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Wisconsin Voters Banished to NULL Island

Posted on January 12, 2012

The top headline in my local paper this morning was “Glitch puts some Wisconsin voters in Africa” … an interesting thing to ponder over a bowl of Quaker Oatmeal Squares. I suppose this problem…

Politicians Discover Data Science

Posted on October 25, 2011

During the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign, the online design community devoted a lot of pixels to comparisons of the two candidate’s web sites (a few great examples here, here, and here). The overall…

Six Degrees of Joy Division

Posted on May 29, 2011

My local record store used to have this great poster on the back wall that explained how several dozen British indie bands from the 80s were all linked together through their various group members. The title…

They’re Coming for Your Data

Posted on October 25, 2010

Data privacy breaches seem to be the issue de jour for the tech sector. On October 18, 2010, it was revealed that several of the most popular Facebook applications had transmitted the personal information…

The Etiquette of File Naming

Posted on October 16, 2010

My company has a public network that is open to all employees and is used to store shared information. The number of folders is quite large and — in an effort to make…

Relearning an Old Lesson

Posted on October 13, 2010

Anyone who’s ever used a computer has — at some point — lost a carefully-crafted sequence of ones and zeros to the unforgiving gods of the digital realm. Every time it happens,…

In Search of the Right Metric

Posted on July 25, 2010

The Wisconsin DNR just kicked off its PR campaign for Operation Deer Watch this week. This program is designed to collect data about the state’s deer herd and it is used primarily…

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