- The World as Evolving Information. (arXiv:0704.0304v3 [cs.IT] CROSS LISTED)
– Information might be the understanding glue for several Complex Systems. On the other hand we might end finding that they are complicated instead of complex, but the definition of complex is subject to intense debate - La propriété intellectuelle : une perspective des artistes dans la musique et l’audiovisuel
- Emergent complex neural dynamics. (arXiv:1010.2530v1 [q-bio.NC])
– One must read this very carefully. - Curiosity and Pleasure. (arXiv:1010.3009v1 [q-bio.NC])
– “We discuss the hypothesis that acquisition of knowledge is a deeply rooted psychological need, a motivational mechanism for perception as well as higher cognition.”
-> A nice idea, but not explanatory… Must read this in detail latter. - Espaços em vez de Tabs no Vim
– Para não me esquecer de como é que isto se faz… - Apple’s “Back To The Mac” Event Heralds OS X Improvements
– Finally something to get excited about. This is where my interest in Apple is. This is where apple needs to keep innovating. Others are catching up and without the better OS the premium prices wont be justified any more.
Abulafia Digital – October 12, 2010
Abulafia Digital – October 5, 2010
- Determinism != Predictability
– Uma introdução por Carlos Gershenson…
Abulafia Digital – September 28, 2010
Second Life Sex?
There are some posts that have some residual hits in your blog, but that never really fade away. 2 years ago I wrote one post about Sex in Second Life and how it sucked (not the sex, but second life)[in portuguese, google translation]. The curiosity is that this post never really got much traffic, but for the past few weeks that I haven’t been posting much here, it is beating even my home page. Go figure!
Sex is always a good topic for this persistent traffic, but this movements in pageviews are a bit strange. Is Sept. the sex in second life month?
Aging
As I’m getting older, I realize that I have less to say, but have much more to learn and listen to.
ECCS10 – The tools to prepare and run a conference
Now that ECCS’10 preparation is almost finished and we approach Monday morning, I find myself wondering about the tools we used to prepare this conference. I can say the workload would have been much higher if we didn’t have some online colaboration tools. Here is the list of what I think made a significant contribution to success.
- Dropbox. Dropbox by itself made the life of the team much easier. There was always someone editing some file, sharing some logo of a sponser or archiving emails from participants. I think I’ve seen the Growl notification from Dropbox more than the times I breathed.
- Google Docs. The capabilities of simultaneous editing made this another power presence on our daily routine pre-ECCS’10.
- Skype. Meetings made easy. Even during summer when part of the team was three thousand kilometers away we had a way to get work done.
- On a smaller scale, Inkscape, Textmate and Photoshop where very important.
- A final note to Drupal. It’s been perfect for what we needed with the versatility to add some other things. Just the right platform.
- A negative note: The Myreview system for the submission process. IT SUCKS! BIGTIME! Someone needs to develop something that doesn’t require a course in rocket science to work with. Myreview needs an easy to use interface for admins, chairs and reviewers. A general overhaul is needed.
Abulafia Digital – September 1, 2010
- Complexity Theory, Managerial Science and the Problems of Definitions
– Mais um artigo na discussão dos problemas de validação em Ciências da Complexidade. Muito interessante esta série.