So, the following will not be for everyone. It is in fact, at times, a bit shouty. But some of this really got my goat. The idea that technology is not value-neutral and that it manifests cultural assumptions and reflects and sometimes enforces existing power structures is an important one. In light of our increasingly […]
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Data porn and ‘Interrogating the Algorithm’ pt I
Ok – So howabout a bit of Data Porn? So firstly, OkCupid is a big dating site that are known for doing really interesting things with their data. And stats nerds like me get totally excited when presented with a huge body of data on which one can run really interesting regression models where a […]
Facebook ‘edge-rank’ gossip
Just for the record, I have little interest in improving my Facebook ‘reach’. On the other hand – I am fascinated by the mathematics used to manipulate our environment in that world. Here are two interesting little links. This one is fascinating – it details the workings of the algorithm that determines what information comes […]
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