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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 Noisy Channel
Thoughts About Job Performance
This is the season of annual reviews, at least at LinkedIn. Performance reviews can be daunting for both employees and managers — at least everywhere that I’ve...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tough Visualization Questions
Some tough questions in Excelcharts. Food for thought, these are not unexpected answers either. Worth considering the answers.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Health and Social Networks
Health and Social Media. A recent area of exploration. Will this work if there is too much communication or if the message is unwelcome? What can make the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Working with Couponing Startup MoBeam
In the local papers: P&G is working with a west coast startup called MoBeam, which I originally brought into town for tests several years ago. I have mentioned...
From The Noisy Channel
Are You Hitched?
Let me preface this post by saying that this is my personal blog, and that my opinions here are not necessarily those of my employer. With that out of the way,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets as an Educational Tool
Interesting Study. In particular as an aid to education. How much different are they in effectiveness than using a laptop?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Developing Vision Without Sight
In CACM: Continued developments of the replacement and augmentation of human vision. Will the blind be able to see?
From My Biased Coin
January Flying By...
I'm enjoying a relatively snow-free January, but despite the extra time I've had on my hands from not having to shovel, I've had little time for blogging. Reasons...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets as a Shopping Device
In GigaOM. Tablets as the ideal shopping device? Will we start seeing everyone with a Ping pong paddle style tablet as they course through brick and mortar?...
From Computational Complexity
Teaching an Honors Section of Discrete Mathematics
A few years ago I was assigned to teach the HONORS section of Discrete Math (a course for sophomores who have had a year of programming and a year a calculus). They...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Time Flies When Learning Is Fun
I did some work workshops with the great people from Digital Wish again this week (see also Teaching Teachers and Students Together) We did a full day workshopHeavy...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NAE Names 2012 Draper, Gordon Prize Winners
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
From Schneier on Security
The Continued Militarization of the U.S. Police
The state of Texas gets an armed PT boat. I guess armed drones weren't enough for them.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Second Economy: a Neural Model
Aspen Root Systems and a neural system for a second economy. By W Brian Arthur, who we worked with at the Santa Fe Institute and applied in the enterprise. Delaine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithms That Changed the Future
Being a long time practitioner of the practice of developing and applying algorithms, I found this book to be very interesting: Nine Algorithms that Changed. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Turbo Tax Goes Mobile
Intuit reports that their flagship Turbo Tax package, which I have used for years, is now available on iPhone, iPad and Android. The package can be used to both...
From The Eponymous Pickle