Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
December 2010
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing in China's Digital Age
In Knowledge@Wharton:Marketing in China's Digital Age: How to Win Customers' Hearts?Companies worldwide are devoting more of their marketing budgets to digital channels such as search engines, social networks and mobile phones…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Redrawing Country Regions Using Phone Calls
An interesting proposal in the BBC that the social connections evidenced by phone calls could be used to redraw the map of the UK. " ... Regional boundaries are useful for governments, said Carlo Ratti, of the Massachusetts…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands and Social Media
In Progressive Grocer: People are more inclined to purchase social media advertised brands.
From Schneier on Security
Department of Homeland Security Getting a Little too 1984ish
A DHS video message, reminding people to look out for and report suspicious activity, will be displayed at WalMart stores around the country.
From Computational Complexity
46 lunches free lunches!
(CONGRADS to all the new ACM fellows. Among them are theorists Jennifer Chayes, Anne Condon, Phil Klein, S. Muthu, and Dan Spielman.)
In my post about mentoring High School Students I noted that for every $1000 my HS mentees…
From Schneier on Security
WikiLeaks
I don't have a lot to say about WikiLeaks, but I do want to make a few points.
1. Encryption isn't the issue here. Of course the cables were encrypted, for transmission. Then they were received and decrypted, and -- so it…From Putting People First
Book: This is Service Design Thinking
This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases by Jakob Schneider and Marc Stickdorn Book Industry Services (BIS) 16 Dec 2010 Hardcover, 376 pages Publisher’s page – Book blog – Amazon page This is Service Design Thinking…
From Putting People First
Experientia collaborates with top Korean university on supporting human-centred design
Experientia, the international user experience design consultancy, has signed a five-year research and education collaboration agreement with the Design and Human Engineering School (DHE) of the Ulsan National Institute of Science…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Numbers Rule Your World
I have not read the Numbers Rule Your World book yet, but here is the associated blog. Covers lots of interesting related topics.
From Apophenia
I AM OFFLINE! On Email Sabbatical from December 9
I am offline, taking a deeply needed break while traveling. During the duration of my break, no email will be received by my computer. All email sent to me during this period will be redirected to /dev/null (aka “the trash”)…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Strategy a Must for Retailers
Obvious but good piece in Computerworld. The most savvy players in retail already understand it. As shoppers are armed with sensors, web connectivity, universal information and acquisition options, payment capability and…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CS&IT Workshops
Some of the most popular activities at CS&IT conferences in past years have been mini-workshop sessions - in-depth, hands-on sessions where attendees could learn about teaching tools, new pedagogies, funding opportunities, or…
From Wild WebMink
? The Non-Practicing Entity Defence
@webminkSimon Phipps A patent troll that's made a few inventors rich is still a patent troll. December 8, 2010 22:16 via webRetweetReply
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A taxonomy for the suppression of dissent
Unless you live under a rock, you have heard about Wikileaks. Along with several newspapers, Wikileaks has been releasing confidential diplomatic documents for several days. Noam Chomsky has said that these documents reveal a…
From Schneier on Security
Never Let the Terrorists Know How We're Storing Road Salt
This seems not to be a joke:
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state after it refused to release the construction plans for a barn used to store road salt, on the basis that doing so would be…From Putting People First
Social innovation is our motivation
Sarah Drummond, one half of Scotland based dynamic duo Snook, presents a case study about the implications and challenges of using Service Design for Social Innovation in the community of Wyndford, UK. Watch video (via InfoDesign)…
From Putting People First
Ken Banks on technology, anthropology, conservation and development
In Mobile Message, a new series of blog posts for Nat Geo News Watch starting today, innovator, anthropologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Ken Banks shares exciting stories about how mobile phones are being used…
From Putting People First
Interview with Mike Kuniavsky, author of
David Bevans of Morgan Kaufmann Publishers interviewed Mike Kuniavsky, writer, designer, researcher and entrepreneur and co-founder of both ThingM, an electronic hardware design, development and manufacturing company, and Adaptive…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linkedin and Professional Presence
In Adage: Agree to the basic premise. There should be a clear distinction between personal presence and professional interaction. Muddling the two together hurts both. Its also natural to use the same infrastructure for professional…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Hub Reports first Win
In the local press: the establishment of Cincinnati, Ohio as a marketing hub moves ahead with the movement of an agency here.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My Last Exams Ever (Hopefully)
This week I've been very busy with my written comprehensive exams. These exams are one of the last PhD requirements I have to worry about before the thesis proposal defence. After this, I don't think I'll ever have to write…
From Schneier on Security
Sane Comments on Terrorism
From Michael Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center:
Ultimately, Leiter said, it'll be the "quiet, confident resilience" of Americans after a terrorist attack that will "illustrate ultimately the futility…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Four Key Concepts of Computer Programming
Last week Rob Miles who is taller than I am, has more hair than I do and has an English accent all of which indicate he is probably a lot smarter than I am left a comment on one of my posts that lists his idea of the four key…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands as Media
Dave Knox presents: Brands as Media at the Adage conference. he writes: " ....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Historic Platform Shift
Smartphones, Tablets to overtake PCs in the next 18 months. In Computerworld.
From The Eponymous Pickle
What are Scientists Reading
I had noticed when Springer started experimenting with letting readers look inside their vast library of excellent technical books online. Now they have a free system where you can a real time visual look of what scientistsMuch…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Customer Engagement Index Survey
The Society for New Communications Research is very pleased to be collaborating with the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals, SOCAP and Social Media Today's TheSocialCustomer.com, to compile the Social Customer Engagement…
From Wild WebMink
? The Risky Cloud
It used to take a bailiff and a man with an axe for the door, but the cloud makes it so much easier. If I told you that your entire business infrastructure could be taken offline by a government employee, or even a commercial…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Education Week is Here!
We are now in the middle of Computer Science Education Week 2010 (December 5 to 11, 2010). What plans to you have to involve your school in this historic event?
If you are still looking for some ideas, you might check out the…From Apophenia
Digital Self-Harm and Other Acts of Self-Harassment
Sometimes, things aren’t what they appear to be. And, in those cases, jumping to the wrong conclusion can be a disservice to everyone. After I first wrote about Formspring 7 months ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about teens who…