Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2009
From Putting People First
At the beginning of last year, we at Experientia worked with a Belgian regional authority on developing the concept for a new design centre, called the Transformation Factory (read more about it in this paper). Now also Business…
From Putting People First
Why products fail
Computerworld columnist Mike Elgan argues that most gadget and software makers don’t understand what users want most: control. Both users and product designers alike talk about user interface (UI) consistency, usability and simplicity…
From Putting People First
Focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can
John Maeda, the new president of RISD, wrote some smart words in Esquire (where he was profiled as one of 75 most influential people): “Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of “I can” than “I should…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Affluent E-Commerce Sales
From Evan Schuman, an analysis of E-Commerce sales by the affluent this holiday season.
From Wild WebMink
Today's links, January 3rd
From The Eponymous Pickle
Math on the Web
I was just reminded of Wolfram's MathWorld ... The Web's most extensive math resource ... " . Consider for example their coverage of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the famous misstatement of it by the scarecrow in the 1939 Wizard…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vinyl Record Sales Double
Sometimes technologies that seem to have gone away can come back.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Project Information Literacy
Via Eileen Clegg of Visual Insight:" ... a new study by Alison J. Head about how undergraduates conduct research in the digital age. Alison is PI of Project Information Literacy, based at University of Washington's Information…
From CSDiary
CCC Council Seeks New Members
The Council of the Computing Community Consortium, aka the CCC Council, is seeking nominations for new members. Nominations (including self-nominations) are due on January 14, 2009 and can be emailed to Eric Grimson, Sarita Adve…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Favorite posts for 2008
I wrote about 300 blog posts this year. Here are some of my favorites:
Do you think because you write, or write because you think? Good research: invent new problems or explain mysteries How to solve hard problems To improve…From The Eponymous Pickle
Secrets of Social Media Marketing
Paul Gillin's book: The Secrets of Social Media Marketing, has a web site.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands Finding Value on Twitter
Some case studies of the use of Twitter for marketing, in Clickz: " ... It's been called a tech-geek fad, a business flop-to-be, and a waste of time for most marketers, but the fact is big name brands are on Twitter. While detractors…
From insideHPC
Acceleware Closes $410k in Private
Acceleware Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AXE) is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 8,200,000 common shares at a price of $0.05 per common share for gross proceeds of $410,000 (the “Offering”).…
From Wild WebMink
The First Links of 2009
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
Deadline: January 14, 2009. What questions shape our intellectual future? What attracts the best and brightest minds of a new generation? What are the next big computing ideas
From The Eponymous Pickle
Photography
Cameraworks: A nice site with advice about digital photography with some useful deep dives.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Success on Linkedin
I have been a member of the professional social network Linkedin for a couple of years now. My profile there. Many of my colleagues, retired or back at the firm are also members. Have made a number of interesting and profitable…
From Wild WebMink
Tidying away the last links from 2008
From The Eponymous Pickle
Japan and the Space Elevator
Japan hopes to fund the Space Elevator..
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Congratulations, Dame Wendy Hall!
ACM President Wendy Hall has been appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. Announcement of this honor was made by Buckingham Palace as part of the 2009 New Year Honours list, and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Word Origins
A bit off this track, but I was pointed to Word Origins recently, which is worth a look. As a blogger, reader of feeds in many areas it is surprising how often this comes up. As a science/engineering major I still have a soft…