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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
Computer Science at the World Economic Forum
The following is a special contribution to the CCC Blog by Stephanie Forrest, professor of computer science at the University of New Mexico — and until recently...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pre-Thinking vs Scenario Planning
In Innovation Excellence: Forecasting is a long term interest. I have taught it and implemented it in corporate systems. There are many styles, from using...
From Writing
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Scala, Day 1
It's time for a new chapter in the Seven Languages in Seven Weeks series: today, I take a crack at Scala.Scala, Day 1: ThoughtsAfter using Java for years, I was...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ChronoZoom
Microsoft Research announced a new project a couple of days ago called ChronoZoom - An Infinite Canvas in Time and you can get full information at that link but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Taming Data
There are lots of new ways to gather data, are we, or will be be overwhelmed? Some useful thoughts about how to think about gathering and using it.
From Putting People First
BOOMERANG, death by gadget: the mobile phone
BOOMERANG, death by gadget : the mobile phone
From Putting People First
The origin of futurism
Bruce Sterling, the celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Now, explains why you don’t need to be clairvoyant to predict the future. The article...
From Putting People First
An update on the use of e-readers in Africa
What does it take to introduce e-books and e-readers into communities in low income countries — and is this a good idea, asks Michael Trucano on EduTech, a World...
From Putting People First
On the relationship between socio-economic factors and cell phone usage
The ubiquitous presence of cell phones in emerging economies has brought about a wide range of cell phone-based services for low-income groups. Often times, the...
From Putting People First
Cognition and the intrinsic user experience
Over the past few years there’s been a lot of discussion around whether an experience can be designed. But it seems, writes Jordan Julien in UX Magazine, like everyone’s...
From Putting People First
Exploring mobile-only Internet use (South Africa)
Exploring mobile-only Internet use: results of a training study in urban South Africa Using an ethnographic action research approach, the study by Jonathan Donner...
From Putting People First
Meet the 2020 Chinese consumer
By 2020, Chinese consumers will join the ranks of the world
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Shaped USB Drive
It looks great. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification in a Productive Role
More on gamification. Also known as serious play, a means to use the dynamics of games to get things done more quickly or efficiently, or to even get them done...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Navy Announces
Earlier today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
From Schneier on Security
BitCoin Security Musings
Jon Callas talks about BitCoin's security model, and how susceptible it would be to a Goldfinger-style attack (destroy everyone else's BitCoins).
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog