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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
Augmenting the Catalog
Have been exploring the latest 2014 physical IKEA catalog, with is an already large (320 page plus) slick paper catalog that broadly and artistically explores IKEA's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Preparing for Screenless Computing
In Quartz: " ... The spread of computing to every corner of our physical world doesn’t just mean a proliferation of screens large and small—it also means we’ll...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Counting Deaths
In the WSJ Blog: The consequence of what is commonly call a harvesting effect, in statistical models. Using the data, often reported in the news, of how many...
From Putting People First
What’s lost when everything is recorded
Who wouldn’t delight in hearing Lincoln at Gettysburg in the same way we can go back and witness President Obama on the campaign trail? But with so much data capture...
From Putting People First
Lessons from monks about designing the technologies of the future
Our technologies are designed to maximize shareholder profit, and if that means distracting, confusing or aggregating the end-user, then so be it. But another path...
From Putting People First
A manifesto to connect experience design with content thinking
Under the title “Content re-framing: A digital disruption survival kit“, Bas Evers and Peter Bogaards have launched a manifesto to connect experience design with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seth Godin on Choke Points
Seth Godin describes the choke point, a clever view of a real challenge: " .... Sooner or later, all big public media companies go in search of a choke point...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulation Training for Gen Y
In CLO Mag: The suggestion that simulation based training works better for generation Y, This can be described as game-based as well. Using interaction and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Samsung Smart Watch
I remain skeptical of the small format, but a Samsung Smart phone/watch is reportedly arriving in September.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ink as Food Coloring
Alton Brown suggests it for ice cream. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From Schneier on Security
Wired Names "Schneier on Security" to Best Blog List
I made the list of Wired's best "Government and Security" blogs.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Picking N distinct numbers at random: how to do it fast?
To test my algorithms, I like to generate synthetic data. To do so, I often need to generate distinct randomly chosen numbers from a range of values. For example...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Making the Most of Your Messaging in 'Women in Computer Science' Outreach
If you've ever done outreach with girls to try to get them into computer science, you may have wondered what the best way to do it is. After all, we've been at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Comment Policy Again
A reminder. Comments are moderated here. They must be in English. I will not post anonymous comments unless prearranged. I will not allow a comment with links...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Euclid Strikes Back
An application of Euclid’s famous proof there are an infinite number of primes Euclid of Alexandria, Euclid for short, composed one of the most influential books...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why All of this Stuff?
Who am I and why all this activity? Blogging in various forms since 2001. I analyze, write and improve. More about me here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/franzdill...
From The Eponymous Pickle
US Brain Project Focuses on Memory Ethics
In Nature: Much about the operational aspects of the brain. The ownership of our own neural data. " ... Unsettling research advances bring neuroethics to the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building the 21st Century Grocery Store?
Interesting, but too much 'California' in this article. Submit that there is is still no efficiency here, and cost will prevail. " ... The Good Eggs "farm-to-fridge"...
From Schneier on Security
Management Issues in Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist organizations have the same management problems as other organizations, and new ones besides: Terrorist leaders also face a stubborn human resources...
From The Eponymous Pickle