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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Don
There’s been lots of coverage elsewhere, but just a reminder that it’s
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Open Library
There are millions of books free for the e-reading out there. Most pay reading services include them as well for free. Now the Open Library has introduced a new...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Copying and Pasting Your Interests
I wrote about Tynt before, but this article made it clearer about what it is doing ... Find out more about what people really care about.
From Wild WebMink
? Non-Centralised Infrastructure
After discovering BitCoin (where such a large number of people were kind enough to send small donations to 1LfdGnGuWkpSJgbQySxxCWhv8MHqvwst3 that I’m now considering...
From Wild WebMink
? Apache Quits The JCP
The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee The Apache Software Foundation quits Java’s governing body claiming that “[the] JCP is not an open specification...
From Schneier on Security
Alternate Scanning Technologies
Iscon uses infrared light rather than X-rays. I have no idea how well it works. And Rapiscan has a new patent: Abstract: The present invention is directed towards...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does learning have to stop when the last bell rings?
We have this tendency to think that learning at school takes place only between the opening and closing bells of the
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing in China's Digital Age
In Knowledge@Wharton:Marketing in China's Digital Age: How to Win Customers' Hearts?Companies worldwide are devoting more of their marketing budgets to digital...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Redrawing Country Regions Using Phone Calls
An interesting proposal in the BBC that the social connections evidenced by phone calls could be used to redraw the map of the UK. " ... Regional boundaries are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands and Social Media
In Progressive Grocer: People are more inclined to purchase social media advertised brands.
From Schneier on Security
Department of Homeland Security Getting a Little too 1984ish
A DHS video message, reminding people to look out for and report suspicious activity, will be displayed at WalMart stores around the country.
From Computational Complexity
46 lunches free lunches!
(CONGRADS to all the new ACM fellows. Among them are theorists Jennifer Chayes, Anne Condon, Phil Klein, S. Muthu, and Dan Spielman.) In my post about mentoring...
From Schneier on Security
WikiLeaks
I don't have a lot to say about WikiLeaks, but I do want to make a few points. 1. Encryption isn't the issue here. Of course the cables were encrypted, for transmission...
From Putting People First
Book: This is Service Design Thinking
This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases by Jakob Schneider and Marc Stickdorn Book Industry Services (BIS) 16 Dec 2010 Hardcover, 376 pages Publisher’s...
From Putting People First
Experientia collaborates with top Korean university on supporting human-centred design
Experientia, the international user experience design consultancy, has signed a five-year research and education collaboration agreement with the Design and Human...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Numbers Rule Your World
I have not read the Numbers Rule Your World book yet, but here is the associated blog. Covers lots of interesting related topics.
From Apophenia
I AM OFFLINE! On Email Sabbatical from December 9
I am offline, taking a deeply needed break while traveling. During the duration of my break, no email will be received by my computer. All email sent to me during...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Strategy a Must for Retailers
Obvious but good piece in Computerworld. The most savvy players in retail already understand it. As shoppers are armed with sensors, web connectivity, universal...
From Computer Science Teachers Association