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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 U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
New GAO Report on Voting Accessibility
Almost all polling places had an accessible voting system during the 2008 elections, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
From Geeking with Greg
More quick links
Again, it has been too long, but here you go, what has caught my attention lately: "Employees who ate at cafeteria tables designed for 12 were more productive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Demand Marketing
McKinsey and on-Demand Marketing. A new term to me. " ... Digital marketing is about to enter more challenging territory. Building on the vast increase in consumer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Owning Social Media in the Enterprise and Beyond
Who owns an employee social media account? In an excellent blog post Debbie Laskey brings up an excellent question that leads me to a number of related questions...
From Schneier on Security
More Links on the Boston Terrorist Attacks
Max Abrahms has two sensible essays. Probably the ultimate in security theater: Williams-Sonoma stops selling pressure cookers "out of respect." They say it's...
From Putting People First
Documentary examines the end of print books
People have used books as a reliable tool to transmit and preserve information, ideas, and stories for hundreds of years. E-books have enjoyed wide use for only...
From Putting People First
Your body does not want to be an interface
Have you heard that Google Glass will let you snap photos by winking? John Pavlus of the MIT Technology Review writes why that’s still going to feel weird. “The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Critical Thinking about Nanotechnology
A proposal for a defined structure about the technology, to promote critical thinking. When we examined how it would be useful in product development and R&D,...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Look Inside: Massive Open Online Courses
The following is a guest post by Justin Herbert, a professional educator and coach who works at Montreat College in Montreat, NC. One of the most popular topics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robert Scoble Reviews Glass
He says it will come down to price, at least initially. Not too much about the social implications, just the dazzle of being connected even more than we are now...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 29 April 2013
Last week was school vacation week and I was away with less than ideal Internet. I’m still not sure if that is better or worse than no Internet at all. In any@...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Best Interface is No Interface
Via Jeff Dyck. He sends along a note from SXSW by Golden Krishna. The video of the 'Best Interface is no Interface' is here. A good overall philosophy. Also ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Best Interface is no Interface
Via Jeff Dyck. He sends along a note from SXSW by Golden Krishna. The video of the 'Best Interface is no Interface' is here. A good overall philosophy. Also...
From My Biased Coin
Some Recent Books
If you've been reading the other computer science blogs, you know that there are some new books out. First is the Golden Ticket, by Lance Fortnow, about the P vs...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Happy Birthday, Kurt Gödel
Wang on Gödel, and Gödel on Wang source, with more Wang quotes Hao Wang was a logician who made many important contributions to mathematics and especially logic...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Digital Natives Providing Connections Other Generations
Once again, my family has come through just in time for another blog posting. This past weekend, we were able to celebrate my grandfather's 97th birthday. It...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Encourages Flexibility In Proposed Cybersecurity Framework
As part of the President’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is required to develop a Cybersecurity Framework...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supply Chain and Visualization
I note that a paper I co-authored some time ago has now been re-posted on Linkedin:Blending OR/MS, Judgment, and GIS: Restructuring P&G's Supply ChainINTERFACES...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Best Time to Share Knowledge?
At first I thought this was hokum. A connection to circadian rhythms that make us significantly more receptive to knowledge at some times? But thinking back to...
From The Eponymous Pickle