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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
links for 2010-12-04
Full Body Scanners: What's Next? definitive explanation from Bruce Schneier why the nude scanners at airports are a wate of money, and why the will always be accmpanied...
From Wild WebMink
Small Is Beautiful
On a whim I decided to go look for a domain name for my own link shortener. Within a few minutes I’d found that wmk.me was available, and even better that GoDaddy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IPads in Academia
In CACM: Faculty innovators explore iPad use. I am still unconvinced that there are that many fundamental differences between say a small laptop and an iPad. ...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: New Species of Squid Discovered
New species of squid discovered in the Southern Indian Ocean.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Value of Smart Swarms
New book in the pile and now being read: The Smart Swarm: How Understanding Flocks, Schools, and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making,. ...
From Schneier on Security
Football Match Fixing
Detecting fixed football (soccer) games. There is a certain buzz of expectation, because Oscar, one of the fraud analysts, has spotted a game he is sure has been...
From Wild WebMink
? Defending Wikileaks
Let me say up front that I am not a massive fan of WikiLeaks. It seems to me that taking stolen correspondence and publishing it for everyone to read is a fundamentally...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smaller Devices Taking Over
In the NYT Bits column: Smartphones and Tablets to take over in 2011. There seems to be a rush towards mobile computing power, combined with sensors. Lots of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trends in Shopper Behavior
Progressive Grocer posts on some trends in shopper behavior. " ... Consumers today want value, are less likely to be loyal to one retailer and expect friendly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Small Business Success in 2011
On the steps for of small business success in 2011 from Entrepreneur magazine.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Three of my all-time most popular blog posts
Emotions killing your intellectual productivity: We all have to deal with setbacks. And even when things go our way, we can still remain frustrated. I offer pointers...
From Wild WebMink
? Constructive Criticism
An inside look at Google’s loudest critic What Court doesn’t mention in the book is that lenses can also be used to turn a very small amount of light into a raging...
From Schneier on Security
Full Body Scanners: What's Next?
Organizers of National Opt Out Day, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving when air travelers were urged to opt out of the full-body scanners at security checkpoints...
From Putting People First
Emotional intelligence and product design
In a long blog post, digital product designer Daniel McKenzie makes a case for emotional and human empathy. “The ability to put oneself in another
From Putting People First
Automation suppliers strive to boost product usability
Automation World reports at length on how human-centered design techniques are gaining attention in the world of industrial controls and automation, as more users...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Top Read Posts from November 2010
As with most blogs traffic here comes from two main sources. One is subscribers; people who follow the RSS feed and read regularly. I use one analytic tool to try...
From Putting People First
The world in 2036
To mark the 25th edition of “The World in”, The Economist’s annual collection of predictions for the year ahead, the newspaper asked some people to peer 25 years...
From The Noisy Channel
Follow The Data
Today is my last day at Google. I have enjoyed an incredible year there, during which I’ve had the privilege to work with some of the smartest engineers on the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdsourcing Genetic Research
Another example of a game aimed at serious work:Canadian scientists have stumbled on a novel way to conduct genetic studies: Using a game to crowdsource the deciphering...
From Computer Science Teachers Association