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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
Balancing the Needs of Industry and Academia
As I embark on this journey that is a PhD, I constantly remind myself of my goal of remaining useful. I want to retain practical skills that could be used in outside...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.2 (April 6, 2010)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] 2009 ACM Turing Award Goes to Charles Thacker [3] USACM and CRA Express Concerns with Senate Cybersecurity Bill [4] Science...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The Last Bug
I spent much of yesterday working on a computer program. A friend of mine wrote it in Visual Basic .NET and I was converting it to C# so that it could be used as...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
External-Memory Sorting in Java : the First Release
In my previous post, you were invited to help with a reference implementation of external sorting in Java. Several people tested and improved the code. I like the...
From Computational Complexity
Finding the Right Model
Last fall I wrote about the different focus on models and proofs in the Econ and CS theory communities. Today I'll focus on the purpose of a model and what makes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter and Gamble Franchises
An overview of P&G's activities in the world of franchising. Including Mr. Clean car washes and Tide Dry Cleaning.
From Schneier on Security
Privacy and Control
In January, Facebook Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, declared the age of privacy to be over. A month earlier, Google Chief Eric Schmidt expressed a similar sentiment...
From Wild WebMink
? The Digital Election
The UK Election needs to have digital liberty on the agenda. And more.
From Putting People First
The Middle of Moore
Mike Kuniavsky has posted a pre-print draft of the first chapter of his new book Smart Things: Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design (see also this earlier...
From Putting People First
Natural user interfaces are not natural
In his bimonthly column in the ACM CHI magazine, Interactions, Donald Norman argues that most gestures are neither natural nor easy to learn or remember. “Gestures...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Observational Models Fed to my Phone
There are some things that terrestrial observers can learn from astrophysics. Even if you are mostly interested in commercial applications. Its an example of how...
From My Biased Coin
Sexual Harassment Policies (Yale v. Harvard)
My brother, in what I assume is a blatant attempt to be mentioned in this blog (Hi Steve!!!), sent me a link to the following article about a new rule (or, as...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Being Watched
This seems like science fiction to me: The camera uses the same "red eye" effect of from camera flashes to project it hundreds of meters, allowing it to identify...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stain Brain App Updated
I see that Procter & Gamble's Stain Brain IPhone application has been updated. Recall I described here how this is an application that has evolved over a dozen...
From Wild WebMink
? Copying Is Not Theft; Saying It IS Is Spin
A guide to spotting spin, with a charming little jingle.
From The Eponymous Pickle
1913 Tax Form
Have seen this many times, but it is worth repeating, often. Mark Perry posts the US 1913 tax form, and comments: ' ... There were only four pages total including...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Collapse of Complex Business Models
I agree they should be as simple as possible, but are often patched up affairs to match the expectations of those that believe in them. Clay Shirky does make some...
From Schneier on Security