Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
December 2011
From Putting People First
Homesense final report
Homesense was a research project that looked at how we might design smart homes from the bottom up, in an environment of open innovation. Using open source tools Homesense brings the open collaboration methods of online communities…
From Putting People First
Reporting on the Village Telco project in Kenya
Since September 2011, Niti Bhan, an emerging markets design strategist, has been wholly immersed in the cyber cafe industry in Sub Saharan Africa, specifically peri urban and rural Kenya in East Africa. She and her colleagues…
From Putting People First
Reporting on the Village Telco project in Kenya
Since September 2011, Niti Bhan, an emerging markets design strategist, has been wholly immersed in the cyber cafe industry in Sub Saharan Africa, specifically peri urban and rural Kenya in East Africa. She and her colleagues…
From Putting People First
Arup: The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable growth
Information Marketplaces: The new economics of cities Author: Arup, The Climate Group, Accenture and Horizon, University of Nottingham Publication date: 28 November 2011 The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable…
From Putting People First
Arup: The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable growth
Information Marketplaces: The new economics of cities Author: Arup, The Climate Group, Accenture and Horizon, University of Nottingham Publication date: 28 November 2011 The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable…
From Putting People First
Why service design is the next big thing in cultural innovation
Rohan Gunatillake, the lead producer of festivalslab (the Edinburgh Festival Innovations Lab) gives four reasons why new thinking and tools can produce better experiences. “Here at the Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab, we explore…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visual.ly Blog Launched
I see that the Visual.ly blog on data and design has been launched. I like their general approach, but am leary of the overuse of infographics. I like to see data provided that you can make your own conclusions with.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cost of Customer Loss
In Inc. Thoughtful short piece about the cost of customer attrition. " .... It may surprise you just how much each lost customer is costing your business.... "
From My Biased Coin
Plane Work
I dislike flying, but I have a few flights coming up.I find that engaging in "real thinking" about problems while on a plane is generally beyond me. (I'm jealous of all of you that somehow manage this.) Similarly (or Even)V…
From Schneier on Security
Security Problems with U.S. Cloud Providers
Invasive U.S. surveillance programs, either illegal like the NSA's wiretapping of AT&T phone lines or legal as authorized by the PATRIOT Act, are causing foreign companies to think twice about putting their data in U.S. cloud…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Unveils Cybesecurity R&D Roadmap
Earlier today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Happy Computer Science Education Week!
All of our preparations have come to this week, the 2nd CS Ed Week, the celebration of Computer Science in K-12 education.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in making this celebration possible…From The Eponymous Pickle
Duke Synovate Research Center
Brought to my attention. The Duke Synovate Research Center. Sounds similar to our own Innovation Center founded in 2000. It will include board members from CPG companies. " ... The center will focus on advancing the research…
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Retail Challenge Scholarship Awards
In an era rewarding mostly sports and celebrity, it is great to see math being noticed. More.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stickers Acting as Sensors
From The Eponymous Pickle
Breaking from Microsoft Office
Walter Riker, who teaches MS office applications and is a true expert on their use, writes about their use and how that influences our work. Nice job Walter. If you need some help in this realm, contact him. I always do.
From Schneier on Security
Recent Developments in Full Disclosure
Last week, I had a long conversation with Robert Lemos over an article he was writing about full disclosure. He had noticed that companies have recently been reacting more negatively to security researchers publishing vulnerabilities…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH:
Over 3,600 officials spanning government, industry, and academia are gathered at the third annual mHealth Summit just outside Washington, DC, this week, “to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Bentley
Last week I accepted an invitation from Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University to attend the open house for their new CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox. I’d been invited before but once I posted about perfect computer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digitizing Innovation at P&G
My first post at Innovation Excellence was realized recently. It was a re-post of an item in this blog on modeling and innovation at P&G. I am glad to see it have further exposure. Thanks toJulie Anixter, colleague andMagaDesign…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Our CS Teachers: A CS Ed Week Poem
As we embark on the week to celebrate CS Education Let us pause for a moment in order to make mention
Of computer science teachers, our educational heroes Who do so much more than teach about ones and zeroes.
Our CS teachers…From The Eponymous Pickle
Disney Method
In Innovation Excellence: Using the Disney Method. By Paul Sloane. A group parallel thinking method that we were introduced to now years ago that is based on views of interaction with an innovative proposal. Nice to see it…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking Fast and Slow
Freeman Dyson, physicist and favorite thinker and writer, insightfully reviews : Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. Excellent thoughts regarding How to dispel your illusions. The basis of irrationality in economic…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Dealing with harsh criticism
Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, once told how Dilbert fared poorly initially. His critics objected that Dilbert was hardly ever funny, except when he appeared at the office. Instead of falling prey to discouragement, Adams decided…
From Schneier on Security
GCHQ Hacking Contest
GCHQ is holding a hacking contest to drum up new recruits.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of December 5
December 6 Hearing: The Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on a draft legislative proposal on cybersecurity. 10 a.m., 311…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Best of KYield
Interested in how the entrepreneur operates? The ups and downs of selling the semantic enterprise? Mark Montgomery, a long time correspondent, has posted a index of his articles in his KYield Blog . Enlightening.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Changes in Consumer Loyalty
In Walter Riker's excellent Curious Voyager: Loyalty Now Includes Interest in What Companies Stand For. Some good points and links. I think part of the reason here is that consumers can figure out, via technology, what…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Rolls Out
In celebration of CSEdWeek
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rise of Enterprise Apps
I recently attended an enterprise business analytics meeting where a number of management people were openly seeking enterprise apps to power their newly delivered tablets and smart phones. They had been sold on the new model…