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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 Eponymous Pickle
Small Data Mashups
In TechCrunch: Have played with this kind of visual, non programming data mashup before. It seems convenient, but only for the simplest requirements. With caution...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA's New Risk Analysis
As I recently reported in the Guardian, the NSA has secret servers on the Internet that hack into other computers, codename FOXACID. These servers provide an excellent...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Programming Is Women’s Work
When two related posts come though my screen at about the same time it always screams for me to write a blog post. That’s the case today as I saw Why schoolgirls...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart CMO on Measuring Innovation
In Adage: A video. " How Walmart Knows When Innovation Works ... Chief marketing officers should also be chief innovation officers, Walmart Chief Marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Urban World App Examined
Came upon the visually impressive Urban World App by McKinsey. Free and readily downloadable for IOS or Android. The front end interface is a globe you can move...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mathematical Shape of Things to Come
New challenges on how to deal with bigger, more complex, dynamic and disorganized data. Some great nontechnical examples here that can give you an appreciation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Serious Games for Learning
In Serious Games Market: " ... Mecanika is a physics-based puzzle Serious Game designed by François Boucher-Genesse to help players intuitively learn classical...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
2013: The Summer of CS
As we launch into a new academic year, I can't help but be excited by the amazing momentum I am currently feeling in computer science education. This past summer...
From Schneier on Security
Me on Surveillance
This is a video of me talking about surveillance and privacy, both relating to the NSA and more generally.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Changing Business Culture and Strategy
An interesting view. Or has a new business culture created the need for cheap, fast and accurate sharing in new ways that have created the Cloud?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Science Driving Big Data
In Quanta: How big science has created and continues to drive Big Data. This is my background so I follow it carefully. We are finally seeing a time where the...
From Schneier on Security
Why It's Important to Publish the NSA Programs
The Guardian recently reported on how the NSA targets Tor users, along with details of how it uses centrally placed servers on the Internet to attack individual...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
American Computer Science League (ACSL)
This was posted to the CSTA announcement list. I don’t have first hand experience but I hear good things. Computer contests for high school students are available...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmented Pixels Reality Hoops Game
This continues my conversations with developers in the Augmented reality space. Here with the Ukranian firm Augmented Pixels. A new free game developed and then...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shifting Urban Landscape Report
Most interesting and timely report from McKinsey: Urban world: The shifting global business landscape. With lots of interesting graphics and statistics." ... Emerging...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Scientist Code of Professional Conduct
I still have my doubts over the longevity of the term 'Data Scientist', and now they are creating a professional society and a code of conduct." ... Data Scientists...
From Schneier on Security
Silk Road Author Arrested Due to Bad Operational Security
Details of how the FBI found the administrator of Silk Road, a popular black market e-commerce site. Despite the elaborate technical underpinnings, however, the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alex Sopko Now Writing for the Washington Times
Have always been a journalist at heart. There are useful news stories lined up in my head waiting to emerge. I particularly love to see examples of how young"...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What Are You Doing for Hour of Code?
That was the question I was asked in an email from a colleague who teaches in a neighboring district. I had thought about it but not in depth. It had been mentioned...
From The Eponymous Pickle