I spoke with with Sacha Chua last week. We talked about entrepreneurship, Emacs, having eclectic interests, delegation, and more. J: I ran into you by searching on Emacs topics. When I look at your blog, I see that you do…
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Interview with Michael Hammel, author of The Artist's Guide to GIMP
Michael J. Hammel is the author of The Artist’s Guide to GIMP, a book I reviewed three weeks ago. The following interview is based on my correspondence with Michael.
Fifteen interviews
Seven Nine people I have interviewed: Rick Richter, CIO of Food for the Hungry Eric Floehr, owner of ForecastWatch Frederick Brooks, computer pioneer and author Robert Ghrist, applied topologist Cliff Pickover, mathematician and author Dan Bricklin, software developer and author…
Interview on Strongly Connected Components
Samuel Hansen interviews me in the latest episode of his podcast Strongly Connected Components. I’ve enjoyed listening to Samuel’s podcast since it started a couple years ago. Here’s a list of other mathematical podcasts.
Evaluating weather forecast accuracy: an interview with Eric Floehr
Eric Floehr is the owner of ForecastWatch, a company that evaluates the accuracy of weather forecasts. In this interview Eric explains what his business does, how he got started, and some of the technology he uses.
Seven interviews
Here are six people I have interviewed. Rick Richter, CIO of Food for the Hungry Robert Ghrist, applied topologist Carl Franklin, musician and software developer Frederick Brooks, computer pioneer and author Cliff Pickover, mathematician and author Dan Bricklin, software developer…
Singularity interview
Vincent Tan interviews me in the March 2011 issue of his online magazine Singularity. One of the topics we discuss is the difference between studying applied math and actually applying math.
Why Food for the Hungry runs Ubuntu
Rick Richter is CIO of Food for the Hungry. In this interview Rick explains why his organization is moving all of its computers to Ubuntu. John: Tell me a little about Food for the Hungry and what you do there.…
Applied topology and Dante: an interview with Robert Ghrist
A few weeks ago I discovered Robert Ghrist via his web site. Robert is a professor of mathematics and electrical engineering. He describes his research as applied topology, something I’d never heard of. (Topology has countless applications to other areas…
A few questions with Frederick Brooks
The shelf life of software development books is typically two or three years, maybe five or ten years for a “classic.” Frederick Brooks, however, wrote a book on software development in 1975 that remains a best-seller: The Mythical Man-Month. His…
Interview with author Cliff Pickover
A few weeks ago, Sterling Publishing sent me a copy of Cliff Pickover‘s new book The Math Book. I enjoyed reading the book (see my review) and set up the interview that follows. JC: The Math Book is your first…
Carl Franklin interview
Carl Franklin is a many of many talents: talk show host, producer, software developer, musician, etc. He’s probably best known for his excellent .NET Rocks podcast and for the other podcasts he hosts and produces. I hope you enjoy the…
Dan Bricklin interview
Dan Bricklin is best known for creating VisiCalc along with Bob Frankston in 1979. Since that time he has been active as a software developer and entrepreneur. His new book is Bricklin on Technology. I quoted Dan Bricklin in a…
