Raspberry Pi vs USB vs Mac Audio
The audio hardware of Raspberry Pi is
known
to produce relatively poor sound quality.
I bought a cheap USB sound card to try as an alternative.
Here is what I found.
Continue reading "Raspberry Pi vs USB vs Mac Audio"Last modified: Sunday, December 13, 2015 12:02 am
Raspberry Pi Zero vs Elliott 405
Twitter users
@SadHappyAmazing and
@HistoricalPics
posted yesterday
two photographs
(copy)
showing the
Raspberry Pi Zero
juxtaposed in front of the Norwich City Council Treasurer's Department building,
where the delivery of the Elliott 405 computer was photographed in 1957.
Here is how the two computers compare.
Continue reading "Raspberry Pi Zero vs Elliott 405"Last modified: Sunday, November 29, 2015 2:23 am
Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2014
The Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge
has published the 2014
Journal Citation Reports.
Following similar studies I performed in the past eight years
(2007,
'08,
'09,
'10,
'11,
'12,
'13,
'14)
here is my analysis of the current status and trends for the
impact factor
of computer science journals.
Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2014"Last modified: Sunday, June 28, 2015 11:49 am
Grady Booch on the Future in Software Engineering
I was privileged to hear Grady Booch deliver a keynote on the Future in Software Engineering.
Here are my notes of some important statements and interesting soundbytes.
Continue reading "Grady Booch on the Future in Software Engineering"Last modified: Monday, May 25, 2015 7:35 am
ABS's 2015 Academic Journal Guide
The UK-based
Association of Business Schools
recently published the
2015 Academic Journal Guide (AJG)
as an update to its 2010 version,
sparking
controversy in its press coverage.
Following a
study
I've been performing
on the
impact factor
of computer science journals
for the past eight years based on the yearly
Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge
updates of its
Journal Citation Reports,
I decided to look at what has changed in the AJG from 2010 to 2015.
Continue reading "ABS's 2015 Academic Journal Guide"Last modified: Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:00 pm
What's the Best Time and Day to Tweet?
I've seen big variations in interactions of similarly interesting
(to me at least) tweets that I send,
and I think that a deciding factor is the day or the hour I send them.
Although there's plenty of material on the web on this topic,
as you will see below,
personalized results can capture important factors associated with
the realities of global interactions.
Continue reading "What's the Best Time and Day to Tweet?"Last modified: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:31 am