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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 Computer Science Teachers Association
Share Those Great Resources
Whew! I can almost hear the collective sigh as the school year winds down and wraps up for teachers across the country and throughout the CSTA membership (except...
From Wild WebMink
Another year older
No chickens, and not the peregrine falcon I had hoped for, but the owl I was given for my birthday is splendid and we get on fine.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future through the NYC 1939-40 World's Fair
Biblion, from the NY Public library. A big fan of predictions of the future and their success or failure. The design of this free ipad app is very well done,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Promise of Flexible Displays on the Shelf
We looked at the prospect of using flexible displays on the retail shelf. This CACM article updates more of the possibilities (not full text). Takes thinking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reinventing the Pawnshop
Groupon founders reinvent the pawnshop with Pawngo. Have always been interested about recycling and leveraging the wealth of modern life. Here is another clever...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quest to Learn
I was recently introduced to the Quest to Learn school, using gaming ideas to teach. I like their approach, but it remains to be seen if it is effective. ...
From My Biased Coin
FCRC Continued
I've been enjoying FCRC; of course, I like large conferences where lots of people show, as long as they're run well. Rooms have been pretty full at the talks,...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Watson
David Ferrucci’s official title is “IBM Fellow and Leader of the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center.” But to the...
From Schneier on Security
Tennessee Makes Password Sharing Illegal
Here's a new law that won't work: State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming is for Girls
Fair warning: Some gross generalizations and exaggeration for emphasis follow. But some valid points I think. I wrote my first computer program over 35 years...
From The Eponymous Pickle
FarmShoring
Colleague Steve King in Small Biz Labs gives a good overview of Farmshoring ... " Farmshoring - also called insourcing - describes outsourcing or locating operations...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Demoing Gram's House at Games for Change Festival 2011
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be demoing Gram's House at this year's Games for Change Festival. Even though the game did not make it through the first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nielsen and the Ethnic Consumer
Dissecting the Ethnic consumer: In Convience Store News, a look at data about ethnic shopping behavior. " .... From what people watch to what they buy, behavior...
From Schneier on Security
Fighting Terrorism with Cupcakes
MI6 hacked into an online al-Qaeda magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a cupcake recipe. It's a more polite hack than subtly altering the recipe...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Precise Language: It's All Relative
The term "precise language" has come up twice in the past few weeks in way that highlight the difference between computer science people and other people. (I wouldn't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is next in Windows 8
In what appears to be a fairly radical change, Windows 8 will be looking very different than Windows 7. I am thinking of moving to a new vendor's OS during my next...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Provides Free Cloud
Announced by Apple today: iCloud will compete with and likely severely hurt vendors that have as part of their services file synchronization. Watch this carefully...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Products Should Communicate Effectively
From the Harvard Blogs: Yes, designed well and communicate to their context transparently. " ... Obviously there are many dimensions of communication, but as...
From Geeking with Greg
Eli Pariser is wrong
In recent interviews and in his new book, "The Filter Bubble", Eli Pariser claims that personalization limits serendipity and discovery.For example, in one interview...
From Geeking with Greg