The shift from production tools to organization tools

 Interesting post from Cal Newport on the shift from production tools in business (such as word processors ...) to organization tools (wrike, trello and such). Obviously, it is about knowledge workers.

I have to comment that they (knowledge workers) are rediscovering the wheel. Workflow normalization is an "ancient" concept in industry, and such tools (CAD - CAM and PLM software, then ERP solutions) and philosophies (Fordism, Toyotism, ...) are used widely to improve the production.

One can extrapolate on that saying that "data" is the new "product", and it makes sense in the context of the "data" revolution.

Maybe even some robust workflows will emerge in the actual "far west" of workflow solutions.

Google passe aux passkeys

Bientôt plus de mot de passe !

 Passkeys are now enabled by default for Google users (blog.google)

How to promote research & publications

I just followed on webinar on promoting research using repositories for preprints + social media. Not that I am stranger to this, but never was truly convinced. I still however check this kind of webinar, to see if new ideas appear (and it did - i learned about PCI).

I am convinced though that the correct way to do it is like this for example

A Maclaurin type inequality | What's new (wordpress.com)

You dont need to do it at Tao level, but even for reviewers, students  or casual readers it would be of immense help. It is actualy better to tweet the blogpost that directly the paper.

PS : the funniest thing about the blog above, is that I noticed just today that it was Tao's. And I am following the updates from 2015 something. 

clibu - blocnotes dans le nuage

 Un outil sympathique, dérivé du logiciel surfulater (RIP), vient d'être mis à jour.

Clibu Notes

Permet une prise de notes ubiquitaire, avec des capacités offline et assez robuste (voir ce post en anglais).

Dans le domaine des logiciels PKM, qui est assez saturé par ailleurs, clibu se distingue par une excellente captation des pages web, y compris assez complexes, et reste simple d'utilisation.

update

Je vais augmenter la fréquence de publications dans la blog, et intercaler des publications en langue anglaise sur certains thèmes.

A suivre.

What not to do when writing a scientific paper.

An excellent post by Pr. R Hyndman about basic rules of journal manuscript rejection. While my research topic are far away form forecasting, it is clear that all rules are directly appliable for Automatic Control in general and Fault Detection and Diagnosis in particular.

So, if you want to succeed in your submission, it is about :

1. Choosing the right journal
2. Providing an up to date bibliography including references and citations from the journal you're submitting to and the best journals around.
3. Contributing new ideas - not "epsilon" developments.
4. Choosing wisely you illustrative experimentations or simulations and comparing your approach to the best works around.
5. Refraining from "obviously" discutable claims - the reviewers are not stupid.

The initial post is here.

Playbook vs Android

Court billet posté à partir de l'appli Plogger de ma Playbook. Malgré les années, elle est bien plus agréable à utiliser qu'une Android. La standardisation, c'est bien, mais je regrette que des solutions ergonomiques aussi judicieuses ne soient pas reprises.