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From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Sentience is indescribable

Arguably, one of the most nagging scientific question is the nature of sentience. Can we build sentient computers? Is my cat sentient? What does that mean? Will... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | July 11, 2011 at 03:48 PM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

So I Found this Great Learning Games Company...

Persistence pays off. Through a long chain of events Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | July 11, 2011 at 03:00 PM

From Putting People First

Red Hat sees user collaboration as the wave of the future

Jim Whitehurst, chief executive and president of Red Hat Inc., the only publicly traded open-source software company, sees user collaboration as the wave of the... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 11, 2011 at 02:13 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Reminder: CCC Council Meeting in DC This Friday

As I’ve previously noted in this space, the CCC Council is scheduled to meet in Washington, DC, this Friday, July 15. Among the discussion topics will be the role... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 11, 2011 at 01:56 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Telework in the US

Steve King in Small Biz Labs collects new data on the state of telework in the US. Good summary. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 11, 2011 at 01:27 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Competitive Intel as a Natural Extension to Business Intelligence

This is what I did for some years in the enterprise. To understand the competition you also need to know your own company. Rarely done well though, and not with... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 11, 2011 at 01:17 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 11

July 11 Meeting: The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security will meet. 10 a.m., 111 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | July 11, 2011 at 01:10 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-07-11

The Dropbox Blog – Changes to our policies (updated) Dropbox got lots of bad publicity when they first changed their terms of service and included a broad "all... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 11, 2011 at 01:03 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 11 July 2011

If you followed my Twitter or read my blog over the weekend you may be tired of hearing about the Imagine Cup. You may also think I am over sharing on FourSquare... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 11, 2011 at 09:36 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Computing the Brain's Secrets

In Kurzweil AI: Some visual images that give some evidence we may someday understand the brain as a computational problem, but also in their very complexity show... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 11, 2011 at 05:04 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kinect Workshop at the Imagine Cup

These are the views that greeted students entering the Sky Lobby of the host hotel of the World wide Imagine Cup this afternoon. We had room for just over 70 people... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 10, 2011 at 09:03 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

E-Books for Learning (Or Not)?

Summer is here. My textbooks are neatly placed on my bookshelf and my Kindle comes out. I rarely have time to pleasure read during the school year. What did I just...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | July 10, 2011 at 07:29 PM

From Putting People First

Service design, a strong strategy for local authorities

Design Flanders ["Design Vlaanderen"] and the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (both in Belgium) have just published a bilingual Dutch-English booklet... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 10, 2011 at 06:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Exceptional Book: Zero Moment of Truth

ZMOT was a concept we often discussed in the enterprise. Google also uses the concept, borrowed from P&G. See more in a post in their consumer package goodsWinning... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2011 at 05:37 PM

From Putting People First

Inside Google

Smashing Magazine author Dan Redding interviewed Marcin Wichary, Senior User Experience Designer at Google. “Marcin Wichary Experientia
From Putting People First | July 10, 2011 at 05:32 PM

From Putting People First

Social Circles

Usability consultant Frank Spillers writes that he the recent release of Google’s social circles (part of the new ‘Google +’ social network) constitutes a social... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 10, 2011 at 05:31 PM

From Putting People First

Smart Design

Smart Design’s think tank presents an ongoing discussion of how gender should be included in good design – all published in a new series on Fast Company. The Femme... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 10, 2011 at 05:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Play and Learning

In the CACM: Thinking about games and learning in play. Mary Flanagan was mentioned recently in the tagging images. She also directs theTiltfactor Lab , a game... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2011 at 05:17 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Printing and US Manufacturing

In Forbes: Will the ability to print in 3D revive manufacturing? I much like the idea of remote delivery of digital instructions for manufacturing. We discovered... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2011 at 05:01 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

On Boring Resumes

Good thoughts on sprucing up a boring resume. At very least this approach can get you noticed, and show that you are thinking intelligently and creatively. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2011 at 04:16 PM