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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Big Data Fellowship Opportunity
Every year, AAAS administers the Science & Technology Policy Fellowship program, which brings over 200 scientists and engineers to DC each year to work for the...
From Putting People First
A Manifesto for Smart Citizens
We, citizens of all cities, take the fate of the places we live in into our own hands. We care about the familiar buildings and the parks, the shops, the schools...
From Putting People First
Book: Design Anthropology
Design Anthropology: Theory and Practice Editor(s): Wendy Gunn, Ton Otto, Rachel Charlotte Smith Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 304 pages Design is a key site of cultural...
From Putting People First
The Internet of Things and the mythical smart fridge
In this article for UX Magazine, Avi Itzkovitch explores the opportunities the Internet of Things presents to designers. Because the smart fridge is the cliché...
From Putting People First
Who Commits Virtual Identity Suicide?
Who Commits Virtual Identity Suicide? Differences in Privacy Concerns, Internet Addiction, and Personality Between Facebook Users and Quitters Stefan Stieger, Christoph...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rescuing Infographics or Making them right
Readers here know my impatience with what are called infographics. More set up to look graphically impressive and clever than to inform. I don't think they can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Millennial Consumer
In Time: More intent on Browsing than on Splurging?" ... The millennial generation is easily the most studied demographic since their parents, the Baby Boomers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Long Range Strategic Planning
In HBS Working Knowledge: A quick look at long range strategic planning. I say that regardless if the work is not predictive, the path to achieving it is still...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Branded Google Glass Apps
Presenting Branded Google Glass Apps. Another move forward? " ... Google Glass may have just 10,000 users, but that hasn't stopped a handful of brands from developing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Videos for My C# Class
I've been creating short videos for my honors programming class. They are short and intended for my students to use for review. I’m not saying they are great but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Office Design
Over the years have been involved in looking at office design. Sometimes leading with advanced tech design, sometimes not. Today, for the first time for a while...
From Computational Complexity
tl;dr
Every now and then we need new words and phrases come into our lexicon, like the unfortunate "twerking", but here's another "tl;dr", short for "too long; didn't...
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Why I'm Not Taking a Vacation from Facebook
The internet does not seem to like Facebook these days. Studies are coming out (for instance, this PLOS ONE study) suggesting that Facebook decreases happinesstaking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G and Predictive Analytics
Nice example of the use of Predictive analytics by my alma mater. " ... By converting to a smart building system that uses predictive analytics to detect building...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Y&R Says Consumers Lie
Not unexpected, but the details are impressive. Full presentation." Secrets & Lies Study from Y&R Revealsthe Hidden Side of Global Consumers A New Consumer Mainstream...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Who Wins in the New Economy
In Small Business Labs by Steve KingOutlines Who may win in the new economy.Noted economist Tyler Cowen's Who Will Prosper in the New World discusses what type...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tracking Things
Received several offers about the Tile App. A little tag you can put on things and then track and locate with your smart phone. About $20 each. Available by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sensors as Teenagers
In the Cisco Blog: An excellent piece by Bill Franks of Teradata. About the Internet of the things and how it will operate, and about the information it will ...
From Schneier on Security
Yochai Benkler on the NSA
Excellent essay: We have learned that in pursuit of its bureaucratic mission to obtain signals intelligence in a pervasively networked world, the NSA has mounted...
From The Eponymous Pickle