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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
All together now, to each his own sync
New York Times cultural commentator Anand Giridharadas reflects on the fact that as the very idea of mass culture erodes, many people are synced with themselves...
From Putting People First
Intel: it
The Intel announcements this week, particularly those by CTO Justin Rattner, are quite visionary. But also anthropologist Genevieve Bell’s approach is making waves...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 2010
I really like this award program so I am happy to promote it on my blog. The following is from the official announcement. I strongly encourage you to share this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Tech Retail Value.
An interesting early experiment with a restaurant using social technology. Did McDonald's get a 33% increase in foot traffic from Foursquare? ReadWriteWeb looks...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Scribe
This Google writing capability fills in phrases for you. Generally a reasonable idea, but can also be annoying unless you are used to it. -
From Schneier on Security
Master HDCP Key Cracked
The master key for the High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection standard -- that's what encrypts digital television between set-top boxes and digital televisions...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Can Science be wrong? You bet!
A common answer to my post on the reliability of science, was that fraud was marginal and that, ultimately, science is self-correcting. That is true on one condition...
From Schneier on Security
Automatic Document Declassification
DARPA is looking for something that can automatically declassify documents: I'll be honest: I'm not exactly sure what kind of technological solution you can build...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Thoughts on Writing My First CHI Paper
I've been working on a paper for CHI2011, one of the (or the?) top conferences in human computer interaction. I'm aiming really high with this and know full well...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Liespotting
An interesting article on detecting lies in conversations. The article makes the case that there is currently an epidemic of deception. Everyone wants to know...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Billion in Digital Book Sales
Barnes & Noble expects to have a billion dollars in digital book sales by 2013. Another example of the changes from paper to digital format. Get your readers ready...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pex for Fun
Can you read code in C#, F# or Visual Basic? Do you like programming puzzles we (well the Pex Team, part of the Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) groupMicrosoft...
From Putting People First
Context-aware devices that become our natural extensions
Much coverage on the presentation by Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO at the Intel Developer Forum, where he discussed a future with so-called context-aware computers...
From Putting People First
The relationship revolution
The Internet may seem like a 21st-century nightmare version of the worst excesses of the marketplace, writes Melinda Blau in the Psychotherapy Networker. But it’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Myths and Truths About Innovation
Mark Montgomery of Kyield posts on Myths and Truths about Innovation. Something he has been working on for some time. " ... In my daily filtering of news and intelligence...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping Remarkable Relationships
Colleague Julie Anixter video on her new Youtube presence:On Mapping Remarkable Relationships: Four Seasons The essence of every great customer experience is a...
From Wild WebMink
? Copyright Aggregation Essay
My essay on copyright aggregation in open source projects has finally moved to the Essays section of the web site; future updates and edits will happen there.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science and Reading Literacy
Recently, my school received their results from the high stakes testing in our state. While my school maintained the Excellent rating for the fifth year in a row...
From Computational Complexity