Communications of the ACM
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April 2010
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Google Map Maker Locations
I was reminded of Google Map Maker by this post. A means for users to share more about their part of the world. It appears to continue to prosper, with many new countries added. They now have 160 edited regions. Worth a look…
From Putting People First
Putting People First content partner of Appliance Design
Putting People First has become a content partner of Appliance Design, the site of the US-based magazine of the same name that caters to designers and engineers in the global, commercial and medical appliance/durable goods industry…
From Schneier on Security
Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Againt SSL
Says Matt Blaze:
A decade ago, I observed that commercial certificate authorities protect you from anyone from whom they are unwilling to take money. That turns out to be wrong; they don't even do that much.Scary research …
From Putting People First
Mobile app developers tackle Africa
Mobile app developers are sprouting in Africa to help tackle that continent’s problems. Many create applications that can be used with phone text messages. The African technologists say local knowledge is key to their successes…
From Computational Complexity
Deriving sum of squares: How much to cheat?
In discrete math (or other courses) we teach AND DERIVE the formula for 1+2+3+...+n. We then look at the sum 12+22+...+n2. Here there are some options.
State the formula and prove it by induction. PRO: This is a good example…From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 12
April 15
Hearing:
The Communications, Technology and the Internet subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the national broadband plan. 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What I
I’m currently a tenured professor with research grants and graduate students.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-04-12
The Wellington Declaration – PublicACTA I signed the Wellington Declaration on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and I think you shoulkd consider doing so too. Sign today and you can be included in the copy presented to…
From Schneier on Security
Makeup to Fool Face Recognition Software
An NYU student has been reverse-engineering facial recognition algorithms to devise makeup patterns to confuse face recognition software.
From BLOG@CACM
Encouraging Girls to Study Geeky Subjects (part 2): Programmable Bracelets
Some thoughts about novel ways to attract girls to study computing: e-textiles and computational crafts.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 April 2010
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From Wild WebMink
? Geeks Vote Too
Get the "Geeks Vote Too" logo to use freely and widely.
From The Eponymous Pickle
One Million PayPal App Downloads
Evan Schuman, of StorefrontBackTalk, overviews the PayPal IPhone App, now with over one million downloads. -
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cycles of Data Impoverishment
From well know visualization methods expert Stephen Few, the problem of data impoverishment, see his examples: ' ... It is not difficult to present data in clear, accurate, and meaningful ways. The skills that are required to…
From Wild WebMink
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From Putting People First
Interactions Magazine
The latest issue of Interactions Magazine is about a new intellectualism of design, write co-editors Richard Anderson and Jon Kolko: one that embraces discourse, dialogue, systems thinking, and the larger role of designers in…
From Putting People First
Debunking the myths of online usability testing
Bill Albert, director of the Design and Usability Center at Bentley University, highlights five common myths related to online (unmoderated) usability testing, and explaining why he thinks these myths are not true. “The motivation…
From Putting People First
Durability
In a three-part article series, Dina Mehta, founder and managing director of Mosoci India, argues that durability is losing its power as a consumer driver in some product categories in India. Somehow this is sad news. “For the…
From Putting People First
Your life in 2020
Forbes Magazine, in collaboration with Frog Design, has been looking at what the future in 2020 might look like in a range of areas: computer, choice, classroom, commute, home, job, diet, health and reputation. Some articles…
From Putting People First
Designing navigation systems for developing communities
How do people in developing communities give and take directions? The people from Raaya Design report. “During some research in these communities in India and Peru we gathered some interesting insights around how people give…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alice, 3D and Seeking True Virtual Experiences
I recently saw Burton's Alice in IMax 3D, and have long loved the story itself. I was struck though my the limitation of the 3D experience. It provided some layers of depth, but not much better than those in the Vincent Price…
From Putting People First
Toolkit for influencing behaviour through design
UK researcher Dan Lockton announces that his new Design with Intent toolkit is ready: Officially titled Design with Intent: 101 Patterns for Influencing Behaviour Through Design, it
From Putting People First
The triumph of the ordinary cellphone
What if, globally speaking, the iPad is not the next big thing? What if the next big thing is small, cheap and not American? A good reflection by Anand Giridharadas in the New York Times. “Forgotten in the American tumult is…
From Wild WebMink
? Happy Birthday Copyright
On the 300th anniversary of copyright law, it's time for reform
From My Biased Coin
Crimson Article on Women in Computer Science
From a few days ago: Computer Science at Harvard Sees Large Gender ImbalanceIt's listed as a news article, although I don't think this is news. It is something we are trying to figure out, and do better:
From BLOG@CACM
Internet Information Freedom Revisited.
Many countries have started to control access to information on Internet for their citizens, most famous case being China, but Latin America does not escape this situation.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Luddites
I see that Nicholas Carr has been running something called Luddite Week on his blog, with lots of little historical snippets, cautions and minutiae. Just now reading it. The last article discusses some articles by Pynchon and…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can EEG Activity be Analyzed in Real Time?
A Neuromarketing discussion started by Ron Wright Of Sands Research in Linkedin (You may need to join this discussion group to chime in).-
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA Membership Survey Raffle Winners
Two CSTA members who completed the 2009-10 Membership Satisfaction Survey have been selected as the winners of our member survey raffle.
Deboarah Gilliam of Alma J. Brown school in Grambling, LA and Elaine Adams of Hollidaysburg…From The Noisy Channel
HCIR 2010: An Update
I hope a number of you are planning to participate in the HCIR 2010 workshop! Here is a quick update:
Program Committee chair Rob Capra has assembled a program committee that includes Susan Dumais, Gary Marchionini, and many…