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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
Changing the Rules of Education
In Wired. With the Kahn Academy. At first I thought of this as a sort of home schooling for motivated people of any age. But based on this article it seems...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Packaging and Neuromarketing
Roger Dooley on packaging and the use of neuromarketing techniques, with some useful examples.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Prospers for US While Assembly Happens Overseas
Good article in Mike Perry's blog on the value of overseas assembly for a US company like Apple. Making the case that globalization has real benefits. They comments...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Smartphone Moms
Important demographic. In my own observations it appears that more women are using smartphones now and the understanding of this is key. Manufacturers aremy recent...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Women and Going Beyond the Game
While it seems to me that many more women are playing traditionally "male" video games these days, there is also a group of women who go beyond the game in ways...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA: Learning Warfare from Social Media
DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O) has issued a new solicitation for “innovative research proposals in the area of social media in strategic communication”...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Introducing the IT History Society
Last week I received two messages about the IT History Society
From Putting People First
Ten Ways to Redesign Design Competitions
John Thackara has been a juror on a series of sustainability and design competitions recently. And he has become a bit frustrated. Most of them, he says, miss their...
From Putting People First
UI Design: an all-American product that
Rob Tannen argues that user interface design is the most original and influential design coming out of the United States today. “It is the emphasis on user-centered...
From My Biased Coin
Tact
Early in the week, I was excited to find out that, apparently, it was perfectly appropriate for us professors to call (at least, already graduated) students assholes...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey and Michelle
Here is Sock Monkey with Michelle Hutton. Michelle is stepping into her new role as CSTA Past Chair after serving for two years as CSTA Chair (President). She will...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey and Michelle
Here is Sock Money with Michelle Hutton. After two years as CSTA President, Michelle is now moving into her new role as Past Chair. She will continue to sit on...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iPad University
USC tries to set up a complete University interface based on a tablet. I just saw the movie 'The Social Network', and apparently the players there just not think...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Games for Training
In a continuing project that looks at training using game dynamics, I was reminded of the MS effort called Ribbon Hero, which aims to provide incentive to learn...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Computing and Cultural Modeling
In the July /August 2011 IEEE Intelligent Systems. Emphasises Social Computing and Cultural Modeling. Just reviewing. Not all of the content of this publication is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G North American Planning Service Center
P&G Opens a new North American Planning Service Center in the Cincinnati area today. "The work involves planning the on-time delivery of millions of P&G products ...
From My Biased Coin
Beyond Worst Case Analysis -- Preparing a Talk
A few months ago, Tim Roughgarden mailed me to say was putting together a little workshop on the theme of Beyond Worst Case Analysis, and would I like to be one...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Describing Computing Research Challenges
In the past year, we’ve developed a set of brochures describing fundamental computing research challenges in a few areas of national priority, including healthcare...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson