I gave a talk at the big MathsJam conference at the start of this month. It happens annually, so I had a whole year to come up with something interestingly mathematical to entertain my fellow mathmos. When it came time to decide on a topic, I realised I’ve done loads of stuff this year! It…
Plot.ly is a fairly comprehensive tool for creating whizzy interactive charts from data. It provides a suite of tools to make a whole range of different types of charts. Until now, it’s been a web service you send data away to in order to get a chart back. I’d always been wary of that, because…
Christian Lawson-Perfect asks: Where do old issues of MSOR Connections live online these days? @peterrowlett? — Christian Lawson-Perfect (@christianp) November 26, 2015 It’s complicated, but here is what I know.
I’ve put a very clever horse on the internet. He’s called Hans and I’ve made a little video about him. You can ask Clever Hans your own questions! Go to christianp.github.io/clever-hans and make sure your microphone is turned on. Another proviso: I think only Google Chrome supports the special technology I used to make Hans work. Sorry! I’ll explain…
At the Maths Jam conference, I was delighted to chair the first ever (and possibly only) edition of Spoof My Proof, a panel show devised by Colin Beveridge and Dave Gale as a special edition of their podcast Wrong, But Useful – the show that iTunes reviewer @twentythree calls an “unassuming, gentle and informative chat…
Just @gabegaster ‘s tweets, no frills.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of October, and compiled by Mike, is now online at Walking Randomly. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.