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mattcoolidge

107 karma · joined March 25, 2010

Tech pr professional with a focus on open source startups.
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mattcoolidge··on FBI opens probe into hacked iPad accounts
That's what happens when you f*ck with Rahm Emmanuel's iPad...
mattcoolidge··on The Times to host political polling site FiveThirtyEight
Interesting to see how/if this will change anything over there. Nate does a great job with his models, here's hoping he maintains editorial control.
mattcoolidge··on Predictive modeling with R offers insight into elections, World Cup
Predictive analytics has been gaining traction beyond its traditional base of late. Interesting post detailing how predictive models are used to predict the outcomes of a wide array of events, from financial markets to World Cup results.
mattcoolidge··on China's instructions on reporting on Google
It seems as if this Google-China row is indicative of a larger trend taking shape: the divorce of Western capitalist enterprises and the Chinese government. There was an article saying as much in yesterday's Wapo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03...). It will be interesting to see how this affects other Western companies suffering under censorship issues there--I heard something about Godaddy possibly pulling out of there as well.