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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
30th Anniversary of the Portable Computer
In Engadget: A reminder that this has been going on for some while. It also reminds me that not shortly after this date I was starting to lift these 'portables' ...
From Putting People First
Customer
Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr, a Swiss product manager, reflects thoughtfully on the recent strong discussion on user-led innovation. “There has been quite a lot of discussion...
From Putting People First
Ethnographic research inspired Xerox
Simplifying the workplace so customers can allocate more time and resources to their core business is fundamental to the innovation incubating today in Xerox
From The Eponymous Pickle
Major Brands Customer Data Breached
A number of major brands, including Kroger, had their data breached. The article describes the extent of the break, but also the implications regarding the types...
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Measures of Data
A Focus Infographic on measures of data that is worth a look.
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Broken Links in the Supply Chain
Have been involved in a major supply chain analysis lately. It was an area I worked in early in my career. This Economist article discusses the effect of the...
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Google and Recipes
In Roughtype: As a foodie much interested in how we interact with information about food and recipes online I found this quite interesting. How recipes are searched...
From My Biased Coin
More on Academic Communications
UW Madison has responded to the Open Records Request regarding Professor Cronon (which I mentioned here). Here's a link to the Chancellor's message as well asUW...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Letting Your Friends Tailor Your Search
In Technology Review: About Google's +1, searching and social networks. Letting your friends help prioritize search results. Like the old idea of letting friends...
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Statistical Significance
The Number Guy blogs about statistical significance. A frequently asked question: Is it significant? And it turns out often a troublesome concept. Don't let...
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50 Years of the Marketing Science Institute
The Marketing Science Institute has created a web site that celebrates its 50th anniversary. Some interesting links and features.
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Fuzzy Hashing Finds Spam and More
Finding spam using fuzzy hashing and other uses. " ... 'Fuzzy hashing' was invented to flag spam emails, but has found application in everything from malware detection...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Candidate: Dr. Veronica McGowan
Editor's Note: Candidates for the upcoming CSTA election have been invited to post brief blog statements so that members can have a chance to get to know them ...
From Wild WebMink
? Wikipedia
For April Fool’s Day, Wikipedia editors have collected such a wonderful set of links and articles that it seems a shame to let it perish in the daily update. So...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
You can assess trends by the status of the participants
I conjecture that, everything else being equal, the level of your education is inversely correlated with innovation. At first, a new idea appears interesting, but...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-04-01
Creepy app warns of an end to privacy The biggest threat to your privacy is not the disclosure of any one piece of data. It's triangulation across all the data...
From Computational Complexity
The Complexity of the Soul
A CS vision professor once told me "Of course we know there is an efficient algorithm for that humans can do it." Are we just nothing more than Turing machines...
From The Eponymous Pickle