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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 Wild WebMink
links for 2009-08-05
Thoughts about Dual-licensing Open Source software Monty's concerns about cases where the commercial license takes away freedoms...
From Putting People First
A user perspective on mobile banking in Tanzania
Gunnar Camner and Emil Sj
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fee-Base WiFi Dying?
I found this article interesting. While there may be fewer fee based WiFi options out there. I also find, when traveling that it is often not that easy to log...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whole Body Nervous System Scan
In Mind Hacks, a link to a form of form of MRI scan which does whole body nervous systems scans. Unclear if this has ever been used to understand any type of human...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Supported Mobile
Good case study of ad-supported mobile in AdAge: Where Blyk Went Wrong. Mention in particular of L'Oreal's use for consumer engagement which got a 70% response...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping the Mind
Finished reading Rita Carter's Mapping the Mind. A good easy to read introduction to the links between brain function and internal brain location. If you are new...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Learning about New Resources
Sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day to get everything accomplished. It can be hard for me to balance my family, career, and personal life. So how...
From Return 42;
The other side of the table: Kent Beck
Time for the next issue of The other side of the table. Today we feature the open question of Kent Beck. We all know Kent is the creator of Extreme ProgrammingAgile...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-08-04
Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation There had to be a reason beyond goodwill, and it seems that reason was...
From Return 42;
The other side of the table: Maurice Herlihy
This edition of The other side of the table took me a little longer. Basically because I have been busy the past two weeks, both with programming and finishingMaurice...
From Return 42;
A little bit more on Quicksort
My previous article On Randomized Algorithms has been the most popular one on this blog so far. It also started a quite an interesting discussion on Reddit. ItMIT...
From Return 42;
On randomized algorithms
I wrote this article consecutively to the previous one - The other side of the table: Simon Peyton-Jones. After I finished reading Simon's reply, I thought that...
From Return 42;
Software Transactional Memory: Yay, Ney or Someday?
Some time ago, a friend of mine and I were working on a little pet project. Nothing too exciting and certainly nothing that would change the world. I am talking...
From Return 42;
The other side of the table: Simon Peyton-Jones
This issue of The other side of the table comes a little bit earlier than usual. Basically due to the fact that it is paired with a follow-up post. Anyways, let's...
From Return 42;
Software Development and Philosophy
Yesterday, Andy Matuschak posted an article called Manifesto on his blog Square Signals. In this post he asks himself the question "What do you want to do when.I...
From Putting People First
From chasm to convergence
Johnathan Bonnell and Jason Theodor explain in a two part series on Experience Matters how technology is increasingly closing the gap between manufacturers and...
From The Noisy Channel
SIGIR 2009: Day 3, Industry Track: Vendor Panel
The last session of the SIGIR 2009 Industry Track was the enterprise search vendor panel. Originally, I’d hoped to have CTOs (or the equivalent) from Autonomy,...
From The Eponymous Pickle