Can There be Monads in Java? I put together a presentation on creating monads in Java. Normally a function maps from one type to another, but the semantics may change. With a monad, operations have the same result type, so multiple operations preserve semantics.

Loose coupling liberates application behavior, and this makes governance paramount, because otherwise you have anarchy .

Why do people like what they like? We have been looking for fundamental answer to the question Why do people like what they like? What do we do? We put the science of causality into people engagement. The tools that we develop and use to engage people through our platform employs a strong machine learning approach to identify the personality of a user and their response to the content. Combining these, we develop the intelligence to target users better with appropriate content. Lego can be an example of .

Group exhibition on Governors Island. Artist talk by Dianne Smith. Asymp; Leave a comment. Dianne discusses her paper installation that she did for the exhibition Loosely Coupled and the West Harlem Art Fund, curated by Savona Bailey-McClain. Her sculptural work has evolved where she repurposes everyday materials like butcher block paper. Asymp; Leave a comment.

A Blog Loosely Related to System Architecture by David Prothero. MMS Employee Directory in ASP. In my last post, I mentioned I would have a new tutorial posted on the Twilio site very soon. Well, the post is now live. NET MVC 5 application that listens for SMS text messages and uses Entity Framework to find employees in the database that match the incoming queries. Meet Your Friendly, Neighborhood .