I am interested in visualization, user interfaces, security and security usability, typography, tinkering, and science, medicine, and technology in general.
Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against the flood of a hundred million dollars. But there is one quality that cannot be purchased in this way—and that is reliability. The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.—C.A.R.Hoare
I love living in the future! (But I wish the software was better.)
Recent appearance on TWIT with Leo Laporte. It has been a long time since I was on Screensavers.
Lorette and I live
on a lovely farm in Flemington, NJ, where we have about 30 beehives, half
a dozen chickens, two cats, good WiFi, lots of birds, and woodland creatures,
and good WiFi.
I am working on
various bee-related projects, including improving the
Broodminder app for their
excellent hive-monitoring hardware.
The Mentor Project.
Bringing the technical knowledge of aging cold-warriors into elementary
schools. Can I teach quantum mechanics to a second grader?
(Hint: probably not, but the rocket science talk shown here, and others, have
gone really well.)
Presentations.
I do love to give talks and travel quite a bit doing so. Some of
my recent technical talks for grownups cover
Passwords and authentication (PDF, 52MB) and
An argument for eventual optimism in security
(Keynote, 52MB). I
am open to suggestions if you have another topics in mind.
You should check my speaker info if you
want to invite me to speak.
ChesHaz, a
free educational iOS app for looking up placards on vehicles transporting
hazardous chemicals. It is easy to use, and works off-line. If you are
a professional first responder, you should probably use an official app.
Melissopalynology,
the study of pollen in honey to figure out where the bees got their nectar.
Why? Because in August 2016 our bees made honey that tastes like butter!
But was it from
Verbena hastata
(swamp verbena),
or Lythrum
salicaria (purple loosestrife),
both found in our wetlands in abundance that year, or something else?
Here are the Keynote slides (287MB) from a recent talk
on the subject.
I hang out at the
Digital Systems Lab
at the University of Pennsylvania from time to time,
where I am a visiting scholar. I try to get there on Wednesdays for the
literature review.
CV, includes patents and stuff; Publications; Talks; Bio and short bio; A nice movie about me; If you'd like me to speak at your conference, speaker information; My blog.
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Hal Burch and
I ran the Internet mapping project while at Bell Labs and
Lumeta Corp.
The thumbnail reveals more information, data, and a gallery
of some interesting visualizations of the Internet.
There are several new exhibits now, mostly debugged, and available for the asking, including What Does Sound Look Like?, How Long Does it Take to Win the Lottery?, an upgrade for the Chattanooga Children's Discovery Museum, and a color blindness simulator.
These Internet maps have appeared in dozens of books, magazines, posters, and papers worldwide. Our technology remains at Lumeta, so you should contact Lumeta if you wish to use the images. I am always willing to discuss them with interested parties.
Recently, AT&T put up Internet maps at the Washington airports for the 2009 inauguration. These versions are not available outside of AT&T.
I am still interested in the visualization challenges these kinds of data pose, but am not working on it much.
This lock is your assurance of security.
Brian Clapper is a boofhead. Arden is a boofhead as well.