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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Reflections on EdTech Conferences
This was the second year in a row that I didn’t attend ISTE. I really miss it but events conspired against me. But I’ve been reading a lot from people who did go...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 8
July 9 Workshop: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will hold a public workshop on surveillance programs. Technology experts will be part of at least...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NumberSense Reviewed
I have been looking for books that explain the difference of what I call analytics, in my long time consulting practice and the newly hyped arena of Big Data. ...
From Computational Complexity
AltaVista versus Google
Today Yahoo is closing AltaVista, the best search engine before Google. The news caught me by surprise, AltaVista still existed? A number of commentators attribute...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Herman Miller's Living Office
We worked with Herman Miller in the area of innovative office design. This is a short article on their concept of the living office. Although I have not been...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Mining Concepts and Techniques
Bought some time ago, but finally exercised in some detail: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, by Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber. There are later editions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Private Label Brands Hold Ground
An indication that private label brands are holding their own after a slow recovery. " ... While private labels have existed for some time, the recession proved...
From Putting People First
Saskia Sassen and Scott McCloud keynote speakers at Interaction14
Interaction 14 just announced its first keynote speakers: Saskia Sassen is someone to look forward to. A sociology professor at Columbia University, she is known...
From Schneier on Security
Protecting E-Mail from Eavesdropping
In the wake of the Snowden NSA documents, reporters have been asking me whether encryption can solve the problem. Leaving aside the fact that much of what theadvice...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 July 2013
I don’t know about you but I am enjoying my summer. Keeping very busy though. Really spending some quality time with TouchDevelop. Also working on my presentations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Query-less search
An examination of query-less, or parameter-less search in Google Operating System. And the mention of a Google patent in the space. And its ultimate integration...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Books: Incomplete
The Economist looks at a number of information and data visualization books. What they look at is good, but is very incomplete. Largely based on infographics,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowds vs Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: It should be remembered that innovation is often be an act of going against the crowd. Creative people do go against the crowd" ... At...
From Putting People First
Herman Miller’s Living Office
“The most important thing in the room is not the furniture — it’s the people.” Almost 50 years after the Action Office, Herman Miller embarks on the next big rethinking...
From Putting People First
Cities are being redrawn according to Google’s world view
In the second of two columns exploring the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob looks at how Google Maps is reshaping cities while Apple, Facebook and...
From Putting People First
Prism is the dark side of design thinking
In this first of two columns about the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob asks what America’s Prism surveillance program tells us about design thinking...
From Putting People First
Seoul, the Sharing City
On 20 September 2012, the Seoul Metropolitan Government disclosed its plan for promoting the “Sharing City, Seoul” project, which includes 20 sharing programs and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Compliance Success
My long time friend and correspondent John Sopko, was featured in the NYT this week concerning his government compliance work. Nice to see our government trying...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interviews: The Index
In June of 2013 I started collecting interviews with computer science educators. The plan was to highlight people doing interesting things at a wide range of schools...
From Putting People First