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Digitized book review in Guardian paper
My new book Digitized is just about to hit the shelves and we've had the first book review. It's a nice friendly review from Steven Poole, top of his Choice column in the Guardian Newspaper book section this week. He mentions parts of the book where I describe software engineering…
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Author copies of Digitized arrived
An exciting day - I got the first copies of my new book Digitized, hot off the the printing press. I'm very pleased with the result - the cover seems quite distinctive (with its little hidden message for the geeks) and it's got a nice quality feel, with good thick…
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tinnitus listening success with iStethoscope Pro
The founder of wooshers, the Pulsatile tinnitus forum has been in touch again. It seems this time someone may have successfully used my iOS app iStethoscope Pro to record the elusive sound of her condition. This is what she said:
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TEDx talks past and future
Last year two friends were invited to give TEDx talks. One was Tony Ruto, who worked as an RA and PhD student in the same office as me several years ago at UCL, and who is now employed by my old PhD student Siavash Mahdavi in his company. Tony asked…
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BCS talk - The Legacy of Turing
I was recently asked to participate in a British Computer Society evening dedicated to the legacy of Alan Turing. It was a fascinating event, with speakers describing different aspects of Turing's legacy to our society today - his papers; how he inspires gay people today. I spoke about Turing's contribution…
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Robocop and Artificial Intelligence
Today I was invited to attend the screening of the original Robocop movie, and then have a live chat with the audience about it. One of my more unusual public appearances perhaps! The invite came from science in the pub, who like to screen classic movies and then have an…
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Digital Biology eBook Edition
While work activities have slowed down during the Christmas break I've taken the opportunity to wrap up the new eBook edition of my first popular science book Digital Biology and release it to the online stores. This is a new revised edition with a new preface and footnotes which bring…
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