An end to if statements provided by Computers

Don’t sell rocks when you can sell mountains Kobyashi, Everything I need to know about startups, I learned from a crime boss, GigaOM

Startups should never hire a PR firm Mark Cuban, blog maverick

This month’s Walrus offers a good overview of how the region of Waterloo grew into a tech hub in an oh-so-typically positive-but-prudent Canadian way. For my American friends, it might be helpful to know that the University of Waterloo - like nearly all universities in Canada - is a “state” school, funded primarily by the provincial government. Disclaimer: I went to UW for my undergraduate degree, and my wife is currently on the faculty there.

I had a pretty terrible experience with Best Buy this Christmas; I ordered an XBOX 360 on their website for in-store pickup and never got it. Many other folks had this problem. The reason was that their “Order Online” button was completely disconnected from their in-store inventory management. In other words, they had no business telling me that I could buy a certain product online, for in-store pickup, because they had no idea if the product would actually be available in store.

Whoa.

Copyright Infringement vs.Theft

The best (and least “mathy”) explanation I’ve seen for Confidence Intervals in a long time. Anyone who relies on quantitative research should understand this. What Is a Confidence Interval and Why Would You Want One?

The Chinese may not have invented a cookie that can predict the future, but this one does a pretty good job of reading my mind.

Sometimes, I just want salt. Later, I may change my mind to pepper. That’s okay.