A Blog about Machine Learning, Data Privacy and what it takes to make sense of the digital words in the rise of the digital millennium.
I enjoyed reading this analysis of innovation from Matt Ridley in reason.com, here are his conclusions : Ideas Having Sex: How prosperity and innovation exceeded the expectations of John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith Innovators are in the business of sharing. It is the most important thing they do, for unless they share their innovation Read More …
James Temple wrote this Monday about the Do Not Track bill :California Senator unveiling “Do Not Track” bill This morning, Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, will unveil proposed legislation that would force Internet companies doing business in the state to provide California consumers with a way to opt out of online monitoring. An array of Read More …
Data privacy is not a new issue. I found this great “user bill of rights” from an excellent editorial from last year in the San Francisco Chronicle, that has not grown old a bit: Users have the right to: 1. Honesty: Tell the truth. Don’t make our information public against our will and call it Read More …
Again this article in the Guardian: How remote teams can help the rapid response to disasters talks about crowds used for helping emergency response after a major disaster. After Haiti, the users trained to OpenStreetMap used it again for Japan tragedy. A report on humanitarian and volunteer technical groups co-operating after the 2010 Haiti earthquake Read More …
Color is a new photo-sharing application for iPhone and Android phones. It allows you to share the photos you have taken through it with any other Color user near you. And you get to see also his or her pictures 🙂 They defined a ‘proximity’ criteria, that creates local temporary networks. As soon as Read More …
Last friday we had a very interesting networking lunch at PWI with Roz Morris, Managing Director of TV News London Ltd. She talked to us about the changes in the news media landscape, with Twitter, Facebook, Tencent and thousand of blogs and sites where people are posting their latest news. She presented some hard facts Read More …
Ringo-ring posted to the Global Brain group this info about Ledface : Web-based startup is to launch their global brain for private testing in June A startup company called ledface is working on their new web service that will turn each registered user into a node within collectively intelligent network. After acquiring the membership, users can start Read More …
I went last week to the Quantified Self Show and Tell. It was my first encounter with active ‘trackers’, and I was curious. Our modern life is so busy, how could someone find more time to keep track of daily information? And is it worth it? What about data privacy? Misha Chellam acted as facilitator Read More …
Look at this Kurzweil news: The brain’s three layers of working memory allow you to multitask They don’t mention it, I’ll have to check in the Cognitive Psychology journal… does this mean not only women but also men can multitask?? :-)) Researchers from Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology have found support for the Read More …
Crowdsourcing is thought in this article as a way to handle emergency situations. Dr Anu Vaidyanathan, in her article: Use of technology for emergency response talks about her dissertation titled Proactive Crowdsourcing, her name for a Location-Based Service that could be used for Emergency Response. mars 6, 2011: Minutes after the February 22, 2011, earthquake Read More …