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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
Too Much Online Training?
This short piece questions the over-use of online training. I was involved with an analysis of face-to-face vs online methods and in-person was clearly better....
From Schneier on Security
ICPP Pre-Trial Settlement Scam
Nasty scam, where the user is pressured into accepting a "pre-trial settlement" for copyright violations. The level of detail is impressive.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Imagine Cup Winners
Today after keynote presentations by James Cameron (who praised Microsoft Research for helping them create a digital asset management system that made Avatar possible)...
From Putting People First
Guidebook on climate communications and behavioral change
To address global warming there must be a shift in thinking and behavior that motivates people and organizations to engage in emissions reductions and climate preparedness...
From Putting People First
Eight interaction design and architecture videos
The disciplines of interaction design and architecture share a number of common traits
From Putting People First
Interactions Magazine
The latest issue of Interactions Magazine is about the spread of design into new areas, write editor Jon Kolko: “The process of design is spreading into new areas...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 26
April 28 Markup: The House Science and Technology Committee will mark up a reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Findings on Blog Readership
There have been a number of reports that both blog reading and writing have decreased among younger age groups. Twitter and other social media largely being blamed...
From Schneier on Security
Punishing Security Breaches
The editor of the Freakonomics blog asked me to write about this topic. The idea was that they would get several opinions, and publish them all. They spiked the...
From Computational Complexity
Google VS Experts VS readers VS Bing
If you want to find something out you can ask Google, ask an expert, or (if you have a blog) ask your readers. Google is the most common; however, there are times...
From Putting People First
How print dominates newspaper website design
In his presentation at this weekend’s Internional Symposium on Online Journalism, Nuno Vargas of the University of Barcelona (Spain) talked about how news and information...
From Apophenia
Harassment by Q&A: Initial Thoughts on Formspring.me
(This was written for the Digital Media and Learning Project.) Questions-and-answers have played a central role in digital bonding since the early days of Usenet...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone 7 Rockstar Award
If you have been reading my blog (or following on Twitter @AlfredTwo) you have been reading about the US Imagine Cup finals. Hopefully you have found some interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stephen Hawking and Aliens
I saw the first few episodes of the Stephen Hawking Discovery Channel series on the Universe . One of the things he has received much publicity about is his advice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Religion and the Brain
In Mind Hacks, a short description and links to new fmri study of religion and the brain. You may recall that Martin Lindstrom also included a set of studies based...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Finalists for the US Imagine Cup 2010
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Addressing Innovation and Productivity
I have mentioned KYield a number of times here. Here an overview of what they are about. I am on their advisory board.Semantic Solution for Challenges FacingKyield...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TIBCO Spotfire 3.1
I see that the new version of Spotfire has increased emphasis on predictive analytics.-
From Putting People First