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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How To Video: Hello World in TouchDevelop
I’ve decided that a tool as visual and touch enabled as TouchDevelop lends itself to video instructions more than text based ones even with a lot of pictures. So...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
White House Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues: Legislative Priorities and Executive Actions
The White House today released a report on the impact of patent trolls on innovation and announced five executive actions the USPTO and the U.S. Intellectual Property...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Challenge of Teaching Computer Science (in Brazil)
I just got back from a week in Brazil. My Portuguese isn't very good (I need to take a Portuguese word, figure out its Spanish equivalent, and then try to translate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Exiting Unprofitable Businesses
In the HBR: A video. This is fundamental. I would further ask: How can your predict when a business is declining fundamentally? " ... Rita Gunther McGrath...
From Apophenia
Taking a vacation? Take an email sabbatical!
This post was originally written for LinkedIn; see comments there. Have you ever returned from vacation more stressed out than when you left? Is the reason because...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Handwashing Compliance Gamification
A good example of the use of gamification to change employee behavior. Also in this article, the use of the term 'engagement science' whose definition is obvious...
From Schneier on Security
The Problems with CALEA-II
The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet. Although its claim is that the new law will only maintain the status quo, it's reallyeverything...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearable Existance
Thad Starner, wearable computing pioneer, who we talked to regarding wearable computing in manufacturing settings, his comments on the emergence of wearable computing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
COBOL is still here
The early programming language COBOL is still here and used in many key systems. I was last informed of that twenty years ago during an audit of important systems...
From Computational Complexity
STOC is Burning
Bill and I are in Palo Alto this week for the co-located meetings of STOC and Complexity. In a new ACM policy, the STOC 2013 papers are freely downloadable by all...
From Schneier on Security
The Security Risks of Unregulated Google Search
Someday I need to write an essay on the security risks of secret algorithms that become part of our infrastructure. This paper gives one example of that. Could...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Side by Side Programming Language Comparisons
For fun this week I am working on a side by side programming language reference for Alice 3.1, C#, Scratch 2.0, TouchDevelop, Small Basic and Visual Basic. Keeping...
From Putting People First
Without opt in, Google Glass will generate hostility
“Google and friends should not be trying to make these things acceptable in polite society,” writes Roger Kay in Forbes. “If they persist, they can expect a wave...
From Putting People First
A beautiful kids’ book that combines interactivity with good old-fashioned text
The Jörgits and the End of Winter, an indie fantasy novel for kids nine and up, uses interactivity as a supplement to the story, not a stand-in for it, and shows...
From Putting People First
Understanding people core strategic goal of World Bank financial inclusion group
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is an independent policy and research center, affiliated with the World Bank, dedicated to advancing financial...
From Putting People First
The case for preserving the pleasure of deep reading
The deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they...
From Putting People First
Book: Rewire – Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection
Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection by Ethan Zuckerman W. W. Norton & Company, June 2013 288 pages [Amazon link] Abstract We live in an age of...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why I never give straight answers
There are some questions that you should never answer. This is true when you are facing justice, your angry wife, or students. Carl Zimmer, a famous science writer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self Service Business Intelligence
Thoughts on the concept of self-service business intelligence. True there are many issues to think about, like the use of standards, security and efficiency. Despite...
From The Eponymous Pickle