A couple of things came together this week to get MatchRow to be Pick Of The Week. Recently I was asked to do some usability testing on MATLAB Central. This basically meant our Human Machine… read more >>

There is a new MATLAB contest running right now. I am anxious to see what kind of solutions people come up with for the Peg Solitaire contest. Basically it is the peg solitaire game that many of us… read more >>

I recently finished up my final seminar for The MathWorks before transitioning to a new position at the MathWorks. (My old job is now available, you can have my title and office, but not the blog!)… read more >>

I am always trying new ways of teaching people how to use MATLAB. This week, I am trying a very graphical step by step method. I have made screenshots of every click along the path while importing… read more >>

This week’s pick comes from two of my colleagues in the UK, Sam and Marta. This is a cool visualization of the Earth and its moon at the proper ratio, but not the proper distance apart. The… read more >>

In the last few weeks I have been adding a some location information to this blog, from the map to the right that shows where all the weekly visits to this blog are coming from, to the map that was… read more >>

I am currently doing a university tour as part of my role in Applications Engineering, so I have been thinking about the educational uses of MATLAB. Find me next week at University of North Texas… read more >>

We at The MathWorks are always trying to improve the experience of using MATLAB Central. Recently we have added:

A new blog that talks about the MATLAB Desktop

This covers how to use the desktop… read more >>

I like this little utility. I was fascinated by this kind of clock when my colleague brought one in to the office. See if you can figure it out before reading too much about it. This will be fun to… read more >>

Going through the e-mail this week, I was asked how to make a GUI with tab panels. I know that using a few special techniques, it is possible to build a tab panel using GUIDE. I figured someone on… read more >>