Posts Tagged ‘Classification’
Art, Social Protest and Archives
When you think of art and archives, protest signs don’t often come to mind. Fortunately, many of the signs from Boston’s first Women’s March in 2017 have been saved and now available to the public not in poster form but as a searchable digital archive. The Northeastern professors serve as the primary reason. This interesting information came…
Read MoreClassification for Those With and Without OCD
Needless to say, we like classification. It is the sibling of taxonomy – two closely related words that reflect the fact that we encounter large amounts of information in everyday life and our brains need some way to synthesize and contextualize that information. Concepts like classification and taxonomy help us make sense of the world by improving…
Read MoreTaxonomy in Fiction
If you have been a frequent reader of TaxoDiary, you know that I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I like knowing that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. As a book lover, this particular “taxonomy” touched many parts of my being. Geek Dad brought this interesting and intriguing information…
Read MoreA Little Fuzzy
When I bought my first and only rice cooker a decade ago, many of the higher rated models bragged about fuzzy logic technology. Fuzzy rice? I like fluffy rice, but not so sure about fuzzy. Even though I didn’t really understand it at the time of purchase, the reviews sold me that this genius intuitive…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Speaking at the 2018 iA Summit
Access Innovations will be bringing a little fun and a lot of technical expertise to the 2018 iA Summit, which is scheduled for March 21-25, 2018 in Chicago, IL. Bob Kasenchak, our Director of Business Development, will be giving a presentation entitled “Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? and Other Taxonomy Questions“. Bob will bring…
Read MoreClassifying the Un-classifiable
Traditional classifications of animals, medicine, diseases, and other vastly dense topics can feel like reciting pi – infinite data with infinite possibilities. While there may be limits in a particular software, like SharePoint, to how many terms and levels can be in a taxonomy, the reality is there are subjects that are quite possibly endless.…
Read MoreMachine Learning Used in Drone Functions
Machine learning is being utilized in more and more projects. It is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. Over the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. This interesting news came from Commercial UAV News…
Read MoreAlmost Famous
Even before tragedies like Princess Diana’s fatal accident attempting to flee the paparazzi, privacy and notoriety have long been at odds. The Guardian brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Five categories of fame.” Every person reasonably expects that privacy will be respected, but it is not absolute, and in journalism there are different…
Read MoreGhost of Taxonomies Present
Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. (From…
Read MoreData Harmony Helps You Do Your Job Better
Crowdsourcing is becoming quite popular. Imagine it is like asking your neighbors for a recommendation of where they got their new windows but multiply it by however big your “crowd” is. It isn’t always about recommendations; sometimes it is developing solutions for a situation that needs the combination of talent and genius found among your…
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