Hi! I am Mark Kim-Mulgrew, a software engineer, writer, and musician living in Seattle with a human and three cats. By day, I build software systems that reduce the shipping distance of items sold on Amazon India. By night, I am one half of musical duo Octopus Emoji and the whole of Badness 10000. Somewhere in between, I edit other people's technical writing.

I was a AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow, with bylines in Nautilus, New Scientist, NPR, Quanta Magazine, and WIRED. In the distant past, I taught college-level mathematics courses and ran a STEM outreach program.

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Blog

Dec 29 2018   Elias M. Stein, 1931-2018
Oct 28 2018   Reservoir sampling: who discovered Algorithm R?

Writings

Nov 29 2017   Best-yet quantum simulator with 53 qubits could really be useful New Scientist
Nov 07 2017   We've figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted New Scientist
Oct 20 2017   IBM's 56-qubit curveball may hit Google quantum computing plans New Scientist
Oct 05 2017   One-way salesman finds fast path home Quanta Magazine
Sep 28 2017   Google quantum computer test shows breakthrough is within reach New Scientist
Jun 30 2017   Strange noise in gravitational-wave data sparks debate Quanta Magazine
Dec 06 2016   To help the poorest of the poor, first you have to find them NPR
Jul 29 2016   South Korea is contending with a "Gamergate" of its own — over a T-shirt NPR
Jul 28 2016   Writing data onto single atoms, scientists store the longest text yet NPR
Jul 21 2016   To avoid malaria, try sleeping with a chicken at your bedside NPR
Jul 02 2016   Device lets police seize digital cash, raises civil concerns NPR
Jun 25 2016   With a zap, scientists create low-fat chocolate NPR