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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 Putting People First
Why personas are critical for content strategy
The most popular content strategy tools borrow from the discipline of information architecture, but there is one invaluable tool that is imperative to the process...
From Putting People First
World IA Day 2012 keynote talks
World IA Day 2012 is about bringing the Information Architecture community together, and the first ever World IA Day, which took place on 11 February, featured...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Start A Computer Science Flame War
Computer Scientists and computer professionals who may not think of themselves as
From Schneier on Security
Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Animals
Self-domestication happens when the benefits of cooperation outweigh the costs: But why and how could natural selection tame the bonobo? One possible narrative...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Payments Not a Game Changer Yet
In Knowledge @ Wharton: Thoughts in advance of the March Pay-Pal phone wallet acceptance at Home Depot. The uptake is still very small for the US consumer. What...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinkvine Partners with Acxiom for Optimization
Longtime collaborative vendor Thinkvine has announced their partnership with Acxiom. They present an interesting purpose in simulation terms. More of this should...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Intelligence Without Rules
On business intelligence without rules. Sometimes yo can formulate specific rules defining a business process, but sometimes you are better off using individual...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Dates for Data?
It's high school. It's Valentine's Day. The air is thick with hormones. But just as important as x's and o's are 1's and 0's. As a part of the CS Principles pilot...
From Schneier on Security
Cryptanalysis of Satellite Phone Encryption Algorithms
From the abstract of the paper: In this paper, we analyze the encryption systems used in the two existing (and competing) satphone standards, GMR-1 and GMR-2....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Searching Without Tracking
Mashable reports on a new search engine that uses novel methods to remove any tracking from your searching. Search privacy. " ... Stealth is a search engine...
From Writing
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Prolog, Day 3
After a rocky day 2 of Prolog, I'm back for a 3rd day in my Seven Languages in Seven Weeks series of blog posts.Prolog, Day 3: ThoughtsToday, I got to see Prolog...
From My Biased Coin
Advantages of a Bigger Class
I'm several weeks into the super-sized class this semester. Mostly, I find it's going fine -- indeed, there are some advantages, I'm finding, to the larger class...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
LIVE Video Today: The Impact of NITRD
Beginning at 8:15am EST today, we will be streaming live via the web
From Schneier on Security
Lousy Random Numbers Cause Insecure Public Keys
There's some excellent research (paper, news articles) surveying public keys in the wild. Basically, the researchers found that a small fraction of them (27,000...
From Putting People First
GE infographics offer hints about future of data-driven management
A pair of remarkable projects created by Ben Fry (co-developer of Processing) and his company Fathom may seem like simple marketing, but one day soon could enterprise...
From Putting People First
Why user experience is critical to customer relationships
User experience is a priority that should, in some way, find a home within the design of any new-media strategy, writes Brian Solis. “The reality is that the relationship...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
National STEM Video Game Challenge TweetChat
The National STEM Video Game challenge kicked off a couple of months ago but it starting to come down to the wire. IF you missed the spring deadline for the Imagine...
From The Eponymous Pickle