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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
Understanding what drives profits for agents
In emerging markets, agents are the customer-facing element for mobile banking providers, “who rely on them to open accounts, do customer care, and (crucially)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Brain Shaping the Internet's Future?
Intriguing interview in Blogoscoped. On the thought interface, long imagined and implemented in still limited ways. The implications it might have for linkingsite...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Solar Power
Was unaware of this, but Google is looking via investment to develop mirrors for more economical solar power. Statistics are interesting, but pessimistic. Recall...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
New Podcast on Building a CS Program in Middle School
For the past year or so I've been visiting with interesting computer science educators and professionals in order to bring to you cool classroom strategies andCS...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sweetener Market
One of my of little side ventures. The growing of the sweetener Stevia. I grew my first crop this year. Article about its market potential.
From Schneier on Security
Demonstration of a Liquid Explosive
The BBC has a video demonstration of a 16-ounce bottle of liquid blowing a hole in the side of a plane. I know no more details other than what's in the video. ...
From Return 42;
Randomized Shellsort
Not too long ago, I wrote a little bit about the randomized Quicksort algorithm. Right in time for the 50th anniversary of Donald Shell's Shellsort algorithm, Michael...
From CERIAS Blog
ReAssure 1.20 Release
A new version of the ReAssure testbed software, 1.20, is now available on the project web site. This version features a rewritten reservation manager that is multi...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Blogging Blunders
Paul Gillin has posted several items on business blogging blunders. Here is the first, with links to the others. An exemplary read for anyone starting an external...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flu Patients Blogging and Reporting
A good overview of infodemiology, or using information on the Internet to report and track disease outbreaks. Blogs are good, but faster and simpler social networks...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Intercepts Used to Convict Liquid Bombers
Three of the UK liquid bombers were convicted Monday. NSA-intercepted e-mail was introduced as evidence in the trial: The e-mails, several of which have been ...
From My Biased Coin
Research Labs "vs." Academia
Muthu points to a blog entry (by Danah Boyd of Microsoft Research) on research labs vs. academia. It's a good read -- especially for graduate students thinking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mike2.0 on Open Methodologies
Brenda Somich sends along information about MIKE2.0. It's a non-profit community for sharing information on IM topics with other industry professionals. Theya...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Next Generation Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is something I have worked on for years. For executives and for use by the individual employee. Recently BI has discovered well-integrated...
From Schneier on Security
The Global Illicit Economy
Interesting video: A new class of global actors is playing an increasingly important role in globalization: smugglers, warlords, guerrillas, terrorists, gangs,...
From Putting People First
Social science meets technology in next-generation jobs
Gartner says the bridge to the future with social networks will be with roles with origins in the social sciences, reports eWeek. Better understanding of the Web...
From Putting People First
Awareness is everything
Jamais Cascio argues on Fast Company that, as our various electronic devices gain more and more sensory awareness, we open up the potential for entirely new forms...
From Putting People First
Organizational Culture 101: a practical how-to for interaction designers
“To navigate the landscape of organizational culture interaction designers need a set of practical tools, language & knowledge drawn from the world of cultural...
From Putting People First