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Beware the seductions of sociable machines
From Putting People First

Beware the seductions of sociable machines

Our lives have become bold technological experiments, but we need to think hard before letting the computers and robots take over, says Sherry Turkle, MIT professor...

Microsoft at TCEA 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Microsoft at TCEA 2011

Well I am making my plans to be at TCEA again this year. I

links for 2011-01-18
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-01-18

On the map Interesting slide show illustrating the power of OpenStreetMap to overcome political bias that prevents the real world being documented. (tags: OpenStreetMap...

Movie-Plot Threats at the U.S. Capitol
From Schneier on Security

Movie-Plot Threats at the U.S. Capitol

This would make a great movie: Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., renewed his call for the installation of an impenetrable, see-through security shield around the viewing...

Apple and Google and ODF
From Wild WebMink

Apple and Google and ODF

I’m in Latvia today speaking at the Latvian Open Technology Association annual conference. The speaker before me was from the government and made an important announcement...

The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy

In Adage:  Study says that males are the primary grocery shoppers 51% of the time. Big change.   It is the case in my family. Big implications for in-store marketing...

Searchers in Networks Talk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Searchers in Networks Talk

For those of you in Cincinnati or nearby this week, Full announcement here. The Department of Quantitative Analysis & Operations Management at the University of...

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Researchers frequently lament the predictable framework of published papers.

Dare To Dream
From The Noisy Channel

Dare To Dream

“If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” Martin Luther King, Jr. said these words at a speech in Detroit on June 23, 1963...

MicroStrategy and Mobile BI
From The Eponymous Pickle

MicroStrategy and Mobile BI

Another example of the emergence of mobile business inttelligence.  A good direction. Doug Lautzenheiser writes:  " ... MicroStrategy continues to aggressively...

A Wireless Primer
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Wireless Primer

A very good, extensive, primer in Engadget:  2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between: an Engadget wireless primer. I sense there is much confusion here, and this...

More Stuxnet News
From Schneier on Security

More Stuxnet News

This long New York Times article includes some interesting revelations. The article claims that Stuxnet was a joint Israeli-American project, and that its effectiveness...

Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine

In the latest online  bimonthly Analytics Magazine, many interesting articles on the use of analytical methods.  Always interesting and useful.  Here are the areas...

Insight on Mobility from the NRF
From The Eponymous Pickle

Insight on Mobility from the NRF

New insights from the Mobility Blueprint of the National Retail Foundation. ' ...  

Wolfram Alpha and the IPhone 5
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wolfram Alpha and the IPhone 5

Some interesting speculation that the IPhone 5 will contain several AI capabilities, including the Wolfram Alpha natural language data reasoning application.

From Computational Complexity

Coloring Maps

The four color theorem means you can color the United States in four colors. But can you color it in three? Try it before you read on. The answer is no. Consider...

New Revelations in the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Assassination
From Schneier on Security

New Revelations in the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Assassination

I wrote a lot last year about the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. There's a new article by an Israeli investigative journalist that tells the story...

Interesting Links 17 January 2010
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 17 January 2010

It’s Martin Luther King Jr Day. A regular work day for me but I know that a lot of schools have the day off. If you do I hope you are enjoying the three day weekend...

Experientia part of EPIC 2011
From Putting People First

Experientia part of EPIC 2011

The Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC) has become the premier international forum for bringing together academics, computer scientists, designers...

Innovating without Permission
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Innovating without Permission

Is open source software is better than closed-source software? Is wikipedia better than Britannica? Is NoSQL better than Oracle and SQL Server? Are blogs better...
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