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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
Designers and Engineers
A piece on the relationship of statistical/engineering approaches versus design. Was also discussed in the NYTimes. As an engineer/scientist I know more about that...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-10-31
The Fun Theory It may be an advertising stunt, but the videos are great and it embodies the idea central to open source that people...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Curriculum in our High Schools
While attending the recent Southern Business Education Association Convention in Huntsville, Alabama, I was struck by the lack of emphasis on computer science and...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Humboldt Squid in Canada
They're washing ashore on Vancouver Island. Scientists have begun attaching tracking devices to squid off the coast of Vancouver Island to find out why the marine...
From Putting People First
Nov-Dec 2009 edition of Interactions magazine online
The November-December edition of Interactions Magazine is online and some articles are available without subscription. Unfortunately, the main menu page doesn’t...
From Putting People First
Experientia partner Michele Visciola on people-centred innovation as culture evolution
My business partner Michele Visciola, who is also the president of Experientia, has written an article entitled “People-centered innovation or culture evolution...
From Putting People First
The golden age of infinite music
John Harris has written an excellent article on the BBC News site on the social and cultural consequences of music being always available online in free and seemingly...
From Putting People First
Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels speaks at IxD Fall Summit
On 6 November Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels will be speaking at the IxD Fall Summit 2009 organised by the Ume
From Schneier on Security
Attacking U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Squirrel terrorists. We have a cognitive bias to exaggerate risks caused by other humans, and downplay risks caused by animals (and, even more, by natural phenomena...
From Return 42;
Sindain
Introducing Sindain - A JavaScript project template.Working with Rails is nice. Not only is Rails already setting up a nearly complete environment for you, thesuspenders...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scent Marketing
Roger Dooley on recent scent dimension work in marketing. A frequent topic here. Most recently we talked to Whiff! about establishing scent laboratories. ScentBrandsense...
From Putting People First
Videos of keynote speeches at Seoul design research conference
Last week, the IASDR 2009 conference (International Association of Societies of Design Research) took place in Seoul, South Korea, and all videos of the keynote...
From Schneier on Security
Report on Chinese Cyberwarfare Capability
"Capability of the People's Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation," prepared for the US-China Economic and Security Review...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-10-30
Send the GNU GPL to the Amazonia Carlo Piana (Europe's answer to Eben Moglen) once again delivers a clear analysis, this time showing how Amazon's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media in Asia
Another case study, here for for big CPG in Asia, Unilever is using a number of methods, especially in beauty brands using Facebook based activities and engaging...
From Computational Complexity
FOCS News
Last month I suggested that students should go to FOCS even if they didn't have a paper there. I doubt my post had much to do with it, but I heard FOCS did attract...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Top 25 Canadian Universities by Research Funding (2009)
University of Toronto (where I got my B.Sc. and M.Sc.) University of Alberta University of British Columbia Universit
From The Eponymous Pickle
Challenge of New Media: Ken Lowe Podcast
[ The start of the podcast is from a video and has poor quality, the keynote address starts at about 10:00 ]From the 2nd Annual UC Marketing Summit: The Challenge...
From Wild WebMink