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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Student Access to the AppHub for Windows Phone 7
One of the many benefits of the DreamSpark program, besides all of the free software, is access to the AppHub for submitting Windows Phone 7 applications for sale...
From Schneier on Security
Defeating al Qaeda
Rare common sense: But Gen Richards told the BBC it was not possible to defeat the Taliban or al-Qaeda militarily. "You can't. We've all said this. David Petraeus...
From Computational Complexity
Erdos Distance Problem SOLVED!
(All papers referred to in this post can be accessed from my website on the Erdos Distance Problem.). In 1946 Erdos raised the following question: Given n points...
From Putting People First
Video message by Experientia
Experientia president Michele Visciola was invited to send a video message to the World Usability Day 2010 event in Tokyo, Japan. Michele, who is also European...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Program or be Programmed
I just completed Douglas Rushkoff's new book, Program or be Programmed, and found it an interesting read. He is a well-known author, having written several books...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 22
November 22 Event: The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy will host a panel discussion on cybersecurity moderated by former national cybersecurity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Loyalty Leads Marketers Astray
An excellent short article by always interesting Byron Sharp: Loyalty Leads Marketers Astray. A recent editor's pick in Admap.I also want to plug his excellent...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why you may not like your job, even though everyone envies you
In a provoking post, Matt Welsh
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-22
WebID 1.0 Interesting proposal for a lightweight mechanism for authenticated personal identity on the internet using existing web mechanisms. (tags: WebID Identity...
From Schneier on Security
Stuxnet News
Another piece of the puzzle: New research, published late last week, has established that Stuxnet searches for frequency converter drives made by Fararo Paya of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 22 November 2010
Had an interesting end of the week last week. I visited the Bergen County Academies on Friday and on Saturday I attended a meeting of the Northern New Jersey CSTA...
From Putting People First
Invading Cyprus with user-centred design
A group of young designers are making their mark on Nicosia
From Putting People First
Can the developed world learn from Kenya
Using your mobile phone to do your banking and to buy goods and services is becoming more common, with the rise of the smartphone. In developing world countries...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Network Structures that Promote Innovation
Forthcoming paper that looks quite interesting, " .... Which network structures favor the rapid spread of new ideas, behaviors, or technologies? This question...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Decisions in Noisy Contexts
Good piece in Dan Ariely's always interesting blog: Good Decisions, Bad Outcomes. About attempting to make predictions in difficult environments, this can often...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bluespring Improves Business Processes
Had an informative followup meeting with Bluespring Software last week. An impressive company which uses Visio and Office to deliver business process modeling via...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Prepared Food Surge
A piece on the surge of prepared food in retail. Higher prices and profits, yet still an increased interest by shoppers for pre-prepared items.
From Putting People First
Growing up digital, wired for distraction
Matt Richtel reflects in a long New York Times article on the impact of growing up digital. The constant stream of stimuli offered by new technology, he says, poses...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-21
Government suppliers may be ordered to open up data I'll believe it when I see it. The whole point of outsourcing in government contexts (and not just IT – think...
From Putting People First