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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
Refinding E-Mail
Is it worth it to formally organize your eMail by placing messages in folders? To facilitate re-finding specific correspondence? I have done that since nearly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Transforming Business
Analytics Will Transform Business. In Paul Gillin's blog. I agree, having delivered analytical solutions for over thirty years in the enterprise. Need help...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Inspiration
Nearly every Sunday morning I try to read the Sunday paper to help me get charged up for the week and relax for a few quiet moments before starting my day. This...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
True scientists are irreverent
Richard Hamming compared knowledge to compound interest: The more you know, the more you learn. Hence, progress tends to be exponential. Some innovations increase...
From Computational Complexity
Teaching PCPs to Undergrads
The last few times I've taught undergraduate theory I cover the PCP theorem. It's not complicated if you state it the right way: PCP Theorem: For any constant...
From Putting People First
Data visualisation: in defence of bad graphics
Simon Rogers asks on The Guardian’s DataBlog if there is a backlash gathering steam against web data visualisations. “There has definitely been a shift. A few years...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Administration Seeking Input on National Bioeconomy Blueprint
Last month, the President
From Putting People First
Service design, the most important term you haven
James Rock, the managing director and chief business designer for Cultivar Consulting Limited, a business and services design consultancy, talks about service design...
From Wild WebMink
? Removing Obstructions
Last week I was in Paris as a guest of The Document Foundation to speak at their first annual LibreOffice Conference. It was my honour to make the opening remarks...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 October 2011
I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free There are a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 October 2011
I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free There are a lot...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pie Charts?
In Junkcharts: I good comparison example between pie and bar chart showing the same information. Agree, the effort and complexity it requires to analyze an equivalent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Grid IQ Center Visit
I will be at the GE Grid IQ Center tomorrow as part of an innovation summit. Looks to be an interesting venue similar to our innovation centers. " ... Request...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adaptable Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses that can change their prescription. This has been done with adaptable optics on telescopes for some time, so why not?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Semantics in the Cloud
Search and meaning in the Cloud, from Computing Now:" ... In the last two years, the amount of structured data made available on the Web in semantic formats has...
From Putting People First
Brian David Johnson: Intel
Alex Knapp, Forbes Magazine contributor, talks with Intel futurist Brian David Johnson on what he take into account when planning the future: “The answer is both...
From The Eponymous Pickle