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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 Teachers Association
A Plea for the Return of Affirmative Action Programs
A bit of a shaggy dog story....in the summer of 1975 I participated in the Bell Laboratories summer program for women and minorities. I spent the summer evaluating...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creative Machines Overtaking Man
What happens when creative machines overtake us? Can machines be creative? We examined this for the product development context. It did not lead to anything...
From Putting People First
From banker to service designer
Olga Morawczysnki, project Manager of Grameen Foundation
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA to Issue New Grand Challenge
Word surfaced last week of a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge, expected to be issued shortly. First reported by
From Schneier on Security
Laptops and the TSA
The New York Times tries to make sense of the TSA's policies on computers. Why do you have to take your tiny laptop out of your bag, but not your iPad? Their...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 9 April 2012
I need a favor. A small favor. I need people to click this link and go vote for the Imagine Cup People
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supermarkets Taking to Tablets
Phil Lempert on how, Supermarket blogger who often has interesting insights, on how retailers are taking to tablets. I have only seen a tablet used once in physical...
From Wild WebMink
Easter Message
Who said this? “The Church in its own bubble has become, at best the guardian of the value system of the nation
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ultra Precise Location, Indoors and Outdoors
Location capabilities are a long time interest of mine, based on work in retail innovation centers and with several startups with differing accuracy needs and goals...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Modeling Mistakes
A slide show. I post about this here because the slide show images have no relationship to the content. They add no insight. Another example of the infographic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Conversable Economist
Newly pointed to by M. Perry's Carpe Diem.: The blog: The Conversable Economist. In particular a post about changes in prices of simple commodities over very...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teacher Complaints Against iBooks
Common teacher complaints against iBooks. And more generally against tablets. Better content rather than more is emphasized.
From Wild WebMink
Jailbird
Reblogged from The Global Mink: Jailbird, a photo by webmink on Flickr. Walking through the Sydney Botanical Gardens (a great place to relax) I was passing the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Atlas Category Placement Tool
I have mentioned Herb Sorenesen's Atlas Category placement simulation tool a number of times. It has now moved to a new location. More about it here, and more...
From Wild WebMink
? Gondola Yard
Squero di San Trovaso. I was in Italy on business this week and as I was flying in and out of Venice airport had the chance to spend a half-day in Venice. It was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Know Where Your Data Comes From
In Adage: It is absolutely fundamental to know where your data comes from and how it was manipulated in route. I have seen this kind of mis-use many times.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hurdles for Google Glasses
Good piece on what augmented reality experts are saying about Google Glasses. The idea continues to intrigue me and my clients because it could produce a major...
From The Eponymous Pickle
E-Book on Strategic Planning
Stengthening Brand America offers an ebook on strategic planning. It relates to an interesting regional topic, Ed Burghard writes: " ... Occasionally, thereI...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson