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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 Wild WebMink
TweetSwoop: Illuminata's Take on JavaOne
I ran into analyst Jonathan Eunice this afternoon. Jonathan's long experience following Sun and Java makes him a great person to ask for an insightful and impartial...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
EAC Announces Proposed Revisions to 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
On Monday the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a draft of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Version 1.1 for public comment. This version...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Notes from the World Innovation Forum
Speakers notes from the recent World Innovation Forum, including those of my colleague Donna J. Sturgess: Building Brands through Emotion and Senses. A favorite...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Investing in Science-Based Innovation
From HBS Working Knowledge http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6056.html ' ... In economic downtimes, businesses are apt to cut R&D projects that don't promise a speedy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Book on Tagging
I was involved in an automatic tagging project a while back and reviewed Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web by Gene Smith. Now Understanding Folksonomy...
From The Noisy Channel
Google Search Appliance Woos, But Does It Wow?
Yesterday, Google announced the latest version of its search appliance, GSA 6.0, to great fanfare. As usual, their emphasis was on scale: they’re pushing a distributed...
From Wild WebMink
TweetSwoop: Java ME Fragmentation Initiative?
I'm at JavaOne in San Francisco and this is a TweetSwoop, where I swoop on people who know the answers to the questions I've seen on Twitter. This TweetSwoop asks...
From Wild WebMink
TweetSwoop: US Only Java Store?
I'm trying something new today. Having finally given in to the desire to buy a personal video recorder (the Flip Ultra HD), I decided to use it to swoop on people...
From The Noisy Channel
Faceted Search Book: Now Available Online!
I’m delighted to report that my faceted search book is now available for online purchase at the Morgan & Claypool site! The printed version should be going out...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Elevated to Council Status in ACM
The ACM Executive Council recently elevated its U.S. Public Policy Committee - USACM - to council status. This change reflects ACM's increasing attention to public...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Happy Birthday UPC
The UPC code, one of the most recognized global symbols, is 35 years old this month. ' ... the first live use of a UPC took place in a Marsh Supermarkets store...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Site Tactics from Eyetracking Studies
A good summary of site design tactics based on eyetracking studies. Some surprising to me.
From Putting People First
Thinking about an Ushahidi-for-mBanking platform
After Patrick Meier, a doctoral research fellow at Harvard University, a PhD candidate at The Fletcher School, and an active contributor at Ushahidi, participated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
LPA Rules and Term Sheet Generator
I have written about Logic Programming Associates (LPA) in UK several times here. They do Prolog-based rule systems, in other words, expert systems. Worked on...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Exploring Robotics Options
At Georgia Tech, our students must take a senior design class before they can graduate and I often have them work together in groups to create something for me...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Links Loyalty to Minutes
In a very simple program, Kroger is starting to test the idea of getting free wireless minutes for purchases on their loyalty cards.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Study of the Use of Emoticons
Emoticons, those little confabulated piece of punctuation have been around for some time. Some people use little image-icons, though they have been around since...
From The Noisy Channel
Banging on Bing: A Bummer
So, Bing is out early. Yes, an early release from Microsoft! And it’s snappy, attractive, and offers decent quality. If I needed to use Bing as my main search engine...
From The Eponymous Pickle