Bridging between people and technology
If you are a non technical person wanting to catch up ahead of a meeting or just curious, I hope the following will fill the gaps for you. The cloud is most definitely a buzzword and as such there is no widely accepted definition of what it actually is. One fact is certain, whatever you … Read more
A growing risk attached to internet proliferation is misuse of data. The vast amounts of data collected and stored, largely by people who have no reason to hold this data is a huge problem of itself as it is frequently stolen and/or sold, or misused, but the natural borders between trading blocks such as China, … Read more
Digital Transformation is a buzzword and as such you will find a wide range of explanations out there, yet there is in fact no widely agreed definition. Since the arrival of the internet as a force in the mid-nineties, I and millions like me around the globe have engaged in finding new ideas and turning … Read more
Data mining is a buzzword. What it describes is really a form of Machine learning and there is no definitive border between one of these many overlapping disciplines and another, so the takeaway is not to get too worried about it and ignore anyone who does unless they are your boss, or paying very well. … Read more
Cryptography achieves two basic things for us: 1. We can lock a document (with our private key) so that only we or someone to whom we gave a key (a Public key) is able to open and read it. But not change it or create new documents. 2. If we have been given a key … Read more
It is impossible to discuss cryptocurrency without understanding inflation. It is a simple concept that causes massive confusion. Even politicians with fiscal responsibility can be heard making huge gaffes in public, though often that is deliberate. Ill return to this. There are two ways of viewing inflation that are two sides of the same coin … Read more
Encryption is nothing more than a harmless mathematical algorithm that converts your information into unintelligible rubbish to the extent that that it is pretty much impossible to retrieve and read it without the Public key. Blowfish, AES RC4, RC5, and RC6 are examples of encryption algorithms. By giving someone the Public key they can achieve … Read more
Deep learning is first of all a buzzword. That means it may not have a precise and widely accepted meaning. It is a form or use of artificial intelligence as is machine learning from which deep learning evolved. OK we started with out with simple stuff like Data mining this became more sophisticated a section … Read more
I still get asked the question and sometimes by people who thought they knew until Machine Learning and AI came along. Well the answer is simple enough and hasn’t changed at all: An Algorithm is still a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. … Read more
Neural networks are modelled on the way the brain is believed to process data. It consists of a net of nodes joined by links. Without getting too deep in technical jargon, the Neural net has similarities to a good old fashioned Ontology where key terms are linked by a relationship to make a huge net … Read more