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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
Wal-Mart Shares Data with Nielsen
After being out of the process for a long time, it is reported that Wal-Mart will start sharing data with Nielsen again. We were always told that Wal-Mart did not...
From Computational Complexity
The Problems of LaTeX
By request a post that may create the biggest backlash since I declared myself Unix free. \begin{rant} LaTeX is a great system for mathematical documents...for...
From Schneier on Security
Data Privacy as a Prisoner's Dilemma
Good analysis: Companies would be better off if they all provided meaningful privacy protections for consumers, but privacy is a collective action problem for...
From Putting People First
Are we becoming too analytical?
Or, why did Google PowerMeter fail? In his latest post, James Landay questions whether over-analysis of data gets in the way of designing a product that truly understands...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Innovative Educator Forum Judge Workshop
For some competitions one selects a bunch of smart people, hands them a rubric and says
From Wild WebMink
? Contribute To The LibreOffice Conference
I am on the Programme Committee for the upcoming LibreOffice Conference in Paris, and as a consequence I get to see the stream of paper submissions. There have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Bubble?
Is social media also a bubble? See here for the graph. I do want just one simple social thing to deal with.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Another Smart Cart
SK Telecom delivers another grocery smart cart prototype. This one can sync from a smartphone. That by itself is a very good idea, decreasing the cost and complexity...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
A Techie's Vacation
My husband and I are taking a 3+ week vacation to the east coast of Canada this August, and because we're both computer geeks, there's no doubt we'll be lugging...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Mind-Mapping to Write Blogs and Articles
I am a big proponent of mind mapping. Have used it for years. It is a great discipline, I use it on my laptop, tablet and smartphone. I can build maps and then...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Location Based Analytics Market
To exceed $ 9 Billion by 2016. Says this study, by MR agency ABI Research.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enhanced EBooks
Have been looking at how HTML5 will ultimately influence publishing online. A friend sent me this O'Reilly piece on EPUB3, which is worth looking at. We needEPUB3...
From Schneier on Security
Cryptography and Wiretapping
Matt Blaze analyzes the 2010 U.S. Wiretap Report. In 2000, government policy finally reversed course, acknowledging that encryption needed to become a critical...
From Wild WebMink
? The Open Cloud Initiative
Yesterday saw the launch of the Open Cloud Initiative here at OSCON in Portland. It has the potential to steer the evolution of cloud computing just as the Open...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The GigU Partnership
From today’s New York Times: A coalition of 28 American universities is throwing its weight behind a plan to build ultra-high-speed computer networks
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Loyalty Programs
HBS Working Knowledge on Customer Loyalty Programs that Work. " ... The customer rewards cards that clutter wallets and clog key chains of many a shopper may soon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Restaurants Using Google Places
An interesting example of how location based systems like Google Places can be used for franchise restaurants.
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Experience of Learning
From Experientia. A review of what learning is all about. " ... Learning is a complex process with distinct stages, each with corresponding tasks and emotions....
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Art and Science: The World
We’ve all heard about Cannes.
From Schneier on Security