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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
Programming as a super power
From the time I wrote my first computer program about 38 years ago as a college student there has always been a bit of magic about the process. A bit of a super...
From Putting People First
Real-time video in 2020
Skype commissioned the Institute for the Future to research and start a conversation about the future of real-time video communication and what will it feel like...
From Putting People First
If your kids are awake, they
The average young American now spends practically every waking minute
From Putting People First
Nokia
In recognition of the importance that good design and user experience plays in creating successful products and services, Forum Nokia has renewed and extended it...
From My Biased Coin
Housework
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article up titled Time Crunch for Female Scientists : They Do More Housework Than Men. Worth reading, understanding, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
HP's Wall of Touch
Another example of 'walls' of information, which we experimented with extensively. Think of it as also useful for creating certain '2D environments' like the store...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Meaning of Client Silence
Peter Bregman on silence. Have we all not experienced this?. What is the useful reaction to client silence as the most dangerous form of feedback?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Company IT at NRF
Storefrontbacktalk reports on a number of big company IT leaders at NRF and their innovation views.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
It's a Great Day for CS!
Ever since Computer Science Education Week, I couldn't help but notice all the positive signs that have come through my email about what a great time it is to teach...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Packing Intelligence in a Tweet
James Kobielus looking at the business intelligence value of Twitter. I still see Twitter as an alert leading to more information. Sometimes all of the intelligence...
From Computational Complexity
Should CCC2012 be at the North Pole?
The last few posts on ICS in China have lead to off-topic (though maybe they were not off topic) comments on whether we should have conferences in countries who...
From Schneier on Security
Privacy Violations by Facebook Employees
I don't know if this is real, but it seems perfectly reasonable that all of Facebook is stored in a huge database that someone with the proper permissions can access...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft at TCEA
In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual TCEA conference. This is one of the biggest and best (we are talking Texas after all) educational...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics for Humanitarian Logistics
Just added to Analytics Magazine, a short article and podcast on the use of logistics analytics in the Haiti earthquake. Linked to the Center for Humanitarian Logistics...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 18
January 20 Hearing: The House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act, taking testimony from business...
From Schneier on Security
Eavesdropping in the Former Soviet Union
Interesting story: The phone's ringer is a pretty simple thing: there's a coil, a magnet and a hammer controlled by the magnet that hits the gongs when there is...
From Putting People First
Book: Pervasive Information Architecture
Pervasive Information Architecture – Designing information space in ubiquitous ecologies is a book being written by Andrea Resmini and Luca Rosati for Morgan Kaufmann...
From Apophenia