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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 Schneier on Security
Did I Actually Say That?
I'm quoted (also here) as using this analogy to explain how IT companies will be damaged by the news that they've been collaborating with the NSA: "How would it...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
To succeed, adopt the post-industrial view
From time to time, students ask me wether such degree or certificate in computer science will help them get a good job. There is no shortage of studies showing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA Voice Moving to E-Distribution
Like many non-profit institutions, CSTA is always looking for new, more efficient ways to do business and for ways to keep CSTA membership free of charge for individual...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ahalogy for Content Marketing
Brought to my attention, formerly Pingage, now Ahalogy. Previously I wrote about Pingage." ... We're building Ahalogy (formerly Pingage) to solve one simple problem...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linking Small Business to Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: How can small business spot innovation and connect to it? " ... Our businesses evolve and go through so many changes on a regular basis...
From Putting People First
Experientia workshop on strategic UX design for Taiwanese businesses
Taiwan meets Italy this week, in a series of workshops and company visits hosted by Experientia for Taiwanese business people. The 15 chief customer experience...
From Computational Complexity
Cryptography and the NSA
Back at Northwestern I occasionally taught an undergraduate cryptography class since I was the local expert in the field (a statement not even remotely true atAdvanced...
From Schneier on Security
Ed Felten on the NSA Disclosures
Ed Felten has an excellent essay on the damage caused by the NSA secretly breaking the security of Internet systems: In security, the worst case -- the thing you...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
1000 Robots for An Hour of Code
BirdBrain Technologies has announced their intention to lend out 1,000 Finch robots as their contribution to this year's Computer Science Education Week and Code...
From Putting People First
What are users up to when they have an experience?
Understanding the experience of using an object depends on understanding the context of use, argues Jeff Doemland in UX Magazine. However, “The prevailing understanding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Customer Experience
An impressive writeup about how companies like McDonald's are attempting to manage customer experience. Can it really be optimized, as they say, when people are...
From Schneier on Security
Matthew Green Speculates on How the NSA Defeats Encryption
This blog post is well worth reading, and not just because Johns Hopkins University asked him to remove it, and then backed down a few hours later.
From Putting People First
The consumer has spoken but is anyone listening?
One would expect that listening to your customers’ needs and wants is a basic prerequisite for any business active in a competitive industry. It also is understandable...
From Putting People First
Design, innovation and government
Last week Joeri van den Steenhoven, attended the How Public Design? conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, which was organized by MindLab, the Danish design lab that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Nature of Book Reviews Here
I review books here from time to time. If you have a book that has anything to do with the content subjects seen here, and want to have it reviewed, contact me...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Limits of Fingerprint Security
The reported inclusion of fingerprint authentication in new iPhones means we will see this approach being used commonly. It is very convenient, but has its limitations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cerf On the Age of Context
Vint Cerf interview on the Age of context. His role as evangelist at at Google, and how the times are changing to adapt in a connected world. " ... “I think...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Harassment in the Computer Science Classroom
Two interesting and initially unrelated links came across my computer screen in the past couple of days. One was an image that said “Everyone talks about leaving...
From Schneier on Security
iPhone Fingerprint Authentication
When Apple bought AuthenTec for its biometrics technology -- reported as one of its most expensive purchases -- there was a lot of speculation about how the company...
From The Eponymous Pickle