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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 Putting People First
Service design, a strong strategy for local authorities
Design Flanders ["Design Vlaanderen"] and the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (both in Belgium) have just published a bilingual Dutch-English booklet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exceptional Book: Zero Moment of Truth
ZMOT was a concept we often discussed in the enterprise. Google also uses the concept, borrowed from P&G. See more in a post in their consumer package goodsWinning...
From Putting People First
Inside Google
Smashing Magazine author Dan Redding interviewed Marcin Wichary, Senior User Experience Designer at Google. “Marcin Wichary
From Putting People First
Social Circles
Usability consultant Frank Spillers writes that he the recent release of Google’s social circles (part of the new ‘Google +’ social network) constitutes a social...
From Putting People First
Smart Design
Smart Design’s think tank presents an ongoing discussion of how gender should be included in good design – all published in a new series on Fast Company. The Femme...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Play and Learning
In the CACM: Thinking about games and learning in play. Mary Flanagan was mentioned recently in the tagging images. She also directs theTiltfactor Lab , a game...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing and US Manufacturing
In Forbes: Will the ability to print in 3D revive manufacturing? I much like the idea of remote delivery of digital instructions for manufacturing. We discovered...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Boring Resumes
Good thoughts on sprucing up a boring resume. At very least this approach can get you noticed, and show that you are thinking intelligently and creatively.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Last Shuttle
I had the pleasure of seeing the last shuttle launch live this week from the Canaveral seashore. Ironic since I have been in Florida for long periods, saw many...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Student Media at the Imagine Cup
One of the things that is special about this year
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google+ is Growing and I Join in
Reports this morning that there are now millions of Google+ users and it continues to grow rapidly. I received an invite a few days ago and started to play with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Complex Technologies Improve More Slowly
From the Santa Fe InstituteA new study by several SFI-affiliated researchers demonstrates a way to measure the interconnectedness of a technology's components and...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-07-10
Shouldn't Free Mean The Same Thing Whether Followed By 'Culture' Or 'Software'? | Techdirt An excellent point being made here; if it is morally wrong to prevent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Giving Robot Vacuums a Personality
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-to-give-robot-vacuums-a-personalityIn IEEE Spectrum:It's surprisingly easy for humans to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Agencies, National Science Board Seeking Input
Late last month, the White House announced a request for feedback on “Circular A-21″ — a 7-year-old document that specifies key principles for determining costs...
From My Biased Coin
Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index
The comments from the last post (thanks, David Andersen) spurred me to mention the following.I do check Google Scholar for my own work fairly regularly. Not to...
From Wild WebMink
? Two Favourites in the UK
If you are a UK resident located in the UK (yes, Amazon really has bolted its service down that tightly here), there are free tracks by two of my absolute favourite...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simplifying Human Machine Interaction
HP Labs India design work . Key directions to improve how computers communicate with humans.
From Schneier on Security