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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 Wild WebMink
? OpenOffice.Org and the LibreOffice Imperative
As expected, the Apache Software Foundation took the first steps to admitting the OpenOffice.org project to the Apache community, following Oracle’s IBM-designed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Kodu Cup Winners Announced (2011)
Yesterday the Unlimited Potential team announced the winners of the inaugural US Kodu Cup competition. Today we are announcing the winners of the first U.S...
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? New Cat
It was with huge sadness that we discovered last month that our cat Toby had died suddenly in a neighbour’s garden. He was in perfect condition. He had breakfast...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Learning Management System
A few weeks ago took a look at an example of a learning management system that had a social component. Here is another that was pointed out to me Interactyx: ...
From My Biased Coin
NY Times on Computing
A couple of days ago there was a NY Times article on computing being cool (again), including a shout-out to Harvard's own CS 50 and of course the Social Network...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stanford Spatial History Project
Fascinating work at Stanford. Another example of how visualization can me used to organize and gain insight from very complex data. Always wanted to do thisStanford's...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 13
June 14 Conference: The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference takes place (continues through June 16) Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IEEE Computer on Smart Cities
The June 2011 issue of IEEE Computer is devoted to the topic of Smart Cities. The individual articles are not online yet. The topic, pioneered by IBM, is instructional...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Information Literacy
The Information Literacy Blog highlights the first online issue of the Journal of Information Literacy. Which is "the adoption of appropriate information behaviour...
From The Eponymous Pickle
LinkedIn's InMaps
I took a look at LinkedIn's InMaps visualization of my own business connection network when it first came out. A remarkable view of all those people. Nothing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Science of Retail Analytics
Rccently brought to my attention as part of a study looking at CPG analytics:Timestar Technologies, ... helps leading consumer packaged goods companies grow sales...
From Schneier on Security
Why it's So Difficult to Trace Cyber-Attacks
I've been asked this question by countless reporters in the past couple of weeks. Here's a good explanation. Shorter answer: it's easy to spoof source destination...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 13 June 2011
I spent part of this weekend installing new kitchen cabinets. Not all of us computer geeks are afraid of hand tools and physical labor. On the other hand I
From The Eponymous Pickle
Paypal as an in Store Option
Indications that PayPal may be coming as an option in physical retail stores.
From The Eponymous Pickle
CrowdScanner
Brought to my attention for a potential client:The CrowdScanner: Turning networking into people discovery:a fun, serendipitous, interactive experience.See also...
From My Biased Coin
2012 PCs
In an effort to return to normalcy, I find myself agreeing to serve on PCs again this year. NSDI 2012 call for papers is up. Dina Katabi and Steve Gribble went...
From Computational Complexity
New Complexity Vidcasts
The newly renamed Computational Complexity Channel features two new vidcasts Bill and I hosted last Thursday from San Jose. Bill's Enigma Interview with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Intelligence Platform Cost of Ownership
Interesting charts. Though I think there are a number of indirect costs as well. Serves as a good starting point. From the Tableau blog, and they fare well on...
From Wild WebMink