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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dual Axes in Visualization
From Junkcharts: The dual axes argument in data visualization. An interesting argument. I always believe in multiple exceptions to any rule. Something very similar...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Online Wholesale Store
From Engadget: An online Amazon pantry for wholesale. See also the comments. " ... While Amazon has no shortage of rivals, it's now reportedly gearing up to take...
From Wild WebMink
Bitcoin Commodity Exchange
Turns out you can buy and trade Bitcoin mining capacity as well as Bitcoin. As I’m gradually learning more about the Bitcoin world, I’m finding a rapidly maturing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Believes in Long term Thinking
Kroger thinking:" .... Kroger's Customer 1st Strategy and a focus on long-term goals were key in turning the company around in the late 1990s, CEO David Dillon...
From My Biased Coin
The PhD - Tenure - Jobs Argument, Already Started for 2014
'Tis the season when graduate applications are being decided as well as the job interview process starting again, and just in time for the new year, your regularly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Errors and Design
Some common errors in visualization. Good to think about, but I am not sure these are the most important errors you could make. But the final section is right...
From The Eponymous Pickle
High Expectations for Health Big Data
As expected, rich expectations, but also many constraints that are still untested. And lack of understanding of the possibilities." ... Survey results released...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Roots of Visual Mapping and Analytical Method
Brought to my attention, a set of interesting historical examples of visual mapping. It's a very old idea that is still useful to describe a complex system before...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopkick to be Re-examined
Went back to their site, They have a nice video playing now that shows how it works. We looked at them early on. They say: " .... Over 6 million people love...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disruptive Pricing in Consumer Products
In Progressive Grocer, some thoughts on the complexity of this decision process. SOunds like better analytics is needed, with lots of leverage available." ......
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA Wisconsin Team Takes on Certification
Wisconsin is one of the few states to have a distinct license that is required for teachers of computer science courses in high schools. This license, created in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Driven Marketing to 4.8 Billion People
Recently in the Teradata Blog, contains an excellent explanatory video by Tim Butler of P&G. Another great example of the digitization of marketing in CPG.TheProcter...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Documents from the Spiegel Story
There are more source documents from the recent Spiegel story on the NSA than I realized. Here is what I think is the complete list: "Tailored Access Operations...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Exploit of the Day: IRONCHEF
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog is IRONCHEF: IRONCHEF (TS//SI//REL) IRONCHEF provides access persistence to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBeacon Tech at CES
Interesting CW report from CES. Currently looking at iBeacon and similar techniques for data rich opportunities leveraging location. The presentation there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Mining Techniques that Create Business Value
Nice summary of common techniques. For a good start, review your business and decide which of these discoveries would give the most value. Their definition: ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where is the Internet Going?
In the NYT: So where is all this going? Thoughtful piece including an interview with Vinton Cerf, now with Google and DARPA, Internet Pioneer. We worked with...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering (Draft)
This may well be of interest to people who like software engineering. A draft of "Software Engineering 2013: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degreehttp...
From Schneier on Security