Human/computer partnerships are potent
Tim Wu writes for the New Yorker about how Netflix uses a ~70/30 combination of data and human judgment to determine their recommendations and what shows/movies to make.read more...
View ArticleEverybody is talking about Katy Perry's dancing Super Bowl shark
Katy Perry may have had everyone talking during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show when she rode in on a giant mechanical tiger, but it's one of the singer's backup dancing sharks who stole the...
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It's Time To Provide Weapons to Ukraine
A short six months ago, officials in the United States and Europe were equating the pro-Russian separatists battling the Ukrainian army with drunken fools aimlessly running around the country causing...
View ArticleThe Great Battle of Dabiq
'If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.' - Niccolo Machiavelli Most recently, Graeme Wood published a masterful essay in The Atlantic titled...
View ArticleWhat You Don't Know About David Carr
David Carr was one of my secret weapons.read more...
View Article10 Wednesday AM Reads
Its Wednesday, and we have only had two snowstorms so far this week, with another expected tomorrow. No worries, there is only 16 days to Spring. And, our morning train reads:read more...
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The Line Between Media and Brands Is Blurring Fast
Brands and agencies are acting like publishers and publishers are acting like agencies and brands. This is not a moral argument about the "separation of church and state" between the media and...
View ArticleThe real reason nobody minds that American money deeply influences Israeli...
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View ArticleHow BuzzFeed won #TheDress sweepstakes
The internet went crazy yesterday three separate times: when the FCC officially endorsed Net Neutrality, when two llamas escaped, and over the color of this dress.1 A solid three meme day. That...
View ArticleSix Links Worthy Of Your Attention #246
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?read more...
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