Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
February 2010
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google CEO Pushes Mobile
In ComputerWorld, from a recent talk, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that mobile devices are replacing all other tyes of personal computing. Among the evidence ' ... He argued that mobile Web adoption is growing eight times faster…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Build a Playground!
A playground is generally described as an area designed for children to play freely. Oftentimes playgrounds include jungle gyms, see-saws, overhead ladders, sandboxes and various other recreational equipment that can help children…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New Members of the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering has announced the Members of the Class of 2010.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Campbell Soup Labels and Neuromarketing
Good case study on the use of non-conscious biometric measurements to determine consumers reaction to packaging. Note this was a two year study, indicating considerable investment in time.' ... For two years, Campbell researchers…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Intelligence
In the January/February issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems, a number of papers devoted to mobile information retrieval and contextual knowledge systems. Including location based systems. Their site, though not all articles are…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-17
yet another illustration why the proposed three-strikes laws are unbalanced and unjust. The onus continues to be on the accused to prove innocence, usually at…
From Schneier on Security
Botnets Attacking Each Other
A new Trojan Horse named Spy Eye has code that kills Zeus, a rival botnet.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Where is the Computer Science at Education Technology Conferences?
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Creative Destruction and Gillette
Walter Riker sends this interesting quote and link along. Profound thoughts. Read it all.Gillette, Razor Blades, and Creative Destructionby Jeff StibelGillette is perhaps one of the most innovative companies in the world, constantly…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online Communities Building Loyalty
A general article on the topic, but concentrates too much on the current rather than the future possibilities, which are building rapidly. Worth a look.
From Computational Complexity
e to the pi vs pi to the e
(ANSWER to Trivia Questions from Last Post: The last president who became president NOT by being VP and having the prez die, but then did not run again, was Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes and Obama are the only presidents who have…
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Cheating by Analyzing Erased Answers
I had no idea this was being done, but erased answers are now analyzed on standardized tests. Schools with a high number of wrong-to-right changes across multiple tests are presumed to have cheated: teachers changing the answers…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-16
Read this important discussion from the "IP" list, which explores the reasons why the insecure world Microsoft has built for us makes enforcement…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Make Haste Slowly
On Monday I posted a link to An idiots guide to really bad programming. It is an interesting list but as I read though it I realized that most of what is lists are ways people take shortcuts. They are trying to do things quickly…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Agent-Based Consumer Market Modeling
A number of my former colleagues at Procter & Gamble have co-authored a paper with some great people I met at Argonne National Labs. Abstract below. Fascinating application of agents to markets. With very interesting details.…
From My Biased Coin
FOCS/STOC : What's the Big Deal?
As mentioned recently, the FOCS submission site is now up, and STOC acceptances have come out. Related blog posts have arrived, including an amusing one by Dick Lipton on if you could create a site that would automatically estimate…
From The Noisy Channel
Guest Demo: Eric Iverson
I’m back from vacation, and still digging my way out of everything that’s piled up while I’ve been offline. While I catch up, I thought I’d share with you a demo that
From The Eponymous Pickle
Layar Takes a Big Step Forward
The Layar augmented reality application (AR) has taken a big step forward. It is in talks with some top handset manufacturers, which has led to the speculation that it will come pre-installed on some phones. If so a major win…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Multiple Mobile IPhone Gmail Accounts
For those of you like me that have multiple Gmail accounts, mine based on multiple clients, there is a new IPhone App that lets you handle these from one place. Very useful. More on the Mailroom App.
From Computational Complexity
Prediction on Presidents Day
Its PRESIDENT"S DAY so I have two predictions: One about the election of 2012 and one about P vs NP.
ON P VS NP: I have one prediction about P vs NP. It is not about when it will be solved (though I think this will be a long…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gillette Acquisition Being Realized
An adage article on the acquisition of Gillette, five years later. I saw some of the exchange and I agree there was much hidden value there, and carefully curated can be of considerable value.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Learning Biology and Habitats with Augmented Reality
This is the second in a three-part series of design proposals for augmented reality learning applications. These are from a paper I wrote in my computers and cognition class. I'll be reworking the main ideas in the paper forJust…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 February 2010
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From Schneier on Security
James Fallows on the Chinese Cyber Threat
I wrote this about Chinese cyberattacks in 2008.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-02-15
The problem here is that using law against individuals with rules - and penalties - that are designed to address behaviours of…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tableau Socialcasting Data Visualization
Have now used Tableau software for developing a number of dashboard-style interactive data visualizations. An excellent package. They are now taking some of these ideas social by sharing visualizations free. Its not a completely…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Twitter's Rapid Growth
Hard Knox Life on Twitter's rapid growth.-
From Schneier on Security
TSA Logo Contest Finalists
Last month I announced a contest to redesign the TSA logo. Here are the finalists. Clicking on them will bring up a larger, and easier to read, version.
From Putting People First
Conversations in a weekend village
Written by Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels. Interaction10 is over. Four days of presentations, workshops, games, installations stimulated vivid exchanges of ideas and reflections on the changing landscape of interaction…
From Putting People First
Scenarios for branchless banking in 2020
The growing use of branchless banking channels over the coming years is inevitable in most countries. But it