tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2927258794991120685..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: An unintentional Sociology of Blogs experimentLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-18511752315242651772009-10-22T04:18:30.297-05:002009-10-22T04:18:30.297-05:00To write a review is worth a book, well that's...To write a review is worth a book, well that's showing respect for the reader!syndicatehttp://www.national-lottery-blog.co.uk/syndicate/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-86761711975130555422009-10-21T16:29:58.505-05:002009-10-21T16:29:58.505-05:00Do you accept anonymous reviews? As indicated on y...Do you accept anonymous reviews? As indicated on your blog, an anonymous comment (or book/paper review) can be very respectful and thoughtful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-2445601090237746552009-10-21T10:32:43.671-05:002009-10-21T10:32:43.671-05:00From email and your comments
the sociology experem...From email and your comments<br />the sociology experement turned out to be even less interesting than I expected:<br /><br />1) Blog is free<br /><br />2) Blog has far more readers than SIGACT NEWS<br /><br />3) If you are already online it is less effort to just email me then if you are reading SIGACT NEWS in your easy chair.<br /><br />A more careful study would likely not reveal any more than that.<br /><br />However, given that the blog has so many more readers<br />(a fact I did not know before) this really does say I should post a pointer to the reviews after<br />they come out in print.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-12554983438941066662009-10-21T10:24:53.964-05:002009-10-21T10:24:53.964-05:00Why is the blog so much more effective than my col...<i>Why is the blog so much more effective than my column for finding people to write book reviews for me?</i><br /><br />Maybe because the blog is free?Ben Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858593972149277774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-60390137373050148852009-10-20T23:16:41.893-05:002009-10-20T23:16:41.893-05:00Why a deadline? So that people will
ACTUALLY GET I...Why a deadline? So that people will<br />ACTUALLY GET IT DONE. If you don't give a deadline people tend to drift.<br /><br />Misc Thought: In the future when a book review comes out I will announce<br />it on the blog and link to it.<br /><br />Update: I have either send out or<br />had the publisher send out<br />a total of 24 books.GASARCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-75971940418954533072009-10-20T19:38:50.802-05:002009-10-20T19:38:50.802-05:00I'd like to add my voice to those who found Co...I'd like to add my voice to those who found <i>Concentration of Measure</i> to be a book of considerable interest ... and thanks also for posting such a great list of books!<br /><br />It often happens in simulations (both classical and quantum) that random dynamical processes act to concentrate trajectories in small regions of state-space. <br /><br />Does this kind of stochastic/dynamical concentration have connections to the concentration of measure? Are these two phenomena (at bottom) pretty intimately related mathematically?<br /><br />Thanks to Dubhashi and Panconesi, these questions now seem more confusing to me than ever ... and hey, that's progress! :)John Sidleshttp://www.mrfm.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20010919526827759262009-10-20T18:05:54.889-05:002009-10-20T18:05:54.889-05:00The most popular book by far was ... the book Conc...<em>The most popular book by far was ... the book Concentration of Measure for the Analysis of Randomized Algorithms. Why that one? </em><br /><br />Probably because it was mentioned recently on two blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-36907738618494967082009-10-20T17:12:32.736-05:002009-10-20T17:12:32.736-05:00Why the deadline? Can you no longer get free copi...Why the deadline? Can you no longer get free copies from the publisher after that date? (Seems a little unlikely, since some of the books you want reviewed aren't particularly new.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-15149193629584102612009-10-20T15:17:42.306-05:002009-10-20T15:17:42.306-05:00An Luca also
http://lucatrevisan.wordpress.com/2...An Luca also <br /><br />http://lucatrevisan.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/good-reads/bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-69524678160441323312009-10-20T13:48:54.599-05:002009-10-20T13:48:54.599-05:00Mitzenmacher mentioned Concentration of Measure .....<a href="http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Mitzenmacher</a> <a href="http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-book-on-concentration-bounds.html" rel="nofollow">mentioned</a> <i>Concentration of Measure ...</i> the other day.David Coughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859839245975431814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-58464336217986361832009-10-20T13:46:28.288-05:002009-10-20T13:46:28.288-05:001) I have never had a problem with someone promisi...1) I have never had a problem with someone promising to do a review and not doing it. If this becomes a problem I may take some action like those suggested.<br /><br />2) YES the reviewers name appears with the review.<br />Most of the reviews are not of the type<br />THIS BOOK IS GREAT or<br />THIS BOOK SUCKS. Its more<br />a matter of telling us whats<br />IN the book and WHO the audience is. IF a pre-tenure faculty gets a book from me and things<br />WOW- THIS IS REALLY BAD<br />and wants to opt out of reviewing it, I would certainly allow that.<br />It has never happened.<br /><br />3) A private email suggested<br />(correctly) that this blog<br />is far more widely read than SIGACT news, and thats why I got so many more people. Yes, but there<br />are people who told me directly that they read my column, but the blog is more IMMEDIATE.<br />Could be a reason for the<br />better response.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-23532627615014982772009-10-20T13:43:51.381-05:002009-10-20T13:43:51.381-05:00Why is the blog so much more effective than my col...<i>Why is the blog so much more effective than my column for finding people to write book reviews for me?</i><br />Perhaps more people read your blog than SIG ACT news?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1352044840375615342009-10-20T13:42:58.193-05:002009-10-20T13:42:58.193-05:00I like the fact that the first comment, advocating...I like the fact that the first comment, advocating the announcement of reviewer names, is anonymous.Thore Husfeldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937584058954877153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50975774910033277532009-10-20T13:26:10.348-05:002009-10-20T13:26:10.348-05:00I second that suggestion (about publicly announcin...I second that suggestion (about publicly announcing the names of reviewers)Yannis Haralamboushttp://omega.enstb.org/yannisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-51609056932194209582009-10-20T13:12:40.362-05:002009-10-20T13:12:40.362-05:00I assume the reviews will be published along with ...I assume the reviews will be published along with the full name of the reviewer? If so, should pre-tenure folks be involved in such a task, lest they step on the toes of those who might someday have too much power over them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-57391225380606431322009-10-20T12:53:22.332-05:002009-10-20T12:53:22.332-05:00How about upping the ante and publicly announcing ...How about upping the ante and publicly announcing the names of all the reviewers against the books they have promised to review. This commits them into turning something in, and also winnows out the ones that did it out of a rush of blood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com