Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2012
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safeway Digitizes Club Card
An approach I think will continue to advance. Safeway takes some good steps. Making connections more digital, more App-like. This will connect data, information, choices, promotions and rewards in one place, always available…
From Schneier on Security
England's Prince Phillip on Security
On banning guns:
"If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat,which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" In a Radio…From Computer Science Teachers Association
Traditions of New Year
Teachers get to celebrate two New Years per year : The secular one in winter and the academic one in summer.
As I finalize my grades, I can't help but reflect on the year past. What went well? What were my successes? What …From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 18
June 19 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the public policy implications of new mobile and online technologies. 10 a.m., 2141…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
On the quality of academic software
Software is eating the world. Despite a poor year, Facebook has a market capitalization of $65 billion. This little company with barely 2000 developers is worth as much as a car marker. Students should take notice. I would expect…
From The Eponymous Pickle
QR Code Failures
Instructive examples of where the use of QR codes failed for specific brands. " ... review of hundreds of 2D-based campaigns, for every one campaign that does deliver something (i.e., value, relevance, meaning, benefit, or…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
National Academies
Last week, the National Academies released a report
From Computational Complexity
Name My Book
As many of you know I have been working on a non-technical popular science book on the P versus NP for a general audience. The book is mostly finished but the biggest challenge is finding a good title. The current working title…
From Wild WebMink
Book Me In The USA!
If you’d like me to speak at your corporate event, user group or conference in the USA, you’ll be interested to know that I expect to be in the USA in mid-July and in November 2012. Please visit my Events page to find out more…
From Wild WebMink
OSI Affiliate Scheme Live
The move to membership at the Open Source
From Schneier on Security
Honor System Farm Stands
Many roadside farm stands in the U.S. are unmanned. They work on the honor system: take what you want, and pay what you owe.
And today at his farm stand, Cochran says, just as at the donut shop years ago, most customers leave…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 June 2012
Some of you may remember that I was nominated for the Top 30 Fascinating Technology Teacher blog voting. I came in at number 7. Thanks to all of you who voted for me.
Over at the CS Principles @ North blog is a nice post about …From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data and Associated Risks
In GigaOM: This goes to the expected places, well written and worth examining closely for any business. Further, I think that some of the companies that are archiving big data resources for future value will have to consider…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kinect Glasses
Microsoft intending to compete with Google Glasses using Kinect Glasses. Will Mac Glasses be next? Will we all voluntarily identify with this level of geeky social connection?
From The Eponymous Pickle
OR Exchange for Analytics Questions
Just discovered this. The OR Exchange. Constructed by Informs to act as a social exchange for questions about business analytics. I have been a member of Informs for many years. See also their other social connections. Include…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Antivirus Solution Era Over?
In Technology Review: It appears that new and powerful viruses are on the rise. Will we simply have to deal with endemic virus infections in the future?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emerging Practices in Quality Measurement
Marisa Brown on emerging practices in quality measurement. And key foundational practices required to implement and maintain a stable and effective quality measurement system ... "
From The Eponymous Pickle
EMC and Gamification
It is more about perceived status than badges. But then badges can imply status. Depending as I have said many times before, on the context and embedded culture. If badges are seen as silly in a corporate culture, they will…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What if CSTA Were the Next Coca- Cola?
Have you ever looked at the history of Coca-Cola? They have been around for 126 years and while they keep re-creating themselves, they have a recognizable brand that is available in over 200 countries (http://heritage.coca-cola…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remodeling Corporate Culture
For the digital era. Not an easy thing to do, but becoming increasingly important. I like the mention of tbe Baby Boomers contribution here. Much forgotten. " ... While the Millennial generation drives the latest trends…
From Putting People First
What Facebook knows
Deep inside the company, a team of social scientists is hunting for unprecedented insights about human behaviour, reports Tom Simonite, Technology Review’s senior IT editor. What they find could give Facebook new ways to cash…
From Putting People First
The user experience of Windows 8
Windows 8 and the art of UX compromise by Ryan Bell, user interface software team lead at EffectiveUI Microsoft is cleverly promoting Windows 8 with the tagline
From The Eponymous Pickle
Army Overhauling Virtual Training Games
A very telling article on the Process of using Games in DOD applications. My own experience working for the office of the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon was to perform and repeat very large tank battle simulations of scenarios…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Woman's Mouth Inseminated by Cooked Squid
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From Schneier on Security
FireDogLake Book Salon for <i>Liars and Outliers</i>
On Sunday, I will be participating in a public discussion about my new book on the FireDogLake website. James Fallows will be the moderator, and I will be answering questions from all comers -- you do have to register an ID,…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Local Mobile
A presentation. . On SoLoMo and how it is changing our engagement world.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why I Love Windows Live Mesh
It could be argued that I have too many computers. There is my cool demo machine
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autodesk 123D
My previous note led me to Autodesk 123D. Available as an App on the iPad. Taking ordinary photos and turning them into 3D models. See their blog for instructive examples. We worked with Autodesk from the early days of using…
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Copying - For Sculpture and more
The example here is in art, but I can see this happening much more broadly. Consider too, its potential integration with remote manufacturing. " ... using a free program called Autodesk 123D Catch. Then he used the maps to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Center Store Sales
A topic we spent time simulating and examining in laboratory settings. A new look at the factors determining shopper behavior. How can re-design and better shopper engagement solve the problem?