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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 Apophenia
ChatRoulette by Sarita Yardi
Sarita Yardi has been doing a lot of thinking about ChatRoulette these days and I wanted to share a short essay she wrote to explain ChatRoulette to the uninitiated...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Most Common Questions About Recommender Systems
I get ten to fifteen questions a week on recommender systems from entrepreneurs and engineers. Sometimes, I help people find their way in the literature. On occasion—for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coffee and the Artificial Nose
Short piece on coffee and the artificial nose. It was an area that we examined closely and tried to understand from both linking to the real world world of theon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time vs Psychological Value of Money
Good piece by Jim Benson. About the Psychological vs the Time value of money, and how to leverage that effect.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter Product Lifecycle Management
From Consumer Goods Mag: P&G Optimizes Packaging and Artwork Initiatives Procter & Gamble (P&G) extends the scope of its V6 PLM implementation to incorporate global...
From Apophenia
ChatRoulette, from my perspective
I’ve been following ChatRoulette for a while now but haven’t been comfortable talking about it publicly. For one, it’s a hugely controversial site, one that is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Team Kanban
Jerry Michalski is hosting a conference talk on Monday February 22, 2010 at 1:30 PM EST. Dial-in Number: 1-270-400-1500 Participant Access Code: 778778 ... ItsPersonal...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-21
Copyright Undercover: ACTA & the Web "This issue is an embarrassment for all concerned, a naked bit of crony-capitalism that has...
From The Eponymous Pickle
You are not a Gadget
Finished reading Jaron Lanier's You are not a Gadget: A Manifesto. (The Amazon link has a look-inside-the-book and a good Q&A with Lanier). We met Lanier, a pioneer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Global Internet Usage Usage Stats
Good compilation of Global Internet usage statistics.-
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Not being able to program a computer is like
I confess to an almost addictive love for a good analogy to explain various ideas. One analogy people use is that they can use a car without understanding how it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogging to Drive Business
After a number of warnings following around blogging be passe lately, its good to see a new book on blogging and business ... '" ... From Eric Butow and Rebecca...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-20
A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled A crucial and foundational legal finding that establishes violation of open...
From The Noisy Channel
Holding Back the Rise of the Machines?
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is one of my favorite examples of leveraging the internet for innovation: Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work that requires...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time on Advertising Sounds
A Time Mag article: Now Hear This. A good piece, on sounds in advertising, see also my previous post on Martin Lindstrom and Buyology Inc's work in this area.
From Putting People First
The Internet in 2020
A new report on the future of the internet, based on interviews of nearly 900 internet stakeholders and critics, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet...
From Putting People First
How evidence-based design leads to better patient outcomes
Barbara Pantuso, director of healthcare innovation at frog design, reports on health outcomes and financial implications of Evidence-Based Design (EBD). “It
From Putting People First
Who needs banks if you have a mobile phone?
Cellphone-based money transfer is transforming the prospects of people who live without bank accounts or ATMs
From Schneier on Security