Yi-Tan Weekly Tech Call #
327
2011-05-09
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Monday
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Icelanders -- practically all 318,452 of them -- were shocked when the global financial crisis precipitated the collapse of their banking system. The resulting crisis of confidence provoked Icelanders to rewrite their Constitution, a step that most countries don't take. Getting citizen's opinions heard required smart software, which is how Gunnar Holmsteinn got involved. Gunnar is a co-founder of Birdcore, a text mining startup from Iceland that's still in stealth mode. With Gunnar and Finnur Magnusson, the CTO of the constitutional council, let's discuss:
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