Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn The NetFlix Contest begins today — the contest to improve the Netflix recommendation engine, with a $1MM grand prize and a $50K progress awards. To win the grand prize, the contestant must show an improvement of 10% better than the current Cinematch algorithm. [...]
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Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Israeli startup, MyHeritage.com, has a really interesting facial recognition technology that is part of their Geneology, Family History, and Family Tree suite of products. Today, I decided to try it out to see how well it worked. First, I uploaded a picture of [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Curious about the local venture capital market in Utah, I decided to learn more about the two firms that I know a little about: Wasatch Venture Fund and VSpring Capital — I know some of the guys that work there. Wasatch Venture Fund [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Since my wife and I will be adopting an African American baby, she and I have been learning about adoption, the “primal grieving” that some adoptees go through, and also about transracial issues, since I’m Filipino, my wife is White, and our kids [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Yes, I did it. I was becoming addicted to my work. You can imagine it: a trigger-finger, device-focused man, typing away while walking down the hall, while at the kids’ soccer games, in meetings, while shopping, and in any possible venue. No more. [...]






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