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Happy New Year! The 2011 Photo Array!

Published on January 1, 2012 in 1010Data, APL/J/K The Movie, Chapel Hill, IPSA, K, Manitoulin Island, New York, Ontario Canada, Prof Fred Brooks, Reuters and Richard Lathwell. 0 Comments Tags: .by aprogramminglanguage
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I’m looking forward to a 2012 that is just as fast paced as 2011. And for whatever it’s worth, I didn’t blog as much as I did last year which is something you will notice in this post of photos. Yes indeed, a picture is worth 1000 words.

In fact, we only made 12 posts for 2011 and in spite of this low showing, my faithful readers, according to a report WordPress sent me last night:

This blog was viewed about 9,700 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

I’m thrilled! Rock on!

Happy New Year Everyone! Let’s kick some more ass in 2012.

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J, K & NC (+ J Conference 2012)

Published on November 18, 2011 in APL/J/K The Movie, Chapel Hill, J, K and New York. 0 Comments by aprogramminglanguage

JFolks2 300x199 J, K & NC (+ J Conference 2012)I have a Stats exam next week and because I really should be studying, I thought I’d drop you a quick note.

First, a special announcement: the J folks are planning a conference RIGHT HERE in Toronto July 23rd  &24th 2012.  Come one! Come all!

The J-community has really stepped up to the plate in terms of financial and in-kind labour for this documentary project.  Let’s face it folks, unless you’re Fred Brooks, Arthur Whitney or Eric Iverson, or a dozen or so other stars, wanting to be in the documentary doesn’t do much for me.  

I expect you noticed I was in Chapel Hill last month.  Luckily, Roger Hui alerted me to the fact that The University of North Carolina has a programming gem in their freshman class who, at all of 18, has already made a splash in the J programming forums. Welcome Marshall Lochbaum, and his former high school math teacher Henry Rich (pictured above).

And of course, less obvious was my visit to NYC to see for myself what amazing work is going on at Kx.  If you haven’t watched the video of our Simon Garland in action (with moderator Tom Groenfeldt) you’re missing the cutting edge.NotsoBad1 300x199 J, K & NC (+ J Conference 2012)

 

OK!  Off I go… Exam prep is really not that bad… or so I keep telling myself…

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Disruption 45 – Take that!

Published on July 12, 2011 in APL/J/K The Movie, IPSA and K. 0 Comments Tags: .by aprogramminglanguage

SandCNov2010b1 300x168 Disruption 45 Take that!In 1997 a man by the name of Clayton M. Christensen published a book called The innovator’s dilemma: when new technologies cause great firms to fail.  This book canonized the concept of ”disruptive technologies” which Christensen had cooked up to dispute the ”technology mudslide hypothesis.”  If you’re up on your business  innovation theory, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

This is why being called disruptive is now a huge compliment.  Who got named as the Disruptor #45 this week by  Institutional Investor?  Our very own Simon Garland.  The article’s punch line?

The advent of higher-capacity machines promises to improve efficiency not only by handling more data but also by reducing programming complexity. But such gains are neither easy nor automatic for those who run these R&D races.

This is photo of Simon with Charlie Skelton last winter in NYC. This smile, is the ever polite and indulgent, “DO you really need to point that camera at me on the weekend?”

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America!

Published on June 15, 2011 in 1010Data, APL/J/K The Movie, convergence, fun, IBM, K, New York and Parallell Processing. 0 Comments by aprogramminglanguage

It took forever to get through immigration and I’m having a really bad hair day (sorry Monica) – BUT AMERICA HERE I AM.

You can follow this little story on twitter #arrayStories

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