Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2010
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Corporate Fun
Techdirt writes on enforced corporate fun. Yes, happy workers are a good idea, but bizarre forced programs of humor and fun do not create happiness. Better to create trust, transparency, teamwork and useful interaction. about…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Real (ish) Life Computational Thinking
I went to see the most delightful talk this week, given by a graduate student. Like many academic talks, the speaker outlined a problem, described similar research and attempts at solutions, which have all failed, then argued…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing: Exploring the Brain of the Consumer
From Computational Complexity
The Annual Fall Jobs Post
The CRA is working on setting guidelines for job deadlines to help out with some of the gridlock in the job market. Many of the top departments have already moved their deadlines for full consideration to early December or November…
From Schneier on Security
Monitoring Employees' Online Behavior
Not their online behavior at work, but their online behavior in life.
Using automation software that slogs through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs, and "thousands of other sources," the company develops a…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 October 2010
What a week. On Friday I gave a keynote talk at the 16th Annual Technology and Learning Conference at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania. What a great time I had. The conference organizers were absolutely wonderful…
From Wild WebMink
New ventures: OpenDJ,
Friday was a busy day full of news for me. After an exhausting day full of conference interventions on Thursday at Open World Forum (a total of five), Friday was the day that I was free to announce both OpenDJ and FossAlliance…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blog in the Communications of the ACM
This blog, among a number of others, is featured and cross posted in the blog section of the Communications of the ACM. The ACM is the Association of Computing Machinery and the " ... ACM is widely recognized as the premier…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Review of Peer to Peer
In the CACM: A good review article:Peer-to-Peer SystemsWithin a decade, P2P has proven to be a technology that enables innovative new services and is used by millions of people every day. by Rodrigo Rodrigues, Peter DruschelPeer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Marketing Infographics
Some interesting infographics on mobile marketing. Colorful data, but another example where there are much better ways to display this more clearly. Via Stan Dyck.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exploratory Search for Twitter
An interesting thought, I use Twitter professionally and would like ways to make that use easier, rather than trying to fit it into the twitter structure. Good piece, see the article itself for useful links, LinkedIn Signalfrom…
From The Noisy Channel
LinkedIn Signal = Exploratory Search for Twitter
I like Twitter. Yes, I know that a lot of its content is
From BLOG@CACM
Barbara Liskov Keynote Grace Hopper Conference
In her Grace Hopper keynote talk, Barbar Liskov reflected on her research journey and the work for which she was given the Turing Award.
From BLOG@CACM
K-12 CS Education Town Hall @ Grace Hopper
The K-12 CS Education Town Hall at Grace Hopper brought together K-12 educators with people from industry, academia, and research.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eye Tracking and Neuromarketing Slide Show
An introductory slide show on both Eye Tracking and Neuromarketing. The call it a primer. Not very detailed, but has some useful visuals. Includes a list of neuromarketing vendors.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brilliant
Somewhat away from the normal topic here, but I recently read: Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, by Jane Brox. Good book on the topic. Has some useful thoughts about the evolution of technologies in general.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beware the Flaw of Averages
I see that Sam L Savage's: The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty is now out. He is a very well known teacher in the space of quant based decision making. I look forward to reading it in its…
From Putting People First
Talk by anthropologist Mimi Ito in Milan
Yesterday cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito spoke on the impact of technology on teen and youth culture at the Meet The Media Guru event in Milan, Italy. The video is available online. Cultural anthropologist, with degrees from…
From BLOG@CACM
Managing Scientific Data: Coping with a Multidisciplinary World Grace Hopper Talk
This is a report on a talk by Claudia Bauzer Medeiros on Managing Scientific Data.
From BLOG@CACM
Duy-Loan Le Keynote at Grace Hopper Conference
Duy-Loan Le gave an inspiring keynote talk to open the Grace Hopper Conference
From BLOG@CACM
Dancing with Hundreds of Technical Women at Grace Hopper
When I tell someone about the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, I start by explaining the dance parties. I tell them, "You wouldn't think that an all-female dance would be fun… but you'd be wrong. There's nothing…
From BLOG@CACM
Opening Session of Grace Hopper Conference 2010
Some comments about the official opening of the Grace Hopper conference, including the new TechWomen Initiative and CS Ed Week.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Beautiful Squid Sketches
From Apophenia
Thank you Nashville!
I’m just finishing up the first 10 days of my fall sprint at intensive fieldwork. I’m a long way from being about to synthesize what I’m seeing but I wanted to share a few things since many of you are curious about my observations…
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Dancing with Hundreds of Technical Women at Grace Hopper
From the Communications of ACM blog:
When I tell someone about the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing , I start by explaining the dance parties. I tell them,
From The Eponymous PickleVirtual Worlds Users Exceed 1 Billion
In Readwriteweb: A remarkable milestone. Some interesting breakdowns of the data as well. I watched the early development of places like Second Life. What continues to disappointment me is that nearly all of this participation…
From Schneier on SecurityMy Recording Debut
Okay, so this isn't a normal blog post.
It's not about security.
I've been playing doumbek with a band at the Minneapolis Renaissance Festival called Brother Seamus. They've released a CD, "Hale and Sound," where I play …
From The Eponymous PickleAd Strategies for CPG
Clickz article on strategies for reaching CPG shoppers. What works, and what may not in a changing world.
From The Eponymous PickleCenter Store Task Force
In an interesting development the formation of a task force to understand the 'center store' in grocery retail and to get to the core of it's performance: " ... FMI, food makers and others are working together on an initiative…
From Putting People FirstDanah Boyd taking a pulse in roiling online world
The Boston Globe profiles Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd. “At the center of the broader societal debate is Boyd, whose views on key issues like online privacy are followed closely by tech companies and policy makers. An opponent…