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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 My Biased Coin
ITCS
I was asked to post the call for papers for the (renamed) Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science conference. (I'm glad they finally changed the name -- see...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Social Learning Guild
In the ACM: Ashwin Ram on Open Social Learning. Some good ideas about how to take the obsessions of the youner generation and use them to make learning more efficient...
From Computational Complexity
The Longest Day
Tuesday at FCRC. 7 AM: A grad student at Northwestern administers my final exam at 9 AM Chicago time. He has my mobile number just in case but luckily I neverpaper...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Generosity at Work
Harvard post on key success strategies at work, focusing on generosity. Very well put, it is not always reciprocated, but almost always works.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Is Wikipedia anti-intellectual?
Sander recently posted a provocative piece where he argues that geeks suffer from anti-intellectualism. To some extend, his stance is that democratic sites such...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Revenue Performance Management
An overview of Revenue Performance Management (RPM), which we were always doing, but saw some traction a few years ago. It appears to be driven increasingly to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linked in Games
In Mashable. You can now play a whimsical Tetris-like game in Linkedin with profile head-shots. Does not drive you to a serious goal. But could make you stay on...
From Putting People First
WHO report on mHealth
The World Health Organisation has just issued a major (free) report on mHealth, entitled “mHealth: New horizons for health through mobile technologies“. Abstract...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TouchStudio
OK you have a smart phone and you want to create an application for it. But you don
From Wild WebMink
Happy IPv6 Day
The why and wherefore of IPv6 Day, as well as plenty of handy links, are over on my blog at ComputerWorldUK.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Share Those Great Resources
Whew! I can almost hear the collective sigh as the school year winds down and wraps up for teachers across the country and throughout the CSTA membership (except...
From Wild WebMink
Another year older
No chickens, and not the peregrine falcon I had hoped for, but the owl I was given for my birthday is splendid and we get on fine.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future through the NYC 1939-40 World's Fair
Biblion, from the NY Public library. A big fan of predictions of the future and their success or failure. The design of this free ipad app is very well done,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Promise of Flexible Displays on the Shelf
We looked at the prospect of using flexible displays on the retail shelf. This CACM article updates more of the possibilities (not full text). Takes thinking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reinventing the Pawnshop
Groupon founders reinvent the pawnshop with Pawngo. Have always been interested about recycling and leveraging the wealth of modern life. Here is another clever...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quest to Learn
I was recently introduced to the Quest to Learn school, using gaming ideas to teach. I like their approach, but it remains to be seen if it is effective. ...
From My Biased Coin
FCRC Continued
I've been enjoying FCRC; of course, I like large conferences where lots of people show, as long as they're run well. Rooms have been pretty full at the talks,...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Watson
David Ferrucci’s official title is “IBM Fellow and Leader of the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center.” But to the...
From Schneier on Security
Tennessee Makes Password Sharing Illegal
Here's a new law that won't work: State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson