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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 Putting People First
Book: Lean UX
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf (Author) and Josh Seiden (Editor) O’Reilly Media February 2013 (Amazon link) “The Lean...
From Putting People First
Why a new Golden Age for UI design is around the corner
Cliff Kuang writes in Wired how designers are working on their most ambitious challenge yet: weaving the digital world into our everyday lives so seamlessly that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics on Location
In IEEE Computer Now: None of this seems very new. But there is certainly lots of new data to feed the methods. " ... Companies have long been using analytics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Becoming a Brand Specialist
Some interesting thoughts on specialization and the data required to manage them. How does this apply to other current hype areas, like Hadoop, Big Data or Predictive...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using CSTA K-12 Standards to Create Curricular Choices
In 2010 Springfield made computer science a graduation requirement and offered two paths to meet that requirement: a gifted course and an academic course. Both...
From My Biased Coin
Managing Your Advisor by Nick Feamster
I thought Nick Feamster's post on managing your advisor was a good read and good advice for new graduate students. In fact, I'd recommend undergraduates read it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Innovation: Heart of Small Business
In Free Enterprise: John Mason GM of IBM's Midmarket Business writes:" ... The drive to innovate is alive and well within the hearts of small businesses. But as...
From Schneier on Security
Time Magazine Names "Schneier on Security" to Best Blog List
My blog as made the Time magazine "The 25 Best Bloggers 2013 Edition" list. I can't believe this was published ten days ago, and I'm only just finding out about...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee Meeting – August 15, 2013
The USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, August 15, 2013, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the USPTO campus in Alexandria...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Welcomes Claudia Gordon as White House Public Engagement Advisor for the Disability Community
The ACM U.S. Public Policy Council welcomes President Obama’s appointment of Claudia Gordon as the new White House Public Engagement Advisor for the Disability...
From Schneier on Security
Stories from MI5
This essay is filled historical MI5 stories -- often bizarre, sometimes amusing. My favorite: It was recently revealed that back in the 1970s -- at the height...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Vehicle-to-Grid Technology and SmartGeo: A Computing Research in Action Showcase
In the fall of 2012, the Computing Community Consortium launched its “Computing Research in Action” series in partnership with Patrick Sammon (Story Center Productions)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gmail's New Tabbed Layout and Advertising
Was wondering how Gmail's new tabbed layout, which uses an algorithm to separate primary and promotional email, might affect email advertising? I like the prefabricated...
From Schneier on Security
Circumventing Communications Blackouts
Rangzen looks like a really interesting ad hoc mesh networking system to circumvent government-imposed communications blackouts. I am particularly interested in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Beware the Self-Taught Know It All
I spent last weekend with a room full of university computer science professors. As you might expect discussions covered a wide range of topics during breaks and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Garage Group
Jason Hauer of The Garage Group sends along an update of their work, which seems to be flourishing. In particular a very impressive list of companies they are...
From Schneier on Security
Book Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces, by Radley Balko, PublicAffairs, 2013, 400 pages. War as a rhetorical concept is firmly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Online Rating Affect Judgement
From MIT: " ... Views you can use? How online ratings affect your judgmentStudy: Positive comments create an illusory snowball effect, while negative responses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Animated US Population Distribution
MJ Perry quotes an animated visual that shows the changes in US population age distribution over the years 1900-2060. Shows the movement of the baby boom bulge...
From The Eponymous Pickle