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Author Archives: Kevin Murnane
Twin Danger
Beautiful arrangements, gorgeous vocals and a tenor sax that will melt your walls. If this sounds good to you, check out Twin Danger. The vocalist is Vanessa Bley, the daughter of the brilliant jazz pianist Paul Bley. The saxophonist … Continue reading
The demographics of online dating, games that respond to your emotions and more
Recent articles for Forbes Who uses online dating services? The answer may surprise you – it turns out everyone does. Many online dating services advertise that they will find the perfect companion for you. What if they’re right about that? Find … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Economics, Gaming, Information visualization, Music, Social media
Tagged emotion sensing, hip-hop, online dating, taxes
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Computer writes political speech. Does anyone notice?
Can you tell the difference between a political speech written by a computer program and one written by a speechwriter? Valentin Kassarnig at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has written a computer program that writes political speeches on demand and it … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Technology
Tagged computer programs, Forbes, political speeches, Speechwriting
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Jerry Lawson: A video game pioneer
Jerry Lawson was a largely self-taught electrical engineer and video game pioneer who was almost forgotten during his lifetime. His father was a longshoreman who loved to read about science; his mother was uncompromising in her insistence that her son get a … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Technology
Tagged Fairchild Channel F, Fairchild Semiconductor, Jerry Lawson, video games
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Baseball: Engaging the audience – Part 2
You want to attract fans? Help them engage with the game. Continue reading
Twenty-six years of hip-hop in a brilliant infographic
If all you saw was the image above along with the title – Billboard’s “Hot Rap Songs” Chart (1989-2015) – you’d have no idea what’s waiting at the other end of the link. Hit it and you’ll find that Matthew Daniels at Polygraph … Continue reading
The toughest bass player on the planet
On February 4th, 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin sat down together for the first day of the Yalta Conference where they divided up Germany and reconfigured Eastern Europe at the end of World War 2. The … Continue reading