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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 Noisy Channel
Reference vs. Referral
I just read an interesting “guessay” by designer Joshua Porter entitled “The Slow Erosion of Google Search“–which in turn cites an insightful essay by Brynn Evans...
From The Noisy Channel
Reference vs. Referral
I just read an interesting “guessay” by designer Joshua Porter entitled “The Slow Erosion of Google Search“–which in turn cites an insightful essay by Brynn Evans...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nearly One Billion Apps Sold
Apple has 'sold' nearly a billion IPhone applications. Impressive, though many were for free..
From The Noisy Channel
Happy Birthday, Noisy Channel!
Actually, I’m a few days late: Monday, April 6th was the 1-year anniversary of The Noisy Channel. I was looking back at my first post and I’m happy to see that,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Schnucks Deli Kiosks
I have at times said some experienced-based critical things about store kiosks. Here though is an excellent example of their use. Schnucks is installing some....
From insideHPC
Sun Loses Top CPU
According to industry reports and company insiders, Sun has lost one its top CPU architects.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flavored Ads and Fictional Inspiration
I am always looking for new sensory engagements with consumers. In the Economist: Trading Licks. Word of a researcher inspired by Willy Wonka's flavored wallpaper...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Hello from Saskatoon Canada! Ambassador: Julita Vassileva, Canada
Hello from Saskatoon, Canada!(where in April the ice is hesitantly thawing)Let me present to you Carrie Demmans (in the photo), a 2nd year M.Sc. student in Computer...
From The Noisy Channel
Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista
Guest posts are always a pleasure, but today I’m particularly delight to have AJ Shankar of Modista share his thoughts about visual exploration. My friend Arlo...
From The Noisy Channel
Guest Post: Exploring Visual Similarity with Modista
Guest posts are always a pleasure, but today I’m particularly delight to have AJ Shankar of Modista share his thoughts about visual exploration. My friend Arlo...
From Putting People First
Bill Buxton on design and return on experience
Canadian designer and computer scientist Bill Buxton is Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Last month Bill gave a good 20-min keynote at Mix09 that kicked...
From Putting People First
It
Healthcare organisations are throwing mobile technology at problems without fully considering the underlying business processes or the working conditions of the...
From The Noisy Channel
Chillin
I didn’t get to actually attend CHI this year, but I was fortunate to be able to hang out with attendees during the receptions on Wednesday evening. There was a...
From The Noisy Channel
Chillin
I didn’t get to actually attend CHI this year, but I was fortunate to be able to hang out with attendees during the receptions on Wednesday evening. There was a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Unilever Learned about Social Media
An interesting AdfAge piece from Unilever's CMO about what they have learned about social media: " ... Unilever is only starting to understand social media, but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Benefits of Socail Medium Marketing
I have often been asked questions like: Who is using social media? How much time does it take? What are the benefits? How can I measure success?A recent paper...
From Putting People First
Market and non-market co-creation
Chris Lawer underlines that is important to identify that co-creation is not just about firms improving their social marketing, open innovation, community-building...
From Putting People First
Design thinking
A controversial post by Sam Ladner, followed by a rich debate between the author, Paula Thornton, Peter Merholz, Raymond Pirouz, and others. Design is attractive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kellogg Mobile Marketing
Simple mobile marketing idea from Kellogg UK, via Richard James.
From insideHPC