Researchers at Japan’s Tokyo Institute of Technology have updated their SOINN machine learning algorithm so that it can now use the Internet to identify items it’s never encountered before.

It’s a little belated (and I apologise for the delay) but I wanted to get a few thoughts down after my recent Powerhouse interview. As you may know Megan Ingle (@megingle) interviewed me about my trip to the Powerhouse Museum as part of the Reality Librarianship: Up Close and Personal series held recently online. I found this a fun event to be part of and tried to push the creative boundaries a little further by [...]

I decided it was just easier to make a quick video for this upcoming talk I’m involved with. Hope you can make it along on the night. [dated video clip removed now] My thanks to the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ), Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), and friends, for their support of the Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Scholarship that allowed me to travel to The [...]

Wow that came around fast June has arrived and with it: Winter #blogjune Winter I could take or leave to be honest and it only seems like yesterday when I last had a crack at blogging everyday for a month – the month of June. So with trepidation and the best of intent I present blog post #1 for #blogjune as it’s become known in the Twitterverse. It’s been a while since I have posted [...]