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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 Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching real-world programming
The title of this post is borrowed from an article at the MIT (original article at Teaching real-world programming) about a programming course at MIT that uses...
From Putting People First
Ethnographic study on impact of social tools on sales
An in-depth ethnographic study of the social media habits of Blacksburg, VA, the first internet wired town in the world, demonstrates the power of consumer endorsed...
From Putting People First
Smartphone form factor
In a previous TechRepublic column, Debra Littlejohn Shinder stated that hardware design and features are some of the many criteria to consider when deciding which...
From Putting People First
Exposing the magic of design
Jon Kolko has published on UXMatters a sample chapter of his forthcoming book, Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner
From Putting People First
Storytelling for UX, an interview with Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks
Daniel Szuc spoke with Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks about their new book Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design. “Daniel: Why...
From Putting People First
India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets
Ravi Nessman reports from Mumbai, India. “The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along...
From Putting People First
The future of wired retail
In a 2010 survey of U.S. consumers conducted by Buzzback Market Research, findings showed that 88 percent of shoppers are more likely to choose a company that gives...
From Putting People First
How the shift to mobile is revolutionising online news design
At the recent European Information Architecture Summit in Paris, Oliver Reichenstein, who has done several web design projects for Swiss newspapers, talked about...
From Putting People First
Reflections on iPad usability
The former design director for the New York Times has written a blog post giving his thoughts on magazine apps for the iPad (something he clearly gets asked about...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interactive Donut Charts
The Donut chart is discussed in the Junk Charts blog. A donut chart is a kind slightly re-designed pie chart. I agree that this could have been done much more...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Scope Project
In CACM: A quite interesting proposal. Don't quite understand the details involved as yet, but the analogy is an exciting thing. Understanding complex data often includes...
From Apophenia
Facebook & helicopter parenting
I recently received an email from a teen that I speak with that piqued my interest. I thought I’d share it with you: My friend (17 yo girl) isn’t allowed on Facebook...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS Conference IPhone App
Correspondent Sy Truong sends this along, a good example of focused App delivery: " ... I wanted to share with you the iPhone App which I have completed and now...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Phone Numbers
Walter Riker takes a look at the Smart Phone market and what it might mean. There is no doubt that will all be armed with powerful mobile computing soon. Good...
From Wild WebMink
Corporate Open Source Case Studies
The last week has provided a number of interesting – and perhaps surprising – case studies in corporate engagement with open source. This Monday’s Link Post takes...
From Computational Complexity
By Any Other Name Would Be Just As Hard
In 1973 Donald Knuth searched for a name for the hardest problems in NP. Steve Cook didn't give a name in his paper and Karp called them P-complete. Knuth suggested...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IT Shaping Decision Making
Good piece by Carmen Nobel in HBS Working Knowledge:" ... What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New...
From Schneier on Security
Control Fraud
I had never heard the term "control fraud" before: Control fraud theory was developed in the savings and loan debacle. It explained that the person controlling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson