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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 …
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A note about the Rackable/SGI
Something to note about the Rackable/SGI deal announced this morning. Note that the title of SGI release is Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon...
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Rackable Systems to Acquire Silicon
From way out in left field comes a press release this morning jointly from Rackable and Silicon Graphics.
From Putting People First
Bill Buxton on thinking outside the box
Microsoft Research Principal Scientist Bill Buxton argues that “by thinking outside the parameters imposed by technology, executives and designers can build businesses...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Generate Your own Tree Clouds!
One of my research interest is tag-cloud drawing. The domain is a natural extension to the classical Graph Drawing problems. However, it is much more open-ended...
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Lying and the design of new technologies
The Wall Street Journal reports on work done by Intel’s Digital Home Group on people’s tendency to lie online and what the implications of lying are on the design...
From insideHPC
Wolfgang Gentzsch: when it comes to HPC conferences, smaller can be
Wolfgang Gentzsch and I were at HPCC in Newport, RI together last week. We exchanged email about his experience at this small annual gathering, and they really...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Placing Product Effectively
This problem has been thought about for over thirty years. I encountered it a number of times in the CPG enterprise. You have an amount of product you would"...
From Wild WebMink
JavaOne Bloggers Beer?
Anyone reading this coming to JavaOne and wanting me to arrange the usual Bloggers & Beer evening? Comment below! Oh, and remember early registration ends April...
From CSDiary
Testifying on the NITRD Act
This morning I will be one of four witnesses testifying before the Committee on Science and Technology of the US House of Representatives. The purpose of the hearing...
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Sun confirms additional 1,500 jobs
MercuryNews.com reported yesterday that Sun has confirmed additional job cuts this week Sun Microsystems, amid persistent reports of a possible acquisition by IBM...
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InsideTrack: stimulus money headed into HPC on the back of other
I was on the phone with Charlie Wuischpard, the CEO of Penguin Computing, today and got some interesting insight into possible HPC impact from President Obama’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GPS Tracking
Had a great conversation with Rob Schwartz. He is CEO of TrackAmerica. They have a number of quickly mountable, good value GPS tracking solutions for assets and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reckitt-Benckiser Invests in Web
Noted Consumer Package Good maker, notable for its Lysol brand: From AdAge: " Reckitt-Benckiser will Shift $20 Million to Web From TV ... will cap off its fifth...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Knowledge
A blog: Common Knowledge, that discusses the issues behind a Science Commons.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Update on Recovery.Gov
Recovery.gov is one of the first deliverables of the massive funding package better known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Mandated by ARRA...
From Putting People First
Design is the Problem: An Interview with Nathan Shedroff
Nathan Shedroff’s latest book, Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must Be Sustainable, has just been published by Rosenfeld Media, and is likely to become...
From Putting People First
Co-creation in service design
Ben Fullerton has an article out in the March/April issue of Interactions magazine on Co-creation in Service Design. It focuses on the
From Putting People First
Experience based design at the UK
Yesterday I was in Lille, France, to speak at a small conference on service design organised by Philippe Picaud, the highly dynamic design director of Oxylane-Decathlon...
From CERIAS Blog
Symposium Summary: Unsecured Economies Panel
A panel summary by Kripa Shankar. Panel Members: Karthik Kannan, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University Jackie Rees, Krannert School of Management,...
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