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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 Eponymous Pickle
Oil Cleanup
Solution thoughts from New Orleans, a place I worked in for years. Franz, Please forgive a quick personal request. Louisiana is my home of homes, and it's killing...
From Wild WebMink
Getting The Point
The EGM debate: BCS v Len Keighley This FAQ/debate article with an anonymous BCS spokesbeing make it clear what the issue at the BCS is all about, both directly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facts about SAP
SAP was very big in the enterprise. We visited their headquarters a number of times to see what they were doing in enterprise optimization applications. Now nothis...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
And here a miracle happens
I was reading a post by Mark Guzdial yesterday (In Praise of Drill and Practice) and was struck by this passage: [
From My Biased Coin
Giving in to Student Demands
I received my student reviews today, and while I could easily post days' worth of discussions on them, suffice to say there's a non-trivial minority of students...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tribalization of Business Study
I am passing along the SNCR Tribalization of Business Study. I used to be a fellow there and they produce some interesting work. Pass it on!" ... We're pleased...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA Members Speak Out
Earlier this year, the CSTA membership was asked to complete a survey rating the membership benefits offered by CSTA. Over a thousand members completed the survey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Playing Field for Ads
A good prediction, From Knowledge@Wharton: Going Mobile: How iAd and AdMob Move Apple vs. Google to a New Playing Field What spending in the mobile advertising...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The On-Demand Brand
Brought to my attention: The On-Demand Brand: 10 Rules for Digital Marketing Success in an Anytime, Everywhere World by Rick Mathieson. Includes a look inside...
From Apophenia
Pew Research confirms that youth care about their reputation
In today’s discussions about privacy, “youth don’t care about privacy” is an irritating but popular myth. Embedded in this rhetoric is the belief that youth are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flavor Intensity Ramps Up
I have noticed it for some time. The desire for increased flavor intensity has increased remarkably. The WSJ just noticed in this article.
From Schneier on Security
If You See Something, Think Twice About Saying Something
"If you see something, say something." Or, maybe not: The Travis County Criminal Justice Center was closed for most of the day on Friday, May 14, after a maneven...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eye Tracking Methods Look for Killer App
From the CACM: I think there are high value applications for eye tracking as the analytical capabilities for neuromarketing are focused to problems like in-store...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Modern Business Plan
Seth Godin on reworking the Modern Business Plan. Some good thoughts here to add to the usual financials. " ... It's not clear to me why business plans are the...
From Wild WebMink
BCS EGM
BCS EGM The British Computer Society is in the process of being transformed into The Chartered Institute of IT. This is the wrong direction – it’s becoming a club...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Getting Ready for ISTE
ISTE is only about a month away now. hard to believe it is so close. SIGCT is out with their annual recommendations for computer science teachers of workshops,...
From Putting People First
Mobile banking: mediated use
Jan Chipchase (frog design and until recently an acclaimed user researcher/anthropologist at Nokia) reflects on the topic of technical and textual illiteracy in...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Report from NCWIT
(Contributed by Dr. Christine Alvarado, Harvey Mudd College) The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) annual summit took place last Tuesday...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson