. Given the enthusiasm with which yesterday’s absurd Onion headline about Internet privacy. Continue reading A Little Trick to Expose More User Data on LinkedIn. August 10, 2009 (@5:35 pm). By Jonathan C. Hall. I thought I sho...
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.LY Domains in a Time of Libyan Crisis
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. March 21, 2011 (@10:06 am). LY Domains in a Time of Libyan Crisis. By Jonathan C. Hall. I have a domainer habit that I’m barely trying to kick. And these days, you can’t satisfy such a habit without at least a couple of fanciful .LY domains. So, I own a couple. Okay, maybe a few. I haven’t done anything with these domains yet–that’s part of the habit! For two, I received last week an e-blast note from Hadi Naser, CEO of my Libyan registrar of choice, Libyan Spider.
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The Future of OpenNI, PrimeSense (Makers of Kinect)
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. May 20, 2011 (@11:54 am). The Future of OpenNI, PrimeSense (Makers of Kinect). By Jonathan C. Hall. Updated me regarding redistribution of OpenNI/NITE on Twitter: “Commercial apps are allowed and they can be packaged with OpenNI/NITE.” Thank you! For my Kinect-hacking friends who missed last night’s “Evening With PrimeSense” meetup. In NYC or otherwise have the misfortune of living elsewhere in the world, I thought I’d share some of the tastier morsels. The Kinect and...
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Finding: Job Elimination Is More Newsworthy than Job Growth
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. August 7, 2009 (@2:23 pm). Finding: Job Elimination Is More Newsworthy than Job Growth. By Jonathan C. Hall. With the announcement of today’s “jobs numbers”. I thought I should publish some data I collected on how the mass media covers this ritual monthly release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment Situation report, one of the most regular and widely consumed sources of information about U.S. jobs. A couple potentially interesting findings are:. People work,...
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Use Twitter Anonymously, and Be Someone’s Muse
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Jonathan C. Hall's blog / anti-blog. August 25, 2009 (@9:01 am). Use Twitter Anonymously, and Be Someone’s Muse. By Jonathan C. Hall. Today, my company. Launched a sweet little service that lets anyone post anonymously in the Twitterverse. This service has two flavors: the angelic, heavenly Tweet From Above. And the demonic, hell-raising Tweet From Below. Use either or both as necessary. Of course, with the core Twitter community being a bunch of oft-tweeting, self-aggrandizing megalomaniacs. In any case...
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