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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
iPhone users are delusional, consultants say
Strand Consult suggests that iPhone users are suffering from a form of Stockholm Syndrome–the condition in which the kidnapped begin to show loyalty to their kidnappers...
From Putting People First
Book: Ethnography and the Corporate Encounter
Ethnography and the Corporate Encounter Reflections on Research in and of Corporations Edited by Melissa Cefkin Berghahn Books (July 2009) Hardcover, 253 pages Businesses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Opportunities in Traditional Trade Markets
Via Herb Sorensen, by Arnaud Frade, TNS Retail and ShopperOpportunities in the Traditional Trade of Emerging MarketsFour billion people live on less than two dollars...
From Wild WebMink
? Messing With My Rights
Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy Very apt response to the controversy over Eric Schmidt's remarks.Video Google...
From CERIAS Blog
An old canard reappears (sort of)
I have a set of keywords registered with Google Alerts that result in a notification whenever they show up in a new posting. This helps me keep track of some particular...
From My Biased Coin
Harvard Governance
Harry Lewis (and Fred Abernathy) take a stand against the Harvard Corporation. Required reading for anyone associated with Harvard, or interested in its current...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Broadband Penetration Lagging in US
An interesting set of statistics about broadband exposure per hundred people in the US. Small countries like Denmark and the Netherlands still prevail, but that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Algorithms and Their Design
Part of what I do is to figure out how to apply algorithms to tough problems. A book I bought and enjoyed some time ago is The Algorithm Design Manual, by Steven...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
House Passes Legislation on
On December 9 the House passed two bills that could affect how consumers use peer-to-peer software and how their personal information is used. We wrote about these...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Times Regrets the Error
I do read and sometimes quote the NYT on Science topics, but I suggest that those that completely trust such media should take care ... see the correction below...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Problems With Self Serve Checkouts
We tested some of the earliest supermarket self-checkouts in the innovation centers. Shoppers like the idea, but were confused by their operation and were afraid...
From Schneier on Security
Obama's Cybersecurity Czar
Rumors are that RSA president Art Coviello declined the job. No surprise: it has no actual authority but a lot of responsibility. Security experts have pointed...
From Wild WebMink
? Digging Below The Superficial Gloss
Patent Protection For Sale "If you think patents protect plucky innovators and their groundbreaking inventions, you haven't been...
From Computational Complexity
A Blog Sabbatical
With the end of the fall quarter I will take a break from the blog for a few months. This is not another End, just a chance to move my creative juices in another...
From Putting People First
Augmented Reality is overhyped and abused
Augmented Reality is overhyped and abused, writes Matthew Szymczyk in Advertising Age, and we’re in danger of killing off a rather useful technology. “As web-based...
From Putting People First
User-centred design for energy efficiency in buildings
The UK’s Technology Strategy Board is calling for individuals to take part in a five-day interactive workshop (
From My Biased Coin