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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
Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest
I don’t work for Microsoft anymore so I don’t get paid to promote things like this. On the other hand I like the idea of a) applications for social good and b)http...
From Putting People First
Building software to conduct ethnographic research of online communities
While digital ethnography is an established field within ethnography, we don’t often hear of ethnographers building digital tools to conduct their fieldwork. Wendy...
From Computational Complexity
Produce or Perish
Every year or so the National Science Foundation releases a new version of the holy bible of grant submission procedures, the Grant Proposal Guide. Last month's...
From Schneier on Security
On the Ineffectiveness of Airport Security Pat-Downs
I've written about it before, but not half as well as this story: "That search was absolutely useless." I said. "And just shows how much of all of this is security...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 5 November 2012
Super Storm Sandy (for various reasons I believe it was not technically a hurricane when it reached me) came and went last week. I was lucky and we only lost power...
From Putting People First
Five perspectives on the future of the human interface
The next generation of apps will require developers to think more of the human as the user interface. It will become more about the need to know how an app works...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Associative Analytics
It has been a while since I took a look at Saffron Technology's blog. I know several of the people involved, and their tech is solid. They are now emphasizing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytic Bridge.
Have mentioned this a few times, Analytic Bridge pulls together a number of useful online resources for data science that are worth subscribing to. It is tough...
From Writing
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 2
After learning some basic Erlang syntax on Day 1, I take on the second Erlang chapter, which introduces some more interesting concepts.Erlang, Day 2: ThoughtsI'm...
From Writing
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 1
After a long hiatus, I'm finally back to working my way through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. After finishing up Scala, I'm now on the 5th language, Erlang, though...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Anthropology
Have always been interested in how elements of sociology can be digitized and interpreted. Facebook and Twitter are examples of this can be done today. But how...
From Putting People First
Book: Digital Anthropology
Digital Anthropology Edited by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller Berg Publishers, Oct 2012 328pp Anthropology has two main tasks: to understand what it is to be human...
From Putting People First
Anthropology of mid-sized startups
In their natural habitats, social species organize into characteristic groups. Gazelles form herds, wolves form packs, and ants form colonies. Humans, in the same...
From Putting People First
Leaving our mark: What will be left of our cities?
From our cities, to our farms, to our rubbish, humans have firmly stamped their mark across the planet. Humanity’s impact on the globe is so great and varied that...
From Putting People First
Human face of big data
This past week featured a worldwide experiment conducted via a mobile app: The Human Face of Big Data. On September 26, 2012, Against All Odds Productions launched...
From Putting People First
Bridging the gap between humans and computers
Heather Kelly reports on the CNN website on The Atlantic’s recent Big Science Summit in San Jose, California: We have voice-controlled assistants on our phones,...
From Putting People First
Philips Design: From data to meaning for people
On October 22nd, 2012, Philips Design organized a special seminar and workshop to explore how businesses can innovate by translating ‘Big Data’ into value for people...
From Putting People First
NEXT Service Design videos
NEXT Service Design is the European conference for designing digital services, which took place on 8 October in Berlin. It focuses on design methods including design...
From Putting People First
The Slow Revolution
The last ten years has seen a burgeoning of the Slow Movement in all aspects of life from management, travel and education to science and work. On 4 October, the...
From My Biased Coin