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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computational Tales
I recently found out (thanks to the SIGCSE mailing list) that Dr. Jeremy Kubica, software engineer and manager at Google, has been putting together a set of examples...
From Putting People First
The web brings people together and keeps us sociable, not lonely
The commonly held belief that the internet is turning an entire generation into solitary web-junkies is a myth, according to new research. In a paper to be presented...
From Putting People First
Storytelling in the digital age
Digital technology allows us to tell tales in innovative new ways. As the tools available to publishers grow more sophisticated, it’s up to us, writes Aleks Krotoski...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neputation: Business Intelligence and Reputation Management
Neputation: Talked to these folks recently, very impressive. I like thinking of Business Intelligence/Competitive Intelligence as a form of reputation management...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learn AI at Stanford Free
We worked with the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory in the mid 1980s when actively involved in artificial intelligence, impressive group, and took a number...
From Putting People First
Insights from Research Magazine
Four interesting articles in Research Magazine, a UK industry magazine. This month we… browsed a virtual supermarket Robert Bain explores a simulated supermarket...
From Putting People First
How to determine what media airline passengers will choose while travelling
Kevin Miller, global head of insight at in-flight magazine publisher Ink discusses how the environment impacts airline travellers psychologically and in turn affects...
From Putting People First
Home builders need to look beyond the focus group to learn what buyers want
Architects and construction companies can learn a lot still from the techniques of ethnographers and UX designers. Here is an example from the Real Estate section...
From Putting People First
Journal of IA Issue 1, Volume 3 Released
The Spring 2011 Journal of Information Architecture, Issue 1, Vol. 3 is now available, with an editorial by IA Institute Board member, Dan Klyn describing this...
From Putting People First
Designing for social norms (or how not to create angry mobs)
Danah Boyd thinks we need a more critical conversation about the importance of designing with social norms in mind. “Good UX designers know that they have the power...
From Putting People First
Five lessons from a year of tablet UX research
Tablet platforms break traditional paradigms of computer and mobile use, shows ethnographic and interview-based research conducted over the last year by UX research...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Former Microsoft Executive to Replace Kundra as Federal CIO
Shortly before Vivek Kundra’s scheduled departure from the position of federal Chief Information Officer, the White House has named his replacement. Steven VanRoekel...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Severed Hand is Actually A Dried Squid
I just can't make this stuff up: A report of a severed hand found at an Oahu seabird sanctuary has turned out to be dried squid. Remember: if you see something...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Helping to Restore Bletchley Park
Google reports that they are contributing to the restoration of Bletchley Park, one of the birthplaces of both computing and code breaking. I am a long time follower...
From Schneier on Security
Zodiac Cipher Cracked
I admit I don't pay much attention to pencil-and-paper ciphers, so I knew nothing about the Zodiac cipher. Seems it has finally been broken: The Zodiac Killer...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Our First Ultrasound (Technology is Awesome!)
I got my first ultrasound on Wednesday. Baby was 20 weeks old. I think the grandparents-to-be were more excited about the baby itself; we just might have been...
From Apophenia
Designing for Social Norms (or How Not to Create Angry Mobs)
In his seminal book “Code”, Larry Lessig argued that social systems are regulated by four forces: 1) the market; 2) the law; 3) social norms; and 4) architecture...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog