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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
What technology has taught us at dizzying speed
Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic of the International Herald Tribune, reflects on what skills have, because of technology, become less useful than they would...
From Putting People First
Horizon Report 2009
The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium (NMC)
From Putting People First
People-centric sensing in the city of the near future
Fabien Girardin, whose work I start to know (and appreciate) more and more, just uploaded the presentation of his research work in the domain of people-centric...
From CSDiary
Carlos Guestrin Wins IJCAI
Carlos Guestrin, a faculty member in Machine Learning, Computer Science, and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, is the recipient...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Books
The future of books and knowledge, one of my favorite topics. From the NYRB: Google and the Future of Books. See also my recent comments on book scanning progress...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brand Manager Blogs
Dave Knox, P&G Brand Manager, has an interesting personal blog.
From Putting People First
Kitchen Budapest visit
I just posted an article on Core77 about my visit yesterday to Kitchen Budapest. Check it out. KiBu will be presenting three projects at the upcoming Lift09 conference...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Announces New BI
An overview presentation of changes in Microsoft's Business Intelligence roadmap.
From Putting People First
Silvia Zimmermann from Switzerland is new UPA President
The German and Swiss websites of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) report that Silvia Zimmermann from Switzerland is the new president of the UPA. Although...
From Putting People First
Revolution, Facebook-style
A long feature article in the New York Times Magazine explores whether social networking can turn disaffected young Egyptians into a force for democratic change...
From Putting People First
The Publius Project
The Publius Project is an initiative of Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, with the cryptic byline: “a collection of essays and conversations...
From Putting People First
?oyfriend
Worldchanging published an original piece of science fiction by author Madeline Ashby. The story imagines a series of futuristic technologies (including smart tags...
From Putting People First
Mission 2.0: advice for arts & cultural organisations from the social web
Rohan Gunatillake of NESTA Connect highlights three principal drivers as being behind the new wave of online activity: the low barriers to participation, the thirst...
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Design research methods for experience design
In the current edition of UXmatters Michael Hawley (VP Experience Design at Mad*Pow Media Solutions LLC) reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of two existing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Is Open Source Software a Choice For My School?
Computing classes in our schools cost money. We have PCs running Windows. We need programming languages as well as application software for basic functionality...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Horizon Graphs
Stephen Few writes about horizon graphs for time series designed for visualization and comparison: " ... horizon graphs can meaningfully display 50 or so full....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuroscience Boot Camp
Get your boots out, you can be fully trained this summer.-
From The Eponymous Pickle
Britannica Prepares to Create Community
In a perhaps inevitable change, Britannica is planning a major change to the way it gathers knowledge, making it more wiki-like. Establishing a community of experts...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog