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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 Wild WebMink
? Help OSI Transform
As I explained at FOSDEM (blog post coming!), the Open Source Initiative is switching to a member-led governance. For that, it will need members. The OSI Board...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Home Robotics and the Mint Claner
I was involved with several projects in the enterprise that dealt about how cleaning products could be used in conjunction with home robotics. We got some early...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Microsoft Research Unveils
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Eric Horvitz, Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research and member of the CCC Council, and Peter Lee...
From Putting People First
Information overload is not unique to Digital Age
It is a constant complaint: We’re choking on information. The flood of data on the Web has reached mind boggling proportions, and it shows no signs of stopping....
From Putting People First
The human factor in service design
McKinsey’s John DeVine, Shyam Lal, and Michael Zea write that businesses ought to focus on the human side of customer service to make it psychologically savvy,...
From Putting People First
Interactions 12: Day Two
Vicky Teinaki and Louise Taylor continue their coverage of the Interactions conference in Dublin. In this long article, they report on the presentations by Jonas...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
When Just Working Isn
I wrote a tic tac toe game for my Windows Phone today. It works just fine. I’m just not happy with it. I loaded a screen shot of it to the left. Oh it is obvious...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Problem with Students Who Won't Problem Solve
This semester I am teaching two sections of Web Page Design. This is the third year that I have taught the class at the high school level, but I still struggle...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Analytic Resources
Good post on the topic. I find many groups are uncertain about how to manage the process of working with analytics. And they are also unclear about how to deal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Size and Complexity of Data
In the Atlantic: In an edited excerpt from his new book, Too Big to Know, David Weinberger explains how the massive amounts of data necessary to deal with complex...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Report Emphasizes Importance of Health IT
The Bipartisan Policy Center released a report last Friday — Transforming Health Care: The Role of Health IT – emphasizing the critically important role that health...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Clothing that Keeps an Exercise Journal
It's called Squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Practicing for the Super Bowl Ads
Sands Research sends along an item and commentary pointing to an article in the WSJ on how Super Bowl ad companies use neuromarketing methods to test modifications...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise Performance Management from SAP
Good post by Laura Mikovsky on Enterprise Performance management from SAP. A classic need for the enterprise. A typical dashboard BI application. How are various...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Food Lion Shares Demand Data
In a move to consumer driven demand, Food Lion shares data: " ... Food Lion is working on changing the way CPG vendors such as PepsiCo replenish its distribution...
From Schneier on Security