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Knewton Reads: A data scientist reviews “The Information”
James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout …
Knewton Reads: “The Information” and the impact of technology on thought
James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout …
NAB Show photo diary, day 1: cameras and copters on the Las Vegas Strip
It’s Day 1 here in Vegas at the annual NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters), and Ian Parker and I are ready to hit the ground running. As Knewton’s Team Video Team, we’re here to check out what’s new and exciting in the world of video, online and off — …
DrTechniko says, “We are all teachers”
Here at Knewton our mission is all about helping more and more students learn better, faster, easier. As such we Knerds love to learn and love to teach. It’s part of our culture and it’s part of what makes us excited about education. In my spare time I play the …
Knewton at NY Tech Day (come get a Knerd shirt!)
We’ll be out on the exhibit floor at NY Tech Day tomorrow, Thursday, April 19, along with a whole bunch of other Silicon Alley startups — 160 in total. This year’s event is the first of its kind in NYC and we’re excited to be part of the action. Two …
Knewton Reads: “The Information” in today’s classroom
James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout …
Knewton Reads: “The Information” and data visualization
Last month, we started a book club at Knewton to jumpstart discussion on tech, education, and management ideas related to our work. Every month the whole company is invited to nominate and vote for a relevant book. “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” by James Gleick was our winner …
How to build a robot with Python Scripting on Android
This post was written by Zlata Barshteyn, a former intern here at Knewton. Every few months at Knewton, we have something called Hack Day, where team members take a day off from regular work tasks to tackle projects they’ve been itching to develop. These “hacks” typically fall into one of …
Welcome Gavin, Nikos, and Sudhama
We welcomed three rookie Knerds in the past few weeks. We’re psyched to have them, and thought we’d share a few fun facts about each new member of our team. Nikos Michalakis is the newest engineer on our Platform team. Originally from Athens, Greece, Nikos graduated from MIT and worked previously …
Data storytime: the best readers prefer fiction
I work as a data storyteller at Knewton. This means I look at data coming from different origins with an inquisitive attitude and explore the narrative in it through statistical analysis. The goal is to find a story in the data that is informative and useful and that will help …
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