The spreadsheet as we know it is in dire need of a big data-ready replacement. The spiritual successor of the spreadsheet needs to be a tool for analyzing big data that combines powerful features with a mental model as simple as the traditional spreadsheet. So what are the options? A …
In my previous post, I argued that because spreadsheets do not scale to big data proportions, we need a new mode of computation that is as powerful but (more importantly) also just as accessible. So what could that successor of the spreadsheet look like? The question has kept me busy …
Between 2012 – 2014, I participated in the SPECIFI project (as consultant at Dialogic). SPECIFI is an acronym for ‘Smart Platforms Enabling the Creative Industry for the Future Internet’, which is broadly speaking also the project’s goal. We develop software, hardware and services that allow the creative industry to explore new ways …
“A Remembrall is a tennis ball-sized glass ball that contains smoke that turns red when its owner has forgotten something. It turns clear once whatever was forgotten is remembered.” — Harry Potter Wikia Seems useful, right? Put one of those on the kitchen table, and you’ll never ever forget to put out …
The spreadsheet may very well be the biggest innovation after the personal computer itself. Spreadsheets are used by professionals in virtually all sectors where information is processed, where they are entrusted with anything between shopping lists and billion-dollar, life-or-death decisions support systems. They are used for all sorts of tasks …
This article explores the (potential) impact of big data on policy and policy research. Smart devices generate an ever-increasing volume, variety and velocity of data (so called big data). The expectation is that big data will play a significant role in policy-making processes and policy research. However, to capture the …
How can we take advantage of big data (1) to improve the availability of currently existing global ICT statistics, amd (2) to improve the measurement of the information society? The opportunities for using big data in the context of ICT statistics production are in combining a big data source with a …
Invited talk at the workshop on co-creation, distributed performances and alternative content for the big screen. Organized by i2cat and the Institute of Theatre, Barcelona, 10-11 november 2014. On 10 and 11 November in Barcelona the workshop Cocreation, Distributed Performances And Alternative Content for the Big Screen took place. I presented on …
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Automated bots abuse comment forms to put advertisements on websites. Traditional CAPTCHAs prevent spam by exploiting the fact that computers cannot solve a particular problem easily, and that humans that can solve them are scarce/expensive/slow (but available in the regular use case). Proof of work, by contrast, exploits the fact that …
