A quick test run of the FactoMineR package for R. This package focuses on multivariate exploratory data analysis, such as Principle Components Analysis (for numerical data) and Correspondence Analysis (for categorical data). In an earlier blog post I took a look at a large collection of chess games and tried to quantify the “first move” […]
The Power of Brand and the Power of Product Redux
Last year I did a three-part blog (“The Power of Brand and the Power of Product”) describing a simple model of product adoption and market share, and showed how the parameters of that model could be determined using a single survey question. I used the open source productivity suites, OpenOffice and LibreOffice, as examples. […]
ISO/IEC JTC1 Approves ODF 1.2 PAS Ballot
OASIS ODF 1.2, the current version of the Open Document Format standard, was approved by ISO/IEC JTC1 National Bodies after a 3-month Publicly Available Specification (PAS) ballot. The final vote for DIS 26300 was: 17-0 for Parts 1 and 2, and 18-0 for Part 3. Of course, this is a very good result and all […]
An inquiry into the topological ordering of casual American male dress
The dressing and arming of a warrior is a common set scene in epic poetry, e.g., Iliad 2: He put on a soft khiton, fine and newly made, and put around himself a great cloak. Under his shining feet he fastened fine sandals and around his shoulders he placed a silver-studded sword. He took up […]
Document as Activity versus Document as Record
I’ve been thinking some more on the past, present and future of documents. I don’t know exactly where this post will end up, but I think this will help me clarify some of my own thoughts. First, I think technology has clouded our thinking and we’ve been equivocating with the term “document”, using it for […]