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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
Data Visualization Infographic
An infographic on data visualization. Explained by the developers in Readwriteweb. A clever view of the topic as a Venn diagram, which is useful to take a look...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Benddesk
Reported in Engadget: the Benddesk, a workspace of the future idea that includes a flat table like structure and an integrated background area. All accessible...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Maybe Course Proliferation Is a Bad Idea?
I was prompted after the last CSTA board meeting to write the following, which has now turned into a blog post. My basic question is whether we are doing ourselves...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-27
Recommended reading: Control and Community by The 451 Group Lengthy and favourable review of the 451 report on "Control and Community" (which they have very kindly...
From Putting People First
Korea
The autumn issue of Koreana, the quarterly devoted to Korean art and culture, contains a special feature on Korea’s smartphone era. The articles come in a range...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies
In the CACM: Excellent overview article. Lot of good information to make the case in the enterprise.Business Impact of Web 2.0 TechnologiesWhat do wikis, blogs...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supply Chain Digest
Newly updated with a redesign and lots of new information: The Supply Chain Digest.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Studying Squid Hearing
At Woods Hole: It is known now, through the work of Mooney and others, that the squid hearing system has some similarities and some differences compared to human...
From The Eponymous Pickle
John Atanasoff
I am a long time follower of how historians and media address the history of computing technology. A new biography of John Atanasoff is now out: The Man Who...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Remarkable scientists without a wikipedia page
I was surprised today to learn that Michael Ley’s wikipedia page had been deleted (because it failed to indicate the significance of the subject). I have yet to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Twitter and Collaboration
In GigaOm: Interesting thought, but I have not seen this happening .. The Future of Collaboration Brought to You by Twitter The nature of collaboration is changing...
From Schneier on Security
Psychopaths and Security
I have been thinking a lot about security against psychopaths. Or, at least, how we have traditionally secured social systems against these sorts of people, and...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CHI Twitter Hashtag
In September I submitted my first CHI paper. Since then we've got our reviews back and written a rebuttal, and now must wait until the final decision comes down...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Total Trade Optimization
Via Consumer Goods Technology and Demandtec, an eBook (requires contact information). In the enterprise we did some early work with Demandtec, an impressive group...
From Putting People First
Digital U
Digital U (Youtube) is the the first television/web series to examine how the internet and social media is changing the world around us. Digital U is an eight-part...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-26
Leaving MariaDB/Monty Program Henrik has been a key persuader in the emergence of MariaDB, Monty Program AB and the Open Database Alliance from the consequences...
From Schneier on Security
The Withdrawal of the A5/2 Encryption Algorithm
Interesting story of the withdrawal of the A5/2 encryption algorithm from GSM phones.
From Putting People First
The public square goes mobile
Allison Arieff writes in the New York Times Opinionator blog extensively on how citizens harness technology to offer up solutions to problems in their communities...
From Putting People First
Car or computer? How transport is becoming more connected
The amount of data that can now be collected about how drivers use their cars is unprecedented, reports the BBC, and the impact of so much information is potentially...
From Putting People First