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LRUG PodcastThe LRUG podcast Author: El Rug
The LRUG podcast is a podcast from the London Ruby User Group. It's interviews with speakers from our meetings, chats with members, and news from the London Ruby community. Language: en-gb Genres: Technology Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode #5: Abdel Saleh
Tuesday, 1 February, 2011
In this episode I'm joined by Abdel Saleh of said.fm a Radio and Podcast recommendation and curation startup. Abdel has been involved in the London Ruby community for many years and we cover a lot of ground in this interview - from transitioning from Java to Ruby in Finance, through Machine Learning and computation on AWS clusters to the ins- and outs of getting a startup off the ground both here and in Silicon Valley. Here's some links to things Abdel talked about during the interview: Research Papers On the uselessness of content for recommendations Recommendation algorithm wants to show you something new Latent Semantic Analysis In Ruby Non-negative Matrix Factorization for Ruby A Clear Signal Through the Noise Designing Happiness The Future of UX is Play: The 4 Keys to Fun, Emotion and User Engagement Before the interview I mentioned that Malcolm Arnold of Ruby Nuby is looking for donated laptops to take to a program in Uganda and Kenya to teach Ruby, technology and entrepreneurial skills. If you have some equipment to donate contact Malcolm or find out more at the Ruby Nuby meetup.
