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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
The next generation of apps will require developers to think more of the human as the user interface. It will become more about the need to know how an app works...Experientia From Putting People First | November 5, 2012 at 09:29 AM
It has been a while since I took a look at Saffron Technology's blog. I know several of the people involved, and their tech is solid. They are now emphasizing...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 5, 2012 at 04:29 AM
Have mentioned this a few times, Analytic Bridge pulls together a number of useful online resources for data science that are worth subscribing to. It is tough...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 5, 2012 at 03:42 AM
After learning some basic Erlang syntax on Day 1, I take on the second Erlang chapter, which introduces some more interesting concepts.Erlang, Day 2: ThoughtsI'm...Yevgeniy Brikman From Writing | November 4, 2012 at 11:29 PM
After a long hiatus, I'm finally back to working my way through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. After finishing up Scala, I'm now on the 5th language, Erlang, though...Yevgeniy Brikman From Writing | November 4, 2012 at 09:53 PM
Have always been interested in how elements of sociology can be digitized and interpreted. Facebook and Twitter are examples of this can be done today. But how...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 4, 2012 at 09:11 PM
Digital Anthropology Edited by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller Berg Publishers, Oct 2012 328pp Anthropology has two main tasks: to understand what it is to be human...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 04:45 PM
In their natural habitats, social species organize into characteristic groups. Gazelles form herds, wolves form packs, and ants form colonies. Humans, in the same...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 11:41 AM
From our cities, to our farms, to our rubbish, humans have firmly stamped their mark across the planet. Humanity’s impact on the globe is so great and varied that...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 11:06 AM
This past week featured a worldwide experiment conducted via a mobile app: The Human Face of Big Data. On September 26, 2012, Against All Odds Productions launched...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Heather Kelly reports on the CNN website on The Atlantic’s recent Big Science Summit in San Jose, California: We have voice-controlled assistants on our phones,...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 09:27 AM
On October 22nd, 2012, Philips Design organized a special seminar and workshop to explore how businesses can innovate by translating ‘Big Data’ into value for people...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 09:11 AM
NEXT Service Design is the European conference for designing digital services, which took place on 8 October in Berlin. It focuses on design methods including design...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 09:01 AM
The last ten years has seen a burgeoning of the Slow Movement in all aspects of life from management, travel and education to science and work. On 4 October, the...Experientia From Putting People First | November 4, 2012 at 08:35 AM
Continuing posts from FOCS, with several guest-writers and guest-editor Justin Thaler.[Editor: First-year grad student Mark Bun of Harvard contributes a summary...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | November 4, 2012 at 03:00 AM
I understand there are good reasons to push for more digital texts, and for the "fully immersive digital experience". But there is nothing like a good book, there... From Computer Science Teachers Association | November 3, 2012 at 10:09 PM
In CACM: On Mars,the use of autonomous software. " .... Among the most innovative applications NASA computer scientists have contributed to the mission is Autonomous...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 3, 2012 at 08:40 PM
Prep for a presentation led me to this recent Oracle presentation on advanced analytics and in-database techniques.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 3, 2012 at 05:50 PM
Part II of the GLL exclusive src Kurt Gödel has assented to our publishing the second part of the interview we conducted with him a year ago. We had his assent...KWRegan From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | November 3, 2012 at 04:09 PM
Armen Najarian of IBM points me to video and presentations from the recent Akami Edge customer conference. General overview here. Mobile is by definition about...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | November 2, 2012 at 11:23 PM