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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
Much Less Mail
US postal service reports the largest drop in mail volume in hundreds of years. Not unexpected, but the statistics here are interesting. Paper mail, like many...
From Putting People First
How wired gadgets encroach on privacy
With every high-tech gadget we buy, we give up a little more privacy. Many devices today are in constant communication with their manufacturer. And it’s not just...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can Knowledge Hurt Innovation?
From HBR, Can knowledge hurt innovation? ' ... A meeting I had recently with some folks at Gillette highlighted an important issue facing the would-be innovator...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Retooling Privacy Policies
Wal-Mart is in the process of retooling its privacy policies to include mobile and online data. In Storefrontbacktalk. Where they talk about the implications.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 27
July 29 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on peer-to-peer file sharing, with a focus on inadvertent file sharing...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-07-26
Aeroseek: Real-Time Flight Tracker I was asked for a way to see how a flight is progressing - this site lists three approaches....
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Netflix game gets exciting: BellKor
This is fun. A month ago, I asked whether the Netflix competition was over. After BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos merged the solutions of many players to break the 10...
From Apophenia
Obsessively Recording and Sharing our Vacations
At Blogher yesterday, the issue of "addiction" emerged in the keynote. A woman in the audience noted that she twitched for the first day of vacation because she...
From Putting People First
Indian Design for All newsletter features German design
The Design for All Institute India has published a special issue of its newsletter together with IDZ International Design Centre, Berlin. Guest Editor is Prof Birgit...
From Putting People First
Benedict Singleton on socio-technical assemblages
Benedict Singleton is in the later stages of a practice-based PhD on service design at Northumbria University. In his research he uses “critical, self-directed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AP Intends to Embed Spyware in Articles
This will not make the AP popular on the Web, in the NYTimes. Though I rarely do, I will make every effort not to link to AP articles. ' ... Each article
From Return 42;
Why I Enjoy The CACM Again
It wasn't too long ago that often I picked up an issue of the Communication of the ACM (CACM) I had to think about John Lennon's line "lift my head, I'm still yawning"...
From Return 42;
Is Anyone at Google Wearing This?
Is it only me who thinks this is funny?(T-Shirt by Porous Walker)
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nearly perfect RFID at Metro
Worked with Metro retailer on their impressive tagging efforts. Their innovation stores were a testbed for these capabilities. A report below on recent efforts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Ownership of Geolocation Data
Good discussion of the ownership of location data in retail.
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Wisdom of Crowds
In Mind Hacks: Outlines some articles and research on the psychology of crowds and the fluidity of identity. ' ... recent research shows that people tend to cooperate...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-07-24
An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum Bezos apology is wonderful, and a great leadership example that is to be welcomed...
From Wild WebMink