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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
Emerging Practices in Quality Measurement
Marisa Brown on emerging practices in quality measurement. And key foundational practices required to implement and maintain a stable and effective quality measurement...
From The Eponymous Pickle
EMC and Gamification
It is more about perceived status than badges. But then badges can imply status. Depending as I have said many times before, on the context and embedded culture...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What if CSTA Were the Next Coca- Cola?
Have you ever looked at the history of Coca-Cola? They have been around for 126 years and while they keep re-creating themselves, they have a recognizable brand...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remodeling Corporate Culture
For the digital era. Not an easy thing to do, but becoming increasingly important. I like the mention of tbe Baby Boomers contribution here. Much forgotten...
From Putting People First
What Facebook knows
Deep inside the company, a team of social scientists is hunting for unprecedented insights about human behaviour, reports Tom Simonite, Technology Review’s senior...
From Putting People First
The user experience of Windows 8
Windows 8 and the art of UX compromise by Ryan Bell, user interface software team lead at EffectiveUI Microsoft is cleverly promoting Windows 8 with the tagline...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Army Overhauling Virtual Training Games
A very telling article on the Process of using Games in DOD applications. My own experience working for the office of the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon was to perform...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Woman's Mouth Inseminated by Cooked Squid
This story is so freaky I'm not even sure I want to post it. But if I don't, you'll all send me the links. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
From Schneier on Security
FireDogLake Book Salon for Liars and Outliers
On Sunday, I will be participating in a public discussion about my new book on the FireDogLake website. James Fallows will be the moderator, and I will be answering...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Local Mobile
A presentation. . On SoLoMo and how it is changing our engagement world.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why I Love Windows Live Mesh
It could be argued that I have too many computers. There is my cool demo machine
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autodesk 123D
My previous note led me to Autodesk 123D. Available as an App on the iPad. Taking ordinary photos and turning them into 3D models. See their blog for instructive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Copying - For Sculpture and more
The example here is in art, but I can see this happening much more broadly. Consider too, its potential integration with remote manufacturing. " ... using a free...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Center Store Sales
A topic we spent time simulating and examining in laboratory settings. A new look at the factors determining shopper behavior. How can re-design and better shopper...
From Wild WebMink
Can the DPL Work?
What is patents could be de-weaponized? That’s the goal of the new Defensive Patent License, released this week by law professor (and former EFF lawyer) Jason Schultz...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Why The Hartmanis-Stearns Conjecture Is Still Open
A missed? or forgotten? connection from 1976 Richard Brent is an illustrious Australian mathematician and computer scientist. He is known for Brent’s Theorem, which...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can Cloud Interdependenices Cause Meltdowns?
A piece of research that suggests that over leveraged cloud services could cause service meltdowns. he suggest that these interdependencies are still little understood...
From Schneier on Security
Rare Rational Comment on al Qaeda's Capabilities
From "CNN national security analyst" Peter Bergen: Few Americans harbor irrational fears about being killed by a lightning bolt. Abu Yahya al-Libi's death on Monday...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Webcasting Turing Centenary Celebration Today, Saturday
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is holding its A.M. Turing Centenary Celebration in San Francisco, CA, today and Saturday — marking the 100th anniversary...
From Putting People First