an online book by David Gurteen
Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of a particular type of mathematically defined information. The field was established and formalized by Claude Shannon in the 1940s, though early contributions were made in the 1920s through the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley.
Credit: Wikipedia - information theoryIn daily life, we think of information as meaning: stories, messages, and ideas. But Claude Shannon approached it differently. He focused on how reliably a message can be transmitted through noise. His theory reinterprets information as uncertainty, unlocking powerful tools for communication, coding, and understanding complex systems. Continue reading Information Theory Information is surprise
We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a different approach: attending to the subtle, relational patterns that shape how things work and what truly matters in any situation. Continue reading Warm Data Understanding meaning through context, not just information
