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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 Computational Complexity
What should we do?
Time for a post by tweet request. Is a wave of action against big publishers' practices brewing?gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/els
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Verisign Announces Internet Infrastructure Grant Program
Verisign has announced
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 23 January 2012
Last week really reminded me of how much I miss being in the classroom. Two all-day workshops with a mix of students and adults. Lots of good learning going on....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bone Marrow Markets
MJ Perry reminds us of this issue. I researched the general area of organ and tissue selling during my Health systems research days. Glad to see this brought...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Phone Behavior to Determine Credit Worthiness
In Slashdot. The use of a number of phone behavior measures to dive heuristics that influence credit score.
From The Eponymous Pickle
CardMunch Tested
I just tried out the business card scanner from LinkedIn called CardMunch. Loaded the App on my iPhone and scanned a few cards. I have tried other such scanners...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SmartBooks are Approaching
The very moment we saw the first hyper links in documentation, around 1985, we saw that the textbooks of the future were not just about text, but about many different...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marsh Brand Partners
I see that Marsh is now Marsh Brand Partners. They have redesigned their web site, changed their name and focus. A company that I have had the pleasure to interact...
From The Noisy Channel
Thoughts About Job Performance
This is the season of annual reviews, at least at LinkedIn. Performance reviews can be daunting for both employees and managers — at least everywhere that I’ve...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tough Visualization Questions
Some tough questions in Excelcharts. Food for thought, these are not unexpected answers either. Worth considering the answers.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Health and Social Networks
Health and Social Media. A recent area of exploration. Will this work if there is too much communication or if the message is unwelcome? What can make the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Working with Couponing Startup MoBeam
In the local papers: P&G is working with a west coast startup called MoBeam, which I originally brought into town for tests several years ago. I have mentioned...
From The Noisy Channel
Are You Hitched?
Let me preface this post by saying that this is my personal blog, and that my opinions here are not necessarily those of my employer. With that out of the way,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets as an Educational Tool
Interesting Study. In particular as an aid to education. How much different are they in effectiveness than using a laptop?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Developing Vision Without Sight
In CACM: Continued developments of the replacement and augmentation of human vision. Will the blind be able to see?
From My Biased Coin
January Flying By...
I'm enjoying a relatively snow-free January, but despite the extra time I've had on my hands from not having to shovel, I've had little time for blogging. Reasons...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets as a Shopping Device
In GigaOM. Tablets as the ideal shopping device? Will we start seeing everyone with a Ping pong paddle style tablet as they course through brick and mortar?...
From Computational Complexity
Teaching an Honors Section of Discrete Mathematics
A few years ago I was assigned to teach the HONORS section of Discrete Math (a course for sophomores who have had a year of programming and a year a calculus). They...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson