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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 Wild WebMink
? Strudel Considered Harmful
Just leaving Bolzano after three nights here, passing through the tiny airport I noticed an unusual security requirement – which was being actively enforced. Despite...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Venuegen
Venuegen was just brought to my attention. I like the aspect of actually tailoring the venue to the specific meeting need. Constructing a relevant context. their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Overcomplicating Charts
In Junk Charts. A good example of how a visualization of data can be overcomplicated. A simple line chart is often much clearer, but avoided simply because it does...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Meeting Grace Hopper
I recently attended the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference. I had gone mainly to attend the K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop, but got...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Phones Getting Smart
In GigaOm: Half of US consumers to use a smartphone by end of next year. It is moving quite quickly and the implication for sensors in the hands of consumers continues...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
EduBlogger Nominations 2010
I have this whole mixed emotion thing with the EduBlogger awards. On one hand I think that everyone who blogs in education is a positive force and basically a
From Wild WebMink
? Leverage, Don
Chatting with Eucalyptus Co-founder about OpenStack Great to see Eucalyptus exploring ways to engage with OpenStack – very positive trend. It’s the sign of a mind...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Blue Blogs
Doug Lautzenheimer posts about IBM blogging. I talked to IBM's social media manager five years ago and was very impressed even then by what I saw. Their white...
From The Eponymous Pickle
This Blog Mentioned
This blog has been kindly mentioned in the Business intelligence software blog by Doug Lautzenheiser. Thanks! Put his excellent blog on your feed as well.
From The Eponymous Pickle
R&D Intensity Climbs
From CFO: Companies' "R&D intensity" -- a measure of R&D spending versus total sales -- is on the increase, according to a Booz & Co. survey. The trend is a sign...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drug Stores Want to Own 'Well'
An interesting development: In Drug Store News:Walgreen is responding to the changing health care landscape by becoming "a retail health and daily living store,"...
From Schneier on Security
Albert Gonzalez
Long article on convicted hacker Albert Gonzalez from The New York Times Magazine.
From Apophenia
NOTICE: Email sabbatical will start December 9
If you don’t know me, you probably don’t know that I work obscene hours for most of the year and then take a proper vacation. As in no internet, no work, no geeking...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Presidential Early Career Awards
Lots of interesting stories this past week of relevance to the field: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers On Tuesday, the White House announced...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pop-Up Stores in Action Today
In 2007 I got to see the operation of a Pop-Up store in action in Columbus, Ohio. An impressive mix of display, merchandising and interaction for the Swash brand...
From Wild WebMink
? Heart Of The Matter
Four Reasons To Pay Extra For Open Source My slides from today’s presentation in Bolzano, Italy. The core of the talk asserts that software freedom opens additional...
From Schneier on Security
Camouflaging Test Cars
Interesting: In an effort to shield their still-secret products from prying eyes, automakers testing prototype models, often in the desert and at other remote...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Lines Can Be Fun
Graphics can be a lot of fun for students. Well honestly they are fun for a lot of adults. Recently I read a blog post by Cate Huston (Experimenting with a Visual...
From Wild WebMink