Masters of Scale: Escape the competition, with Peter Thiel
Masters of Scale8 Nov 2017
About Peter - Co-founded PayPal, led as CEO to $1.5B acquisition by eBay in 2002. - Chairman of Palantir Technologies, a major data analytics firm.
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Distillby Chris Olah; Alexander Mordvintsev; Ludwig Schubert7 Nov 2017
How neural networks build up their understanding of images There is a growing sense that neural networks need to be interpretable to humans.
Data Detection in Swift
The Atomic Birdhouse25 Oct 2017
I have a love/hate relationship with regular expressions. I love them because they’re great for examining text to find useful information and, often, to change the text in some way.
THE BLOODLETTER | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors25 Sept 2017
by Beth Werbaneth ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Superb epic political fantasy, with complex relationships, intense warfare, and a slow-burn build.
FIGHT SONG | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors25 Sept 2017
by Kirk Van Brunt ‧ RELEASE DATE: today An appealing blend of sports action and timely social themes.
Back From My Blogging Break
Blog on Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld15 Aug 2017
I took the last two weeks off from blogging. It was a nice vacation. While I try to blog every day, I don’t have a daily ritual like Fred Wilson does.
Masters of Scale: Let fires burn, with Selina Tobaccowala
Masters of Scale19 Jul 2017
About Selina - Co-founded Evite, a pioneering online invitations platform - President of SurveyMonkey during rapid growth and scaling challenges - Co-founder of Gixo, innovative live mobile fitness...
CARBON ZERO | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors16 Jul 2017
by Craig W. Stanfill ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A timely speculative novel about climate change and technology, let down somewhat by uneven character development.
ALL THE HIDDEN PLACES | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors16 Jul 2017
by Cadwell Turnbull ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Rich and strange, while going straight to the heart. As his novels do, the stories in Turnbull’s first collection use big ideas in speculative fiction to...
SCION | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors16 Jul 2017
by James Islington ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Buckle up—fans of page-turning SF may find themselves binge-reading this novel in one butt-numbing marathon session.
Android: Displaying HTML tags on TextView the right way
Saket Narayanby Saket Narayan29 Jun 2017
While going through the codebase of a former client, I found that I was using four different ways for showing HTML on Android.
Masters of Scale: Your plan B needs a plan B, with Nancy Lublin
Masters of Scale14 Jun 2017
About Nancy - Founded Crisis Text Line, serving 4 countries, with 3,000+ volunteer counselors (as of 2020).
Masters of Scale: Innovation is managed chaos, with Eric Schmidt
Masters of Scale7 Jun 2017
About Eric - CEO of Google (2001–2011); led company through massive growth & global dominance. - Served as Executive Chairman of both Google and Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Tips for Android Nougat's bundled notifications
Saket Narayanby Saket Narayan31 May 2017
I’ve been working on implementing bundled notifications in my app, which is by far one of my favourite features about Android 7.0 Nougat.
Masters of Scale: Lead, lead again, with Sheryl Sandberg
Masters of Scale31 May 2017
About Sheryl - COO of Facebook, leading growth to over 2.2B users and $40B+ revenue (as of 2017). - Authored NYT bestseller 'Lean In', sparking global conversations on women and leadership.
Masters of Scale: Imperfect is perfect, with Mark Zuckerberg
Masters of Scale24 May 2017
About Mark - Founded Facebook in 2004, now serving 1.8B people globally (as of 2017). - Took Facebook public in 2012; company reached 1B users by 2015.
Masters of Scale: Learn from every “no”, with Tristan Walker
Masters of Scale17 May 2017
About Tristan - Founder & CEO of Walker & Co., acquired by Procter & Gamble in 2018 - Created Bevel, a pioneering razor brand for coarse & curly hair - First Black CEO of a Procter & Gamble...
Masters of Scale: Raise more money than you need, with Mariam Naficy
Masters of Scale10 May 2017
About Mariam - Founder & CEO of Minted, a leading online marketplace with nine-figure revenue (2023). - Founded Eve.com, sold for over $100 million during the dot-com boom.
Why Momentum Really Works
Distillby Gabriel Goh4 Apr 2017
Here’s a popular story about momentum [1, 2, 3]: gradient descent is a man walking down a hill. He follows the steepest path downwards; his progress is slow, but steady.
EGE AND ÁVRA | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors28 Mar 2017
by Evgenia Mantikas & Elifgül Büyükoral ; illustrated by Nazli Tarcan ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A low-key story that has much to offer thoughtful listeners with its hopeful glimpse of how age-old...