Books written by David Alan Grier

  • When Computers Were Human

    A. E. Moore to Pearson, September 25, 1917, 606, PEARSON. 27. Herbert W. Richmond to Karl Pearson, October 4, 1917, 606, PEARSON. 28. Herbert W. Richmond to Karl Pearson, October 7, 1917, 606, PEARSON. 29. A. V. Hill to Karl Pearson, ...

  • Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth

    The guy in charge of tonight's event, a thin headset strapped to him as if he's a security guard or a Justin Timberlake backup dancer, approaches, anxiety riding him all over. “Little change of plan,” he toots in what I'm sure is not ...

  • Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth

    Barack Like Me is David Alan Grier at his best -- the man, comic, and twenty-first-century thinker -- funny, brilliant, and original.

  • When Computers Were Human

    Of the ten, only Thomas Watson responded. He had no solution to the problem, but he was intrigued with Wood's letter.57 The story of the initial meeting between the professor and the businessman comes from Wood, who is not the most ...

  • Crowdsourcing For Dummies

    Hit the ground running – quickly get up to speed on basic crowdsourcing concepts and technologies and discover how to develop a surefire crowdsourcing strategy Know your options – find out about all forms of crowdsourcing, including ...

  • Unimagined Futures – ICT Opportunities and Challenges

    ... half century [28]. But if the owner of the confidential information places it in the public domain and accessible for Big Data mining and analysis, the inherent 'secrecy' may be lost. In Australia, as in the United Kingdom, there is ...