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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
Storytelling and destination development
The study “Storytelling and Destination Development” by the Nordic Innovation Centre set out to scrutinize the possibilities and drawbacks of using storytelling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
After The APCS Exam
The Advanced Placement Computer Science exam is just about a month away. While for most schools this is far from the end of the school year for many AP students...
From My Biased Coin
Did the NSF Just Do Something Really Stupid Misguided?
To begin, as I always do when I write about the NSF, let me start by saying that I love the NSF, and I greatly appreciate all the research funding they give me. ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How information technology is really built
One of my favorite stories is how Greg Linden invented the famous Amazon recommender system, after after being forbidden to do so. The story is fantastic because...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Billion Prices Project
Just brought to my attention the Billion Prices Project at MIT, designed to track and analyze inflation rates worldwide.
From Wild WebMink
? Tune In
@webminkSimon Phipps Just confirmed I'll co-host this Wed on FLOSS Weekly: David Wheeler – Open Source Software at the US Dept of Defence, http://twit.tv/floss...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Role for Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Design
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Doug Fisher (Vanderbilt University) and Mary Lou Maher (University of Maryland, College Park), who recently...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Do You Have a "Split Personality" in Your CS Classroom
Sometimes it feels like you are up against a brick wall. Your own principal threatens to cancel your AP CS course due to low enrollment and budgetary restrictions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Retailer: Supply Chain's Last Mile
Upcoming, I plan to attend:The Department of Operations & Business Analytics at the University of Cincinnati
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facial EMG
A short descriptive piece by Roger Dooley on FMG (Facial Myography) for neuromarketing applications.
From Putting People First
The fall and rise of user experience
UX designer Cennydd Bowles has posted the transcript of his closing plenary at the IA Summit 2011 in Denver, Colorado. “Although there’s still a substantial gap...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Becoming Customer Centric
Good piece in SASCom on Becoming a customer centric company - the new imperative. Excellent blog in general, give it a follow.
From Schneier on Security
Ebook Fraud
Interesting post -- and discussion -- on Making Light about ebook fraud. Currently there are two types of fraud. The first is content farming, discussed in these...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 4
April 6 Hearing: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Building The Subcommittee...
From Wild WebMink
? Closed-Attacked-Open
Nokia says about Symbian: “We’re Open”. The New License Shows Otherwise. This looks bad. Not only has Nokia closed the source code to Symbian, it is pretending...
From The Eponymous Pickle
M-Commerce Opportunities
In E-Commerce Times: Excellent post on the opportunities that exist in our always connected times with mobile commerce. Notably for my interests: " ... In-Store...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 April 2011
I always worry about posting things on April 1st. So I didn
From Wild WebMink
? Balancing Transparency and Privacy
One of the keys to a successful open source community is appropriate transparency. A community with strong values around transparency will also be likely to respect...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Practical Robots for Nuclear Accidents
iRobot, maker of the home task Roomba robot, gets considerable buzz in a Washington Post article. Their military/police/emergency robots seem to have value for. ...
From Wild WebMink