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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
Revolution, Facebook-style
A long feature article in the New York Times Magazine explores whether social networking can turn disaffected young Egyptians into a force for democratic change...
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The Publius Project
The Publius Project is an initiative of Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, with the cryptic byline: “a collection of essays and conversations...
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?oyfriend
Worldchanging published an original piece of science fiction by author Madeline Ashby. The story imagines a series of futuristic technologies (including smart tags...
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Mission 2.0: advice for arts & cultural organisations from the social web
Rohan Gunatillake of NESTA Connect highlights three principal drivers as being behind the new wave of online activity: the low barriers to participation, the thirst...
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Design research methods for experience design
In the current edition of UXmatters Michael Hawley (VP Experience Design at Mad*Pow Media Solutions LLC) reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of two existing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Is Open Source Software a Choice For My School?
Computing classes in our schools cost money. We have PCs running Windows. We need programming languages as well as application software for basic functionality...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Horizon Graphs
Stephen Few writes about horizon graphs for time series designed for visualization and comparison: " ... horizon graphs can meaningfully display 50 or so full....
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Neuroscience Boot Camp
Get your boots out, you can be fully trained this summer.-
From The Eponymous Pickle
Britannica Prepares to Create Community
In a perhaps inevitable change, Britannica is planning a major change to the way it gathers knowledge, making it more wiki-like. Establishing a community of experts...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What comes first, theory or experiments?
In “my research process“, I explain how I proceed to produce research papers. As a comment to my most recent post, Peter Turney wrote: I don
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics vs Gut Feelings
An Accenture study says that 60% of major decisions are made with analytics and 40% are made with gut judgement. Business leaders think that more attention should...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why I write bad papers (sometimes)
My Write good papers paper gives a fairly reliable recipe to write good papers. I think it is difficult to good wrong if you follow this recipe. How is it, then...
From insideHPC
Rackable Introduces MicroSlice
Rackable Systems has introduced its latest series of dense server platform based on some new technology they have developed, deemed MicroSlice.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Large Lectures Replaced
In the NYT, an article about how universities like MIT are replacing " .... traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on,...
From Springenwerk Blog
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95% of mobile users would use more data services if setup were easier
Press release: Complexity is preventing uptake and usage of mobile applications and services, according to a survey of US and UK consumers commissioned by mobile...
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BUG+IDEO blog
IDEO just announced a quick open user interface exploration project with Bug Labs, that will run for a little over a week on a new public blog BUG+IDEO. An open...
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EU President Barroso discusses how to boost
Yesterday President Barroso met social innovation experts and stakeholders in Brussels, following a workshop organised by the Bureau of European Policy Advisers...
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