Communications of the ACM
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October 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 October 2011
I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free There are a lot more of them up and down the east coast. We had a few faculty members…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pie Charts?
In Junkcharts: I good comparison example between pie and bar chart showing the same information. Agree, the effort and complexity it requires to analyze an equivalent pie chart is not worth it.
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Grid IQ Center Visit
I will be at the GE Grid IQ Center tomorrow as part of an innovation summit. Looks to be an interesting venue similar to our innovation centers. " ... Request a tour GE's Grid IQ
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adaptable Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses that can change their prescription. This has been done with adaptable optics on telescopes for some time, so why not?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Semantics in the Cloud
Search and meaning in the Cloud, from Computing Now:" ... In the last two years, the amount of structured data made available on the Web in semantic formats has grown by several orders of magnitude. On one side, the Linked Data…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
First Person:
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From Putting People First
Consumer futures 2020 scenarios
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From Putting People First
Brian David Johnson: Intel
Alex Knapp, Forbes Magazine contributor, talks with Intel futurist Brian David Johnson on what he take into account when planning the future: “The answer is both intriguing and quite unlike most futurists I know. Johnson
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stanford Mobisocial
Discovered via examining the Muse system:Stanford Mobisocial Mission:To create disruptive mobile and social computing technology that serves consumers' interests and benefits the economy in the long term. Our focus is to let…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Muse: Tracking Email Stats and Connections
Something we developed internally, but were always looking to find. A method to track social connections in Email. Article in New Scientist on Muse, a method to do just that. Very useful. From Sunheendra Hangal and colleagues…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Informatics: aka Neuroinformatics
In the latest issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems, a number of articles on Brain Informatics. " .. an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research field that focuses on studying the mechanisms underlying the human…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Army App Store
The DOD Army App store is scheduled to be launched in November. An interesting development. I worked with the DOD for several years in the system simulation area and this would have been very useful to have.
From Geeking with Greg
More quick links
More of what has caught my attention recently:
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Prehistoric Sentient Squid
There's big news in the world of giant squid:
Researchers initially thought that this strange grouping of 45-foot-long marine reptiles had either died en masse from a poisonous plankton bloom or had become stranded in shallow…From The Eponymous Pickle
Meaningful Brands
Just pointed out to me: Consumer Brand Attachment Proven to Create Value. From Kompas Strategy.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google to Shutter Buzz, Shift Emphasis to Google+
I had started to back off from Google Buzz and saw others doing that as well. It stayed alive only because of its tie-in to GMail. You could see all the messages on your mail screen. Now will + survive? Can it compete…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Announcing the 2011 Computing Innovation Fellows
With support from the National Science Foundation, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) today named 20 talented recent Ph.D.s in computer science and allied fields 2011
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaio Augmented Reality Thing
From Metaio, which I have been following with regard to augmented reality solutions. Here again in the entertainment business. A similar thing we see in the Gamification business, looking at short-engagement interactions.…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Your Salespeople are not Pushy Enough
In the HBR blog, some interesting techniques and thoughts on this. I have dealt with many salespeople and this makes sense. Not that I would like it from the receiving end. Positive confrontation with confidence.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
'Publish or Perish' Should Perish
I hate the 'publish or perish' mantra of academia. I really do. To me, it takes the focus away from doing great work and waiting until it's truly ready for public consumption and instead stresses us out as we try to ensureP…
From Schneier on Security
Burglars Tip Off Police About Bigger Crime
I find this fascinating:
A central California man has been arrested for possession of child pornography, thanks to a tip from burglars who robbed the man's property, authorities said.I am reminded of the UK story of a burglar…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Grocer Integrated Digital Platform
A useful example of a platform that provides a hybrid solution to grocery:"... MyWebGrocer, leading provider of digital solutions to the grocery and consumer packaged goods industries, recently added the Midwest division of Piggly…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
My Goal: Inspiring Students
Unlike the solar calendar which marks January as the beginning of the new year, my new year, like that of all teachers, begins in September. A new school year means new beginnings and new opportunities. I couldn't wait for …
From BLOG@CACM
Connecting Science to Society
As America debates how to get through these tough economic times, research funding for science and engineering may get lost in the clamor. Here are some suggestions about what you can do.
From Schneier on Security
Weird World War II Security Puzzle
Read this.
Anyone have any ideas?
From Wild WebMink
Mandatory Car Share?
Mandatory Car Share, premi
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mindjet for IPhone and IPad are now Free
I used Mindjet extensively in the enterprise. Promoted it and taught it. It inspired us to think about the process of 'knowledge mapping' more generally. Admittedly I moved to a free mind mapping package for my phone and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
More About the Second Screen
More in Mashable about a Nielsen study about how people use smartphones and tablets when watching TV. The phenomenon of the second screen. You wonder what it does to the way we gather and relate to information. One background…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Mathematica Conference Available Free
I see that all the presentations and keynotes from the recent Wolfram Mathemetica virtual conference are available online. I have just started to examine some of the presentations. Great content. Here is the home page…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Preparation to Teach High School Computer Science
“What qualifies you to teach computer science?” The question took me off guard. The tone as much as the words seem to be more of a challenge than anything else. The man who asked it was visiting the school where I was teaching…