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The arrival of the Programmer-Archeologist

Or, how to copy and paste from StackOverflow for fun and profit! — Compared to other professions, software engineering is still in its infancy. But having almost reached a point where the code still running at the bottom of many large systems wasn’t written in living memory, there are now some early signs that this phase may finally be passing. The day-to-day life…

Machine Learning

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The arrival of the Programmer-Archeologist
The arrival of the Programmer-Archeologist
Machine Learning

5 min read


Jan 17, 2022

Standing on the Edge, Looking into the Future

The Future of Tiny ML on the Edge — The transcript of a talk I gave as part of the tinyML Talks series in December 2021 during which I talked about machine learning, edge computing, and privacy. We’ve spent the last decade building large scale infrastructure in the cloud to manage big data. However, over the last couple of…

Edge Computing

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Standing on the Edge, Looking into the Future
Standing on the Edge, Looking into the Future
Edge Computing

18 min read


Mar 4, 2020

The Internet of Things might have less Internet than we thought?

“Privacy was never dead, it just went away for a while…” — The transcript of the keynote talk I gave at QCon London, held in March 2020, during which I talked about machine learning, edge computing, and privacy. Machine learning is traditionally associated with heavy duty, power-hungry, processors. It’s something done on big servers. Even if the sensors, cameras, and microphones, taking…

Qcon

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The Internet of Things might have less Internet than we thought?
The Internet of Things might have less Internet than we thought?
Qcon

28 min read


Published in fwd50

·Nov 7, 2019

Everything is Broken

Is legislation now the only solution? — An (somewhat expanded) transcript of a talk I gave at the FWD50 conference on digital government held in Ottawa, Canada, in November 2019. I talked there about privacy, security, and machine learning. Some additional material has been added for context, nothing has been removed from the talk as given. Everything…

Security

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Everything is Broken
Everything is Broken
Security

17 min read


Sep 23, 2019

It’s a Fine Time for PineTime?

A Linux-based smartwatch from PINE64 — Back at the beginning of the year, the folks at PINE64 announced not just a bunch of new hardware, but a whole new product lineup. With the PineBook Pro now in pre-order and shipping to community members in small batches, and the PinePhone shipping ‘soon’, that family just got an…

Pine64

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It’s a Fine Time for PineTime?
It’s a Fine Time for PineTime?
Pine64

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Sep 22, 2019

The BeagleBone AI Is Now Shipping

First announced back in February at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, the BeagleBone AI started shipping at the tail end of last week. It may share the familiar BeagleBone form factor, but the new BeagleBone AI isn’t like the BeagleBone boards we’ve seen before. This isn’t really a general purpose…

Machine Learning

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The BeagleBone AI Is Now Shipping
The BeagleBone AI Is Now Shipping
Machine Learning

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Sep 22, 2019

A First Look at the ‘Beta’ ESP32-S2 Development Kits

Announced back in May by Espressif, engineering samples of the new ESP32-S2 silicon started shipping to community members in July. …

Espressif

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A First Look at the ‘Beta’ ESP32-S2 Development Kits
A First Look at the ‘Beta’ ESP32-S2 Development Kits
Espressif

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Sep 21, 2019

The Demise of Big Data?

Making Intelligent Insights at the Edge — The transcript of a talk I gave both at the TechExeter conference in Exeter, and O’Reilly Media’s Strata conference in New York, during September 2019. In our industry we tend to…

Privacy

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The Demise of Big Data?
The Demise of Big Data?
Privacy

25 min read


Sep 16, 2019

Trill, Touch Sensing for Makers

It was Chris Anderson that originally coined the phrase “the peace dividend of the smartphone war” arguing that “…when giants battle, we all win,” and it’s that smartphone war that has brought us cheap sensors—accelerometers, gyroscopes, microphones, pressure and humidity sensors—as well as cheap screens and processors. …

Capacitance Touch

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Trill, Touch Sensing for Makers
Trill, Touch Sensing for Makers
Capacitance Touch

4 min read


Sep 12, 2019

The Rock Pi X Will Run Windows 10

An x86-based single-board computer for just $39? — I don’t generally pay much attention to Intel-based boards. There have been the odd exceptions, but usually run too hot, and are just too expensive, to be particularly interesting. …

Windows 10

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The Rock Pi X Will Run Windows 10
The Rock Pi X Will Run Windows 10
Windows 10

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