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Myers-Briggs analysis based on your writing …

January 8, 2009

Typealyzer correctly analysed this blog and nailed me as an INTJ.  Great work.  Try it out!
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The Laws of Identity

August 15, 2008

Kim Cameron posted a busy person’s summary of the Laws of Identity and invited comments. Here is my version. The Laws of Identity are fulfilled when … Individuals using computers can be in control of the information they give out about themselves. Individuals can give out just the information needed for the purpose at...
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Omniface or Common Face Technology

March 19, 2008

The time for personal universal controllers to make their debut is fast approaching. Research at CMU shows that control panels on PDAs can be both faster and less error prone than the hardwired interface provided by manufacturers. At least since 2003 far sighted people have been imagining a future where each person will carry...
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Exploring the Australian Constitution using Related Paragraph links

February 13, 2008

Here is an example of the kind of information space that I have proposed in my previous post. The Australian Constitution is sufficiently long to have sections that need to be read together although they may be widely separated in the text. Use the prototype workspace below to explore the constitution via related paragraphs....
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A related: SIP of project notes and book paragraphs

February 13, 2008

I am imaging a workspace where texts, notes or paragraphs are organised on a work surface based on their self-similarity. More similar texts cluster together. When a text is open for editing, the workspace provides one-click links to the closest texts in the workspace. If anyone is aware of such a workspace, please leave...
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Addressing the Observable Universe

February 11, 2008
Addressing the Observable Universe

Developments in microprocessor technology have seen address buses increase in width from 8 to 16, 24, 32, to 64 bits. IPv6 uses 128 bits to address network nodes – but how many bits does it take to address the universe? To address the universe, we need to be able to specify four dimensions 1)...
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Prediction: Web-scale Related-word Tag Cloud Service

February 9, 2008

As a learner who uses the web regularly for research – I could really use a web-scale related-words tag cloud service. If you know of such a service, please leave a comment below! If there is no such service, i am going to go out on a limb and predict that it will be...
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