<p>In this episode I'm joined by Abdel Saleh of <a href="http://said.fm">said.fm</a> a Radio and Podcast recommendation and curation startup. Abdel has been involved in the London Ruby community for many years and we cover a lot of ground in this interview - from transitioning from Java to Ruby in Finance, through Machine Learning and computation on AWS clusters to the ins- and outs of getting a startup off the ground both here and in Silicon Valley. </p> <p>Here's some links to things Abdel talked about during the interview:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://lit.csci.unt.edu/index.php/Publications">Research Papers</a></li> <li><a href="http://technocalifornia.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-uselessness-of-content-for.html">On the uselessness of content for recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/02/recommendation-algorithm-wants-to-show-you-something-new.ars">Recommendation algorithm wants to show you something new</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html">Latent Semantic Analysis In Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.gugl.org/archives/82">Non-negative Matrix Factorization for Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.said.fm/a-clear-signal-through-the-noise">A Clear Signal Through the Noise</a></li> <li><a href="http://warmgun.com/">Designing Happiness</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/nicole-lazzaro/">The Future of UX is Play: The 4 Keys to Fun, Emotion and User Engagement</a></li> </ul> <p>Before the interview I mentioned that Malcolm Arnold of Ruby Nuby is looking for donated laptops to take to a program in Uganda and Kenya to teach Ruby, technology and entrepreneurial skills. If you have some equipment to donate <a href="mailto:[email protected]">contact Malcolm</a> or find out more at the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/ruby-nuby-info">Ruby Nuby meetup</a>.</p>