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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
Lindstrom Newsletter
Brand Futurist Martin Lindstrom now has his newsletter out. Lots of interesting branding and advanced marketing ideas and resources. Fun videos on the topic. Read...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Where do the best mathematicians come from?
Americans think that the best scientists come from their best universities.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Binary "Bits" For All!
In 1988 David Macaulay's classic The Way Things Work was published. In 1998, he followed up this very successful book with The New Way Things Work, which includes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BI for the IPhone
Sy Truong, whose blog Becoming a SAS Programmer in the Pharmaceutical Industry, sends along a post: SAS iPhone App Architecture. This is a technical post for those...
From Schneier on Security
Schneier on "The Future of the Security Industry"
Here's a video of a talk I gave at an OWASP meeting in August.
From Computational Complexity
The Mystique of the Open Problem
The story goes that Andrew Wiles dreamt of proving Fermat's last theorem when he was a kid. No surprise since all of us math-loving kids dreamed of solving this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter Value Strategy Working
P&G says that its value strategy is working and sales will recover this fall.
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP and Retail Simulation
In a further indication of SAP's deeper interest in predictive analytics in retail, they have said they plan to acquire SAF (Simulation, Analysis and Forecasting...
From Schneier on Security
Eighth Anniversary of 9/11
On September 30, 2001, I published a special issue of Crypto-Gram discussing the terrorist attacks. I wrote about the novelty of the attacks, airplane security...
From Putting People First
The currency revolution
The Wall Street Journal looks at the rise of alternative currencies: “The weak dollar. A Federal Reserve constantly being second-guessed. It
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Smart Data Collective
Newly discovered: The Smart Data Collective: The data-driven enterprise community. A syndication of bloggers talking about the use of data and its profitable leverage...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using GameMaker to Spark an Interest in CS
In my work with middle school students, I feel that it is my responsibility to expose my students to as many topics as possible. It is my hope that by exposing...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.7 (September 9, 2009), 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Urges That Education Funding Include Computer Science [3] USACM Comments on Government Web Tracking Policies [4] USACM...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Internet Stats
Google has launched an Internet stats center. Nice idea, have always looked for this kinds of resource for talks and background. Categorized and search able in...
From Schneier on Security
File Deletion
File deletion is all about control. This used to not be an issue. Your data was on your computer, and you decided when and how to delete a file. You could use the...
From Putting People First
What
Frank Spillers, a usability consultant, looks at the hot topic of Augmented Reality from a user experience point of view, shows some examples, and highlights the...
From Putting People First