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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
Jeff Bezos and the WaPo
One of our little businesses uses Jeff Bezo's infrastructure. So I am always interested in his directions. He plans a 'Golden Age', perhaps linking newspapers...
From Schneier on Security
Syrian Electronic Army Cyberattacks
The Syrian Electronic Army attacked again this week, compromising the websites of the New York Times, Twitter, the Huffington Post, and others. Political hacking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Devices on Order:Tablet, Glass, Watch?
In a spirited conversation with a colleague today. On the eve of the delivery of the 'smart watch' device. I was inspired by a current project that will look...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE is About What is Next
GE with who I have worked with locally and globally, has always impressed me as forward looking. From promoting innovation to the use of leading edge technologies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Life as a Negotiaton
Life as a Series of Negotiations. And the most important ones: " ... Actually, the most important negotiations we have — the ones that determine the quality...
From Computational Complexity
Types of questions for exams
QUESTION: Give as many types of exam questions you can, give examples, and comment on if this is a good type of question. My answer below. A problem that some...
From Putting People First
Book: Putting Citizens First
Putting Citizens First Engagement in Policy and Service Delivery for the 21st Century Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent and John Wanna Australian National University...
From Putting People First
Book: Interactive Visualization
Interactive Visualization: Insight through Inquiry By Bill Ferster The MIT Press, 2012 ISBN-10: 0262018152, ISBN-13: 978-0262018159 (Amazon link) Abstract Interactive...
From Schneier on Security
Our Newfound Fear of Risk
We're afraid of risk. It's a normal part of life, but we're increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Most Successful Computer Scientist in the World
During a class discussion last week one of my students asked me “Who is the most successful computer scientist in the world?” Whoa! What a question. I started my...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updating the Shopping Center
They seem to be dying. Yet they still work in much more focused applications as places to display and buy. In Shopperception. " ... Despite the rising numbers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 2 September 2013
It’s Labor Day in the US and schools are closed here. It’s actually the fourth day in a four day weekend for my school. Some how it always feels like this letsThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Top Data Science Languages
Vincent Granville usefully summarizes a survey of language use. Top Languages for analytics, data mining, data science:Very interesting study published by KDNuggets...
From Putting People First
Ericsson Report: Identifying the needs of tomorrow’s video consumers
The Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media 2013 report (presentation) looks at how the explosion of connected mobile devices in the home has opened a whole new world of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consulting Excellence
Former colleague Ed Peak's consulting blog site. We met last week and he has an impressive portfolio. ' ... Leveraging Information Technology ... Improving your...
From Putting People First
BBC R&D launched the UX Research Partnership
Some weeks ago the BBC announced the BBC User Experience Research Partnership, a long-term collaboration project between BBC Research and Development (BBC R&D)...
From Schneier on Security
1983 Article on the NSA
The moral is that NSA surveillance overreach has been going on for a long, long time.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
More on the Diagonal
A different angle on the Halting Problem src Rudolf Carnap was a German-born philosopher who became a mainstay of the famous “Vienna Circle.” Kurt Gödel often visited...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Google Glass Disrupts The Sports Image Monopoly
I was attending a golf tournament this weekend. So naturally my thoughts turned to technology. Yes it was everywhere. But the most disruptive technology was inDeutsche...
From My Biased Coin