Distillby Chris Olah; Shan Carter22 Mar 2017
Achieving a research-level understanding of most topics is like climbing a mountain. Aspiring researchers must struggle to understand vast bodies of work that came before them, to learn techniques...
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors19 Mar 2017
by Claire Annette Noland ; illustrated by Susie Oh ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A fetching invitation to learn while moving alongside some young wrigglers.
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors6 Mar 2017
by J.R. Kendall ‧ RELEASE DATE: today An impressive debut from a writer who effortlessly combines brisk pacing with historical accuracy.
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors1 Feb 2017
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A smart, endlessly interesting exercise in connecting cultural dots to learn how we got here. Investigating the roots of Christian women’s culture.
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors16 Jan 2017
by Daniel Kwan & Julia Pott ; illustrated by Sean Lewis ‧ RELEASE DATE: yesterday A pleasing pre-party pep talk. Anxiety nearly derails a spectral relationship.
Kirkus Reviewsby Finalists About the Kirkus Prize16 Jan 2017
by Sidura Ludwig ; illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy ‧ RELEASE DATE: yesterday A quiet, loving introduction to a key Jewish holiday.
Jesse Shawl4 Jan 2017
Cacheing API Calls I recently made a few upgrades to updog.co which have decreased the Time To First Byte dramatically. Before: After: Wait, What?! How?!
Distillby Shan Carter; David Ha; Ian Johnson; Chris Olah6 Dec 2016
Neural networks are an extremely successful approach to machine learning, but it’s tricky to understand why they behave the way they do.
The Atomic Birdhouse10 Nov 2016
Over the past year or so I’ve been trying out Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) as a possible alternative to Dropbox. It’s gradually improved to where I think I can rely on it.
The Atomic Birdhouse6 Nov 2016
This post is based on a lightning talk I gave at CocoaConf San Jose a couple of days ago. It’s that time of year– the time when summer time, or “Daylight Saving Time” as we for some reason call it...
Distillby Augustus Odena; Vincent Dumoulin; Chris Olah17 Oct 2016
When we look very closely at images generated by neural networks, we often see a strange checkerboard pattern of artifacts.
Saket Narayanby Saket Narayan11 Sept 2016
There are two ways of “linkifying” URLs in a TextView. First, as an XML attribute: <TextView ... android:autoLink="phone|web" /> and second, programmatically: TextView textView = (TextView)...
The Atomic Birdhouse12 Aug 2016
Here’s the list of questions asked at Stump 360 in 2015. If you’re not familiar with Stump 360, see my other post that describes it more fully In general, Stump 360 questions can cover - Anything...
The Atomic Birdhouse12 Aug 2016
Later this month I’m hosting Stump 360 III: The Search for Stump, the third annual Stump 360. It’s part of 360iDev in Denver. It’s on August 23, 4:45pm - 6:00pm.
The Atomic Birdhouse4 Aug 2016
One of the cool things UIStackView can do for you is make it easy to dynamically update your app’s user interface while it’s running, with smooth animations and not a lot of code.
The Atomic Birdhouse28 Jul 2016
As I mentioned in my last post, last week I did a talk at iOSDevCamp DC where I talked about UIStackView, a relatively new UIKit class that’s my new favorite thing in iOS development.
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors3 May 2016
by Vesper Black ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Fans of found-family narratives, high-stakes adventure, and relatable romance will find a lot to love here.
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors3 May 2016
by Ali Pye ; illustrated by Ali Pye ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Poignant and funny, this splendid seasonal story conveys reassurance as gently as a falling leaf.
The Atomic Birdhouse25 Feb 2016
Just use NSDate, right? The obvious choice for handling dates in iOS and OS X apps is NSDate. It’s obvious, right? It’s got “date” right in its name, doesn’t it? And that’s the thing about NSDate.
Blog on Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld21 Dec 2015
Two words: Mattermark Daily When I started blogging in 2004 I think I was the third VC blogger after David Hornik* and Fred Wilson (if you were, or know, of another pre-2004 VC blogger, please tell...
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