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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 Putting People First
The world in 2036
To mark the 25th edition of “The World in”, The Economist’s annual collection of predictions for the year ahead, the newspaper asked some people to peer 25 years...
From The Noisy Channel
Follow The Data
Today is my last day at Google. I have enjoyed an incredible year there, during which I’ve had the privilege to work with some of the smartest engineers on the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdsourcing Genetic Research
Another example of a game aimed at serious work:Canadian scientists have stumbled on a novel way to conduct genetic studies: Using a game to crowdsource the deciphering...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Talking Across the K-12/Post Secondary Boundaries
This post is based on remarks I gave at the Town Hall session on K-12 CS-Ed at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Atlanta, October 1-2, 2010. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Need Help in Increasing Readership
I am seeking help in increasing the readership of the blog. Currently it has a quite select but limited group of readers, largely consisting of former colleagues...
From The Eponymous Pickle
RFID for Cold Chain Monitoring
The 'cold chain' includes the history of the changes in temperatures as products move through the supply chain. Indicating potential damage from temperatures that...
From Schneier on Security
Close the Washington Monument
Securing the Washington Monument from terrorism has turned out to be a surprisingly difficult job. The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking...
From Computational Complexity
A BREAKTHROUGH result on density and 3-AP's
We use the following terminology: [n] means the set {1,...,n}. k-AP means an arithmetic progression of length k. A 3-free set is one with no 3-AP.s in it. We use...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Over-normalization is bad for you
I took a real beating with my previous post where I argued against excessive normalization on the grounds that it increases complexity and inflexibility, and thus...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Build Predictive Models
A set of simple, concise guidelines on how to build predictive models. Yes, these are largely obvious for those with experience in analytics, but I like their...
From Schneier on Security
Brian Snow Sows Cyber Fears
That's no less sensational than the Calgary Herald headline: "Total cyber-meltdown almost inevitable, expert tells Calgary audience." That's former NSA Technical...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-12-02
Who's driving this thing? Well worth reading this explanation, and especially the Oracle VP's response. It's hard to think of a better case study for why communities...
From Putting People First
UX efforts in a context of retail and marketing
Two new articles in UX Magazine: Crafting the UX of REI’s retail experience by Samantha Starmer Video interview (with text transcript) on the strategy, techniques...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Characteristics of a Good Programming Project
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From Putting People First
Report calls for radical redesign of cities to cope with population growth
The Megacities on the Move report says authorities must start planning their transport infrastructure now for a future when two thirds of the world’s population...
From Putting People First
Creating informal learning environments
In the field of exhibition design, the quality of User Experience makes the difference between success and failure. When designing exhibits for museums or science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fingerprinting Devices on the Web
In the WSJ: A race to build device fingerprinting methods on the Web: " ... Advertisers no longer want to just buy ads ... . They want to buy access to specific...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lessons fron the Web 2.0 Summit
Paul Gillin has a nice blog blog post on learnings from the recent Web 2.0 summit. Paul does a good job in summarizing useful concepts from meetings that we can't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Junaio Browser
A press release providing much more information on the Junaio augmented reality browser. Am exploring on the IPhone, so far this is a good UI update for theiron...
From Schneier on Security