Dyslexia at W4A
This is the third of four posts sharing some of the things I saw while at the International World Wide Web Conference for w4a. There were a few sessions presenting work done to improve understanding of...
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W4A : Accessibility of the web
This is the last of four posts sharing some of the things I saw while at the International World Wide Web Conference for w4a. Several presentations looked at how accessible the web is. Web...
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Why am I still at IBM?
Ten years ago. 6 August 2003. I was a recent University graduate, arriving at IBM’s R&D site in Hursley for the first time. I remember arriving in Reception. Reception – the view that greeted me...
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Text analytics in BlueMix using UIMA
In this post, I want to explain how to create a text analytics application in BlueMix using UIMA, and share sample code to show how to get started. First, some background if you’re unfamiliar with the...
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Thinking Digital 2014
This week I went up to Newcastle for Thinking Digital. It was the seventh Thinking Digital, but my first. I’d seen a bunch of references to it being the UK’s answer to TED, the tickets aren’t cheap,...
View ArticleTalking about IBM Watson (again)
As I mentioned in May, I was lucky to be able to go to Thinking Digital this year and talk about what we’re doing with Watson. I’ve just noticed that they’ve made a video of my talk available. I...
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Kids should learn to code
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by the BBC. In a fairly long phone call, I either rambled inanely or provided detailed and nuanced answers in context. That depends on your point of view....
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Watson News Companion
We recently ran a hackathon at work: people within IBM were invited to try building a mobile app aimed at consumers using Watson services. It was a fun chance to try out some new ideas, as well as to...
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How to use the IBM Watson Relationship Extraction service on Bluemix
Before Christmas, I wrote about how I used the Watson Relationship Extraction service on Bluemix to pick out the things mentioned in news stories, as part of a mobile app we built on a hackday. I’d...
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The skills implications of Cognitive Computing
STEMtech is a conference about the education of science, technology, engineering and maths. The attendees are an interesting mix of people from education and policy makers, as well as people like me...
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An introduction to machine learning with Guess Who
I tried introducing my two kids to machine learning by helping them make a game this week. In this post, I’ll try and explain why, how we did it, and how it went. And if you make it all the way to an...
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Watson Rock, Paper, Scissors
A simple hands-on activity to let kids train a machine learning classifier to be able to play Rock, Paper, Scissors. I’ve written and spoken before that I think we should do more to introduce children...
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