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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 Putting People First
How print dominates newspaper website design
In his presentation at this weekend’s Internional Symposium on Online Journalism, Nuno Vargas of the University of Barcelona (Spain) talked about how news and information...
From Apophenia
Harassment by Q&A: Initial Thoughts on Formspring.me
(This was written for the Digital Media and Learning Project.) Questions-and-answers have played a central role in digital bonding since the early days of Usenet...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone 7 Rockstar Award
If you have been reading my blog (or following on Twitter @AlfredTwo) you have been reading about the US Imagine Cup finals. Hopefully you have found some interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stephen Hawking and Aliens
I saw the first few episodes of the Stephen Hawking Discovery Channel series on the Universe . One of the things he has received much publicity about is his advice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Religion and the Brain
In Mind Hacks, a short description and links to new fmri study of religion and the brain. You may recall that Martin Lindstrom also included a set of studies based...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Finalists for the US Imagine Cup 2010
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Addressing Innovation and Productivity
I have mentioned KYield a number of times here. Here an overview of what they are about. I am on their advisory board.Semantic Solution for Challenges FacingKyield...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TIBCO Spotfire 3.1
I see that the new version of Spotfire has increased emphasis on predictive analytics.-
From Putting People First
Dan Ariely on predicting the irrational
Tom H. C. Anderson, founder and managing partner of Anderson Analytics, discuss the book “Predictably Irrational” and the field of market research with behavioural...
From Putting People First
Brains, behaviour and design
Over the past few decades, researchers have codified many of the patterns that describe why people behave irrationally. As researchers, how can we be on the lookout...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Brands Grow: The Book
Correspondent Byron Sharp. Professor at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia, has a new book out: How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ham Radio Still Growing
To my surprise, in Slashdot, report on the growth of Ham radio. It doesn't require connectivity and in disasters, providing there is a power source, will still...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Full Day One for US Imagine Cup Finals
At 8AM this morning, judging for the US Imagine Cup finals began. Ten software design and ten game design teams each had 50 minutes to
From Putting People First
Toward a read/write urbanism
What might we gain, asks Adam Greenfield, if we begin to conceive of cities, for some limited purposes anyway, as software under active development? What if we...
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The imitation economy
Innovation is overrated, writes Drake Bennett in the Boston Globe. It’s time to appreciate the power of the copycat. “Invaluable though innovation may be, our relentless...
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Pope Benedict: people at the centre of the web
According to the Repubblica newspaper, the head of the Catholic Church has been arguing today for the centrality of the person on the web. We agree, but are surprised...
From Putting People First