Is was reading "Specialist Knowledge Is Useless and Unhelpful
When data prediction is a game, the experts lose out." I learned about the new algorithm that seems like a silver bullet for data mining problems: random forests. An explanation in layman's terms can be found on Quora. It still don't fully grasp the idea but I think its worth exploring further to add to a toolbox to solve problems. There exist a R package for random forests for some quick exploration on your datas. Happy hacking.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Random Forests are the new kid in machine learning town
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Design inspiration
This weekend I was browsing with zite app on Ipad. Especially in the "webdesign and user experience" section I encountered some interesting links:
UX: The Power of Getting Things Designed
- 16 PIXELS For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake
- Fundamentals of Good UI Design PDF (23 MB) from Ghost in the pixel
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Back from holiday
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
It's not the story, the people, the technology, it's the team
- constant review
- it must be safe for people to tell the truth
- communication should not mirror the organizational structure
- people and how they function is more important than ideas
- do not let success mask problems, do a deep assessment
- mix up creative and technical people
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Panoramic picture taken with Iphone 4

Made with Pano
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Bye bye battery of MacBook Pro
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Fireworks shot with Canon Ixus 300HS
Yesterday evening, I went to the yearly firework held in Leuven, Belgium. I filmed the finale with my new Canon Ixus 300HS (aka Powershot 4000 SD) at 720p. Here's the result:
I also took some pictures in the fireworks mode. I think the movie catches the moment much more than the pictures. But for those interested, here is a picasa album containing the original unedited files. Here's a nice one:
| From Vuurwerk |
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