Alon Halevy, Peter Norvig, and Fernando Pereira, in the March/April issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems: Invariably, simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data. So, follow the data.
From the archive, Peter Norvig: I think another focus is to understand how people interact with Google and interact with each other on the Web, in general. How do people operate in these social networks? Understanding that question can help us serve them better.
More Peter Norvig: My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad things with it.
Your daily dose of Simpsons: Smithers: That's quite a nice model, sir. Burns: Model?
Models! When asked, "Who is the person you would most like to meet?", Veronica Varekova, the cover model for the 2004 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, replied: Charlie Rose.
Charlie, not a man to keep a beautiful woman waiting, promptly complied, inviting her to the show for an interview.
From the interview: She looks like a graduate student!
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data | 
