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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Origami and Math
In the BBC: Better Origami and the intricate relationship of form in nature and mathematics. " ... Paper folding isn’t just an art, it can help fit everything...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Death of Statistical Practice
Excerpted from Steve Miller in Information Management:I’m still reeling from the provocative but important new book, “Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform...
From Putting People First
Mozilla’s new UX Quarterly
Mozilla’s user experience research and design team has just published the first Mozilla UX Quarterly. Crystal Beasley, Editor and Product Design Strategist, writes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accepting Mobile Payments
A good overview of mobile payment alternatives. I have utilized a few of these, as a person who takes this kind of payment infrequently.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Festival in Monterey
It's at the end of May. Note that it's being put on by the Calamari Entertainment Group. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
From Schneier on Security
The Onion on Browser Security
Wise advice: At Chase Bank, we recognize the value of online banking -- it’s quick, convenient, and available any time you need it. Unfortunately, though, the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Associative Memories for Complex Data
Saffron Technology provides a new whitepaper (some registration required). I worked with Saffron, and they have unique views of complex data that are worth examining...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification of Internal Process
Most examples of gamification have been external facing. Using them to improve engagement with a site, or increase loyalty. Have always been interested in how...
From Putting People First
Very successful launch of Experientia’s Talking Design lecture series
Click on image to view slideshow On Wednesday evening about 20 guests and 30 Experientia staff maxed out our little conference room to attend our very first Talking...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Many Fart Apps Do We Need
The satirical publication TheOnion released a fart application on GitHub. One can add it to their web page and people who visit it will hear fart sounds when they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Implications of Mobile Replacing Desktop
If we start asking employees to bring their own devices, that will increasingly be a mobile device. What are the general implications of this direction? Security...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When Cars Talk
The broad idea is machine to machine communication. Here the example used is how cars on the street will talk to each other and react to data in their environment...
From Schneier on Security
Mail Cover
From a FOIAed Department of Transportation document on investigative techniques: A "mail cover" is the process by which the U.S. Postal Service records any data...
From Putting People First
UXPA’s latest User Experience Magazine is freely available online
User Experience is the quarterly magazine of the UXPA, the User Experience Professional Association. From now on, each new issue is available online, in a responsive...
From Putting People First
Jake Barton of Local Projects wins USA’s National Award for Interaction Design
We at Experientia have always admired the work of Jake Barton and his company Local Projects, for the way that they have deeply woven people’s narration and storytelling...
From Putting People First
How do you interview an interview specialist?
Ethnography Matters took on a difficult challenge with this interview of Steve Portigal about his new book “Interviewing Users“. EM: In your 18 years in this business...
From Putting People First
‘Open Data’ brings potential and perils for governments
Governments and public officials are rushing to embrace the concept of Open Data, throwing open the vast panoply of publicly collected information for the digitally...
From Putting People First
How GE uses data visualization to tell complex stories
GE, perhaps more than any other major company, is dedicated to the use of data visualization as a key part of its marketing and communications efforts. Stemming...
From Putting People First
Libraries: a canvas for creating meaningful UX
Amanda L. Goodman is the User Experience Librarian at Darien Library in Connecticut. In this article for UX Magazine, she writes about her experience as a librarian...
From The Eponymous Pickle