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Andrew Emmott

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About Andrew Emmott

Son of the great legend.
Also well-educated in Literature, Film, Media and Computer Science and tries to offer his expertise there.

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Anti-Buzz: Communications Breakdown

October 18, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. Why do computers lie to us? Why don’t they always listen to us? Well, they don’t lie to us exactly, and they can’t really ignore us, […]

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Anti-Buzz: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

October 4, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. Last week I discussed probability in regards to something fun – the NCAA basketball tournament – but there’s another current news item that is thrusting statistics […]

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Anti-Buzz: It’s so easy.

September 27, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. The Buzz: Tablets are going to kill the traditional PC The Anti-Buzz: No, it’s true. If you are my age it is inevitable that the […]

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Anti-Buzz: The Smartphone RMA

September 20, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. I will admit to a small anti-buzz hypocrisy. My job is to cut away generalities and make your understanding of technology more concrete. The best way […]

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Anti-Buzz: Traveling Salesman (Again)

September 13, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. So here’s something fun. I’ve talked about the travelling salesman problem before. On one hand I should probably be happy that a serious Computer Science topic […]

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Anti-Buzz: Judo

September 6, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. When I’m thinking about modern technology but I’m not waxing philosophic about it here, I’m usually thinking about digital products – music, movies, photos, games, software […]

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Anti-Buzz: Moore’s Law

August 30, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. The Buzz Word: Moore’s Law Sometimes I feel the anti-buzz tag line invites a rude attitude and I want to skip it. This is one […]

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Anti-Buzz: The End of Large Software

August 23, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. I have spent many of my recent articles trying to make some sense of the smartphone/tablet boom, but what I haven’t done is really dig […]

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Anti-Buzz: Modeling the World

August 16, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. The Buzz: You can’t beat human intuition. The Other-Buzz: You can’t beat the hard truth of math. “The plural of anecdote is not data” – an […]

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Anti-Buzz: Anti-Internetism

August 9, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. The AntiBuzz: Anti-Internetism —About ten years ago I was studying film in college and we were lectured on how ideology can be encoded into art. […]

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Anti-Buzz: Corollaries

August 2, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. When was the last time somebody called your office and asked for directions? When was the last time a patient showed up late, (or not […]

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Anti-Buzz: Patient Records Revisited

July 26, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. BIG NEWS, We may have to wait a bit longer for some new Anti Buzz articles as Andrew just became a new father. Congratulations. That […]

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Anti-Buzz: Driver’s Arithmetic

July 19, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. This article from early 2013 0n driverless cars is even more relevant today. BIG NEWS, We may have to wait a bit longer for some new […]

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Anti-Buzz: The Bicycle Super Highway

July 12, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it. BIG NEWS, We may have to wait a bit longer for some new Anti Buzz articles as Andrew just became a new father. Congratulations. That means […]

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Anti-Buzz: Stylus Pens

July 5, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it: This one from last year is interesting considering that one of the major selling points of the new SurfacePro 3 is the stylus. The Buzz: […]

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Anti-Buzz: Wish Fulfillment

June 21, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it: So I like to harp about statistics and science and how they get portrayed in common media. This stuff matters to to you, of course, because […]

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Anti-Buzz: Operating Systems

June 14, 2014

Andrew has been writing Anti Buzz for 4 years resulting in almost 200 articles. For the next several weeks we will revisit some of these just in case you missed it: The Buzz: Operating Systems are a brand, inseparable from the machine they are sold with. The Anti-Buzz: Operating Systems are just mediators, and more interchangeable […]

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