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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
Smartphones for Checking Out in Retail
Michael Koploy posts a great article on using smartphones for retail checkout. It is a topic I have talked to many retailers about. It is a key issue for retailers...
From Computational Complexity
Guest Post on Conference Locations
(Samir Khuller Guest Post.) On Conference Locations: I recently looked at Orbitz for fares to Japan for SODA 2012 in Jan. The round trip fare from DC to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Predictive Perspectives
I will be at the IBM Predictive Perspectives Innovative Ideas for Analytics next Tuesday, September 13 in Cincinnati (Actually in Covington KY). Want to meet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Promotes Retail Challenge
I have been a long time promoter of getting all students started early in Technology, Math and Science. It is hard to fill in the gaps later. Just got this note...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google to do Dart
Google is introducing a new structured Web programming language called Dart.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driving Levels of Interaction
Gamification can get people minimally involved, but how can it lead to deeper levels of interaction? Some thoughts.
From Putting People First
Design ethnography field guide by Helsinki Design Lab
An essential part of any design activity is understanding the context one is working in, particularly the social context. Eventually when proposals are made, these...
From Wild WebMink
? How Many Foundations Do We Need?
One of the sessions at Transfer Summit concerned open source foundations. I made a comment during the Q & A that some people wanted recorded, so here it is! ? Imagine...
From Putting People First
Marko Ahtisaari: Patterns of Human Interaction (the Nokia N9 design video)
Marko Ahtisaari is the global head of Nokia’s design unit, and he is responsible for Nokia
From Putting People First
What Does it Mean to Design Public Services?
Design thinking and techniques can help create radical innovations needed to meet the challenges facing local communities and services, says Philip Colligan, executive...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NFTE World Series of Innovation
Innovation! What is is and how can we teach it to children? Big questions today as many of us believe that innovation in many forms is absolutely critical to success...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boot Camp Digital
See former colleague Krista Neher's Boot Camp Digital. Local Social media tips and tricks. Great stuff. "Krista really knows her stuff re: social media. She...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ScriptTD: Tower Defense Game Creation Made Easy
Coding a game from scratch is hard. Make no mistake about there is a lot to it. OF course many people, especially students, think they are all ready to create the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fusion Tables
Had completely missed this idea in Google Docs: Fusion Tables. " ... a new option in Google Docs: creating tables. It seems that Google Docs started to integrate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Badges
A clever, simple idea that also depends much on how it is implemented. An open infrastructure that is all about delivering badges for acquiring skills. Much...
From Schneier on Security
New Lows in Secret Questions
I've already written about secret questions, the easier-to-guess low-security backup password that sites want you to have in case you forget your harder-to-remember...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Single Molecule Motor
One of the great accomplishments of the 19th century was the electric motor. Converting electrical energy to controllable mechanical energy. Now a single molecule...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Junk Charts Again
In Junk Charts they illustrate one of my favorite examples of poor data visualization. It is the use of bar charts without using scales that start at zero. This...
From The Noisy Channel
Attention CMU Students!
As many of you know, I’m a proud alumnus of the CMU School of Computer Science
From The Eponymous Pickle