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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 Schneier on Security
Trust in IT
Ignore the sensationalist headline. This article is a good summary of the need for trust in IT, and provides some ideas for how to enable more of it. Virtually...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TouchDevelop Demo: Simple Turtle Graphics
My latest TouchDevelop video demo. In this one we use a simple turtle graphics program to demonstrate: Turtle graphics, a basic loop, and some TouchDevelop editing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Labs Buys Analytics
Have not heard much from WM labs of late, but these acquisitions are interesting. " ... Walmart, via its Silicon Valley innovation lab @WalmartLabs, has made another...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple IOS7 Redesign
Images Shown in this report show a flatter, simpler, fewer color design. I know that this is 'in' now, but my initial reaction that this mostly looks 'cheaper'....
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 10
June 11 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on improving federal information technology practices. 10:30...
From Apophenia
where “nothing to hide” fails as logic
Every April, I try to wade through mounds of paperwork to file my taxes. Like most Americans, I’m trying to follow the law and pay all of the taxes that I owe without...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Does Prism Kill the Cloud?
In CWorld: Not sure I agree with the premise, but it is worth thinking about. Do concepts like the Cloud concentrate information and thus make it easier for governments...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is Shopper Marketing?
In Shopperception: Part 1 of what looks like a good introduction to the topic." ... If products are not purchased, nothing else matters. The best marketing and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification for Employees
In CIO, more about using game dynamics to engage employees. We took a look at this with a number of potential applications, and found it was more difficult than...
From My Biased Coin
Valiant's Book Out: Probably Approximately Correct
Les Valiant has a new book out: Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex WorldI was sent a free copy last week...
From Schneier on Security
Government Secrets and the Need for Whistle-blowers
Yesterday, we learned that the NSA received all calling records from Verizon customers for a three-month period starting in April. That's everything except themetadata...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 June 2013
Finals today and tomorrow. Wednesday is last day for faculty and I’m done with school for the summer. Big plans though. I want to make a lot of videos, create all...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pointing to This Blog
In preparation for a talk I am giving Tuesday on analytics applications I added a slide that would point to this blog. Aimed at people in the auditorium thatFranz...
From My Biased Coin
Harvard Humanities
There's been a mild hubbub toward the end of the week here, due to a report and some articles (Boston Globe, WSJ) that the number of students majoring at the humanities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Electronic Contact Lenses
In Technology Review: Another non new idea. Brought to the forefront by all the other embed-able ideas like Glass, and even retinal implants. Would take away...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rapid Prototyping for Design
MJ Perry points to a video about the use of 3D printing and rapid prototyping for design by an automobile company. Instructive piece.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Are We Nodes in the Internet of Things?
In GigaOM: Will we all become nodes on the Internet of Things? Our things may be, we are heading quickly in that direction. But please retain your own individuality...
From Wild WebMink
Don’t Stop With The Trolls
My article in InfoWorld this week rounded up the news of the White House initiative to deal with patent trolls and repeated some proposals I’ve made before on other...
From The Eponymous Pickle