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An empirical study of defects and reopened defects...
In major software systems that are developed by competent software engineers, the existence of defects in production is unlikely to be an acceptable situation. And yet, we find that in several such systems, defects remain a reality. Furthermore, the number of changes that are fixed only to then be reopened is noticeable. The implications of having defects in a system can be...
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Switching on inspiration
I once sat in a room with a pen and paper on the desk and thought to myself: I’m going to think very hard and come up with a great idea by the end of the day. Von Goethe had promised that “talent develops in quiet places…” and, well, the room was dead quiet. But I never did. That was about 7 years ago. It was a while later that I came across another piece...
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The falcon and the bulbul
I’ve been wanting to work on a project for some time to translate the...
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One ESD course to rule them all
Having almost completed the SDM program, were I to be asked which course left...
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My experience with getting haircuts ...
Getting a haircut in Boston is not as trivial a feat as one might expect! ...
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The iPhone that made it past the gat...
I was sitting in the office of one of the Windows Group Program Managers in...
Thinking back to March; APM intervie...
I wrote this post in late March 2011 right after my on-site interview with...
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A beautiful moon halo, as seen from ...
The moon was exceptionally bright tonight. I left the apartment at around...
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So Minsky and I were kicking back an...
I told my wife: I’m going to ask him a question before class while...
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Interview with Scott Belsky, CEO of ...
I had the pleasure of chatting with Scott Belsky, CEO and Co-founder of...
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Experimenting with interactive DSMs
There was a discussion recently about how many data points SVG could handle...
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Classroom seating habits (updated)
Here’s the updated version of the visualization that I posted about last...
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Visualizing SDM ’11 seating ha...
The following interactive visualization created using d3.js and jQuery...
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Giving others a chance
I remember watching a documentary on the BBC about 10 years ago. Everything...
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An empirical study of de...
Posted by Ali on May 15, 2012
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Switching on inspiration
Posted by Ali on Apr 3, 2012
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The falcon and the bulbu...
Posted by Ali on Feb 23, 2012
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The MIT Dome
Posted by Ali on Apr 19, 2011
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