Matthew L. Jones

@nescioquid
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“How Data Happened” with Chris Wiggins out now from Norton; SIGINT book a-brewing as well. history of science and technology, Princeton University
Websitewww.nescioquid.org
Bookwwnorton.com/books/how-data-happened
Matthew L. JonesFeb 2, 2023

🚨*Extraordinary* funding opportunity from Sloan Foundation for history of science, technology, econ; major support for faculty projects and graduate students. Letter of intent due 16-3-2023.

https://sloan.org/grants/open-calls/history-loi

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Historical Research on the Practices and Institutions of Social and Natural Science | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Matthew L. JonesDec 20, 2022
I was this many years old when I learned that one can turn off the horrific "modern comments" format in Word, where one is ever lost amid the text, and return to the Elysian Fields of the older comment system. For those rare moments you're not using vi.
Matthew L. JonesDec 16, 2022
When your page proofs include the inability of Acrobat to remove a curse...