Stephen Baker
Senior Technology Writer, Business Week
Author of The Numerati, former BusinessWeek writer
BusinessWeek
http://twitter.com/stevebaker
http://thenumerati.net
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2044 tweets
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We will be monitored, step by step, meal by meal: Smart Data Collective http://bit.ly/cZo4OK
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If I lose my house should my car insurance go up? http://tinyurl.com/2ct5jp6
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RT @HardyGreen Got a book but no agent? A new website promises to match up writers and publishers. http://bit.ly/9JwlGl
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Mitch Album: ...an hour-long ESPN special (an hour?) in which James will announce who wins the right to wrap its money around his arrogance.
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Analytics fan might check out SmartDataCollective webinar on Trendspotting for growth, July 15 at 1 eastern http://bit.ly/afCKUI
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Why computers are lost when it comes to human language: http://tinyurl.com/24fawm7
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RT @topazpartners : ‘The Numerati’ author Stephen Baker on Social Media and the Demise of BusinessWeek at SMC Boston http://bit.ly/aWyqG6
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Bad enough that pricy hotels charge for web access, but this Weston in Boston charges 12.95 for each device.
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Flying to Boston for #enzee talk. Will disclose, ever so briefly, the details of my shameful performance in high school math.
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Preparing datatalk for Netezza conf on Monday. Question: Are workers bothered by data surveillance on the job, or resigned to it? #Enzee
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NYT mag piece on Watson, the Jeopardy-playing computer--the subject of the book I'm writing: http://tinyurl.com/
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I have tivoed two morning games of soccer. Trying to keep my eyes off tweets etc to maintain my innocence.
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The biz model of Web 2.0. Data hostages. http://thenumerati.net/index.cfm?postID=600
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Just got paystub. Now that I've been on severence for 6 months, don't I get a raise??
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Met with Paul Horn, IBMs former chief of research. His question: IBM machines did chess and are doing jeopardy. What's next? Toastmasters?
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Might pay Ning's $200 extortion to keep once-free BusinessWeek private social net running. But what are chances Ning survives the year?
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Hugo Chavez should optimize his use of Twitter http://thenumerati.net/index.cfm?postID=595
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Went into Brooklyn botanica. News to me that there were different floor washing liquids to go with prayers for love, money, etc.
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On panel at BEA today: Are eBooks Good for Authors? (Kinda beside the point, I'd say) http://tinyurl.com/2bhs266 (2nd half of post)
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Very funny...
The ONION: "Google Phone that Whispers Targeted ads" http://is.gd/cgEVP (via @KBouloukos ) @theonion (via @tomcuthbert )
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If the world gushes 1,200 exabytes of data every year, how much is that per person? http://thenumerati.net/index.cfm?postID=589
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After decades, Pennsylvania finally expectorates.
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Digital data and the demotion of the human brain: http://69.49.241.148/index.cfm?postID=580
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Whoops! I maligned Garamond and Courier fonts. They consume LESS ink than the others. http://smartdatacollective.com/Home/26975
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RT @lalorek @science Stephen Hawking: How to build a time machine http://bit.ly/c65DXi (good clear description of wormholes)
