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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
Can understanding human irrationality help solve our energy problems?
Behavioral economics is used to examine how consumers make decisions about everything from their life savings to which brands of jam they select in a supermarket...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Foursquare for Loyalty in CIncinnati
In today's local paper a good article on the use of the social location game Foursquare in the Cincinnati area. Good to see the idea being explored outside big...
From The Eponymous Pickle
March/April Analytics Magazine
New in analytics magazine for March/April Analytics is brought to you by INFORMS (www.informs.org) -- the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences...
From Wild WebMink
Blog Moved - Reminder
Just a reminder that this blog has now moved to Wild Webmink where you will be most welcome to join me from now on.
From My Biased Coin
SIGCOMM papers
A commenter asked me a while back to say what I thought of the SIGCOMM submissions this year. I'm finally getting around to reading and reviewing. (First round...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Teaching Arts Students to Like Computer Science
I might be very well the first person to request to teach COMP 1001. That's the course that arts and social science students take to get the hang of computers and...
From Schneier on Security
Another Interview with Me
I gave this one two days ago, at the RSA Conference.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time to Take the Internet Seriously
Very thoughtful piece in the Edge by computer scientist David Gelernter, author of the book Mirror Worlds. Is it time to take the Internet seriously, or just let...
From Schneier on Security
Mariposa Botnet Shut Down
The Spanish police arrested three people in connection with the 13-million-computer Mariposa botnet.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
10 things likely to be overheard from a Klingon Programmer
I have no idea where this came from originally but it showed up on the AP CS mailing list this week. On one level it is very funny especially if you know the Star...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Evolution of the Google File System
From CACM. An interesting technical and historical piece about decisions made at Google to make their massive file requirements work on challenging hardware: '...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Best Buy to Buy Back
Evan Schuman in StoreFrontBackTalk writes about the intriguing implications of Best Buy re-purchasing used products: ' ... With the economy putting intense pressure...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using a Sports Coaching Model to Support Informal Education
As a professional community, we need better idea of how many computer science teachers are also involved in informal education. I have a sense that there are many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdsourcing a Fragrance
Can a fragrance be crowdsourced? " ... New Global Online Platform 'Womanity' Will Try, With Help From Women and Martin Sorrell ... French beauty marketer Clarins...
From Putting People First
The analogue human and the digital machine
Steve Portigal, Julie Norvaisas and Dan Soltzberg of Portigal Consulting were invited by Core77 to discuss what makes their clocks tick: the analogue human and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Innovation Imperative
This is a relatively old article, but worth reading again:The Innovation ImperativeBy Darrel Rhea, Cheskin CEOOriginally published in The HUB Magazine, March 2006Attempts...
From Schneier on Security
Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
On Tuesday, the White House published an unclassified summary of its Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). Howard Schmidt made the announcement...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Upcoming Microsoft Teacher Leader Training Events
Are you an educator responsible for providing technology training to colleagues? Do you frequently lead teachers with best practices on how to integrate technology...
From Putting People First