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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
Update on Camera Apps
In Technology Review: An update on camera Apps that analyze smartphone camera information and adapt and improve it to improve images.
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Science of Retailing: Flexible Supply Chains
In the midst of reading: The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Logical, Experimental Economics
In Dan Ariely's excellent blog, He again positions the non rationality of the consumer. Or even of groups of consumers. I have been involved in a number ofcredit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Usability Bigs with Automated Tests
In the ACM: " .... Ideally, all software should be easy to use and accessible for a wide range of people. However, software often falls short of these basic goals...
From Wild WebMink
Campus Party
I just got home from a week in Brazil, where I gave talks for IBM and for a large ForgeRock customer and also at the remarkable Campus Party. This is the second...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Credit Card Laws Result in Record Interest Rates
The laws that restricted non interest fees and retroactive interest rates have resulted in rapidly increasing interest rates. Unintended consequences. And the...
From The Noisy Channel
Be Vewy Vewy Quiet
While my blog has always been and will always be a personal one, I do operate under certain constraints as someone whose subject matter relates strongly to his...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ads Whispering to the Brain
Now somewhat dated, but still good article on Neuroomarketing in the NYT.What happens in our brains when we watch a compelling TV commercial? For one thing, certain...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When Your Government Shuts Down the Internet
With the Egyptian crisis and talk of giving our leaders an Internet off switch, we may need to think through how to deal with non universal or non continuous access...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Every Song an App, Any Stream of Data also?
A recent Wired article made the case that songs can be Apps by adding visuals and anything else the Web can provide. Every song can be an App. It brought to mind...
From Schneier on Security
Trojan Steals Credit Card Numbers
It's only a proof of concept, but it's scary nonetheless. It's a Trojan for Android phones that looks for credit-card numbers, either typed or spoken, and relays...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFC: Near Field Communications
A Computerworld short article on the details of NFC. The rumors are out that this technology will be used for i-Wallet applications in Smarpones usch as the I...
From Michael Nielsen
The Third & The Seventh
I’ve watched the video below more than a dozen times over the past year. It
From Schneier on Security
Domodedovo Airport Bombing
I haven't written anything about the suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport because I didn't think there was anything to say. The bomber was outside the...
From Schneier on Security
$100 to Put a Bomb on an Airplane
An undercover TSA agent successfully bribed JetBlue ticket agent to check a suitcase under a random passenger's name and put it on an airplane. As with a lot of...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Turning vanity publishing on its head
It has never been easier to self-publish a book: Amazon has CreateSpace which offers a print-on-demand service and an ISBN if you want one. Self-publishing on the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Giant Eagle Uses Behavioral Clusters
Not unusual, but a good direction for Giant Eagle:Giant Eagle will implement "behavioral cluster planning"Giant Eagle will begin using an automated computer system...
From Schneier on Security
Whitelisting vs. Blacklisting
The whitelist/blacklist debate is far older than computers, and it's instructive to recall what works where. Physical security works generally on a whitelist model...
From The Eponymous Pickle