Author: steffon

The Curalytics Clique

The Curalytics Clique

The Curalytics Clique is an interdisciplinary, invitation-only community & “think-tank” that discusses subjective systems across the dimensions of machine learning, recommendation systems, marketing, anthropology, linguistics, psychology, sociology, semiotics, and design. Members include CTOs, entrepreneurs, academics, researchers, product managers, and engineers working at large tech companies, venture backed firms, start ups, universities, and research […]

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Monitor MySQL Processes on Amazon RDS Every Second

Monitor MySQL Processes on Amazon RDS Every Second

Do you run long MySQL queries? Do you want to know what your Amazon RDS database is really doing? With this one easy command, monitor processes on MySQL Amazon RDS (or any MySQL database) just like the “top” command for linux: mysqladmin –host=your.unique.address.rds.amazonaws.com –user=root –password=yourPassword -i 1 processlist –verbose –host – The host […]

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How to Curate a Winning Collection

How to Curate a Winning Collection

Square, the mobile payments company, has a new online marketplace for small businesses. This Holiday Season, they sponsored a competition for the most creative and diverse curated “wish list” of products. The prize: $1,000 worth of items from your list. Fortunately, mine was a top ten winner. I’m passionate about […]

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Filter Overload – Curation Scales Differently

Filter Overload – Curation Scales Differently

Caption: The filter scalability diagram plots the four content filters across the dimensions of objectivity and subjectivity and simplicity and complexity. The curating filter, both complex and subjective, is at the highest risk of overload. [box]Curation fundamentally needs a technology that connects people with people, not people with machines.[/box] The […]

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