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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
Tableau Software
I have had cause to take a look at the latest version of Tabeau Software's approach to visualization. In particular how it can be used with large columnar databases...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Huxley vs Orwell
Or 1984 vs Brave new World and Amusing ourself to death. I remember the hoopla when 1984 rolled around, and we apparently had not driven ourselves to those lows...
From Putting People First
How habits can impact user behavior
In the book The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg explains how habits are formed and what it takes to break an ingrained habit. The book references a 2006 study...
From Putting People First
Five things about Ubiquitous Computing that make Anne Galloway nervous
Dr Anne Galloway (@annegalloway) is Senior Lecturer, School of Design, and Deputy Head, School of Architecture, at Victoria University of Wellington. Trained in...
From Putting People First
Web privacy, and how consumers let down their guard
Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show. In...
From Wild WebMink
A New Easter Tradition
When the children were small, Easter eggs were a repeat of the excitement of Christmas. But now they are adults, I’ve decided we need a new Easter tradition that’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the New Analytic Stack
In GigaOM: Good thoughts, I am in the midst of scoping a 'big data' style poof of concept, so its useful thinking this way. " ... Spurred by infrastructural...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CSX Efficiency Statement
In a CSX advertising piece, they point our one of their trains can move a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a gallon of gas. Nice going. More from CSX.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toxic Workplaces
Good piece on the characteristics of a toxic workplace. I have never worked in such a place, but have seen at times some of the characteristics emerge. Good watchouts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Science of Swarms
Lots of interesting examples of swarm complexity models. In Wired. Simulation of cancer and the prediction of the future. An area we explored, but did not ultimately...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Large Interactive Public Displays
In IEEE Computer: An area we looked at for retail presence. We worked with several companies that used novel light fiber approaches and installed them high on...
From Wild WebMink
Migration Needs A Plan
Have you ever thought of migrating your company to an open source desktop productivity suite? While the saving on Microsoft license costs seems like the biggest...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Bomb Discovered in Squid at Market
Really: An unexploded bomb was found inside a squid when the fish was slaughtered at a fish market in Guangdong province. Oddly enough, this doesn't seem to be...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
'Go Code Girl' Processing Workshop Registration is Open!
I'm pumped that registration is open for a workshop I'll be leading April 20 at the University of Ottawa. It's called Go Code Girl and it's going to be a programming...
From Schneier on Security
The Dangers of Surveillance
Interesting article, "The Dangers of Surveillance," by Neil M. Richards, Harvard Law Review, 2013. From the abstract: ....We need a better account of the dangers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuroscience and Innovation
In Forbes: " ... Our brains naturally look for patterns in the world around us, according to Janet Crawford, principal of Cascadance who is working to apply neuroscience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is Big Data about Big?
A nice short piece about the reality of the value of data. The most important watchout of all in this space. Should be the most obvious, but is often forgotten...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
President Establishes Voting Commission; Focus Will Include Voting Technology
As Renee mentioned, President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. The Commission was a promise...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Alleged Spontaneity of Viral and Tremor
My former colleague Kevin Ashton writes about the 'Harlem Shake', which I admit I just noticed a few weeks ago. My connectedness is more about the technical than...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM