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"It's a Blub thing" nails it even better, IMO. PageRank, MapReduce, the Amazon recommendation algorithm, clustering algorithms, .... inventing those required
by michael_nielsen 18y ago
"It's a Blub thing" nails it even better, IMO. PageRank, MapReduce, the Amazon recommendation algorithm, clustering algorithms, .... inventing those required a solid knowledge of and comfort with mathematics.
Of course, strictly speaking this doesn't mean that mathematics is necessary to do great work. Other qualities - say a good understanding of community (think Flickr), or psychology (Facebook), or design (37Signals) - can be equally useful. But, yeah, that post has "Blub" written all over it.