Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
August 2011
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Science of Retailing
Wharton Prof Marshall Fisher discusses his recently published book: The New Science of Retailing. I have read the book, and have reviewed and mentioned it in this blog a number of times, highly recommended. Here he emphasises…
From Schneier on Security
Alarm Geese
A prison in Brazil uses geese as part of its alarm system.
There's a long tradition of this. Circa 400 BC, alarm geese alerted a Roman citadel to a Gaul attack.
From The Eponymous Pickle
EZ Face Virtual Mirror
I just posted some questions about implementations of EZ Face Virtual Mirror and got the following response, Thanks! Following your post about the Virtual Mirror, here is some information about our retail project: Duane Read…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Maga Design Group
Maga Design Group See their site for interesting examples of their mapping visuals, at the right a visual about supply chain design, they also have an interesting blog on information design. I like what I see there because…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Appeal of Store Brands Grows
There is a continued growing interest in private label brands. Shoppers see them as lower cost, and retailers as higher profit. And they piggyback off the marketing messages of name brands.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tide and Green Dry Cleaning
In the WSJ: With research from Procter & Gamble showing many consumers are not happy with dry cleaning, the company has launched Tide Dry Cleaners stores, which have valets to carry clothes to and from customer cars and machines…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
AP, Google To Award
The Associated Press and Google have teamed up to create
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-08-17
SmartOS.org A new operations system distribution emerges from the OpenSolaris/Illumos legacy. An excellent piece of work technically, bringing all the strengths that Solaris bequeathed to Illumos into union with the strength…
From Schneier on Security
Security by Default
Nice essay by Christopher Soghoian on why cell phone and Internet providers need to enable security options by default.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Time To Cut The Cake
I ran across a couple of cool Lego links yesterday. One of was this link to Robots for Everyone: Getting Kids Interested in Programming with Legos which talks about how educators are using Lego Mindstorms and other kits to get…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the July issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Excellence Site
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFC Technology at the Shelf Edge
Location based ideas at the shelf edge are increasing. Check in and out of your favorite aisle, category, brand. Obvious useful for retail and brand level loyalty ideas, and much more is possible. 3GTV Networks is adding…
From Putting People First
Creating human-to-human design
In the ever-changing and expanding world of the web, reaching the end user effectively is paramount in the minds of businesses, writes Stephanie Hamilton on Onextrapixel (OXP), a weblog dedicated to delivering useful, comprehensive…
From The Eponymous Pickle
EZFace Mirror Kiosk
I mentioned a test of this idea in a limited number of Wal-Mart stores last year. A Virtual Mirror that allows you to see cosmetics, glasses, etc on your own face. Looking for some confirmation of it still being in progress…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Stanford AI Course Goes Online
Today’s New York Times reports on a Stanford AI course that will be available online and has already attracted nearly 60,000 students.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kraft Using Emotional Profiling
Have looked at a number of related methods, see also Dan Hill's book: About Face, which I previously posted about. Should these higher level methods be combined with brain sensor neuromarketing techniques? Kraft system measures…
From Schneier on Security
Search Redirection and the Illicit Online Prescription Drug Trade
Really interesting research.
Search-redirection attacks combine several well-worn tactics from black-hat SEO and web security. First, an attacker identifies high-visibility websites (e.g., at universities) that are vulnerable…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH Calling for
Last week, the National Institutes of Health
From Putting People First
International Journal of Design Devoted to Service Design
The latest issue of the peer-reviewed research journal, International Journal of Design, is devoted to service design. It is edited by Birgit Mager of the Köln International School of Design, Cologne, Germany, and Tung-Jung (David)…
From My Biased Coin
SIGCOMM Webcast
Got a note from the ACM that SIGCOMM is being live Webcast the next few days. (I'm not in Toronto for it -- hello to everyone who is!) A simple click and I'm listening to SIGCOMM talks. Fun.The link is http://www.weyond.com…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-08-16
Welcome to the Cloud – "Your Apple ID has been disabled." – Scott Hanselman By introducing remote control points we risk more and more of this. (tags: Apple Cloud Security identity) JOURNAL: Central Planning and The Fall of the…
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Impressions of SIGGRAPH 2011
Last week I was in Vancouver for this year's SIGGRAPH conference - not presenting, but as a lab trip. As the website says, the "conference and exhibition is a five-day interdisciplinary educational experience including a three…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone Development Training Online
SO you probably know that a new version of the Windows Phone software is coming very soon. If you are planning on teaching phone development you may also be thinking
From The Eponymous Pickle
Designing for Collaboration and Mobility Plus Circles
Have recently seen several examples of companies handing out large numbers of tablets and phone Apps, without really thinking through the entire process. Here in Technology Review: Designing Around Collaboration and Mobility…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Notes Concerns with Proposed SSA Online Authentication Process
Like many federal agencies, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is trying to provide more services in a time of limited resources. As part of its efforts to better serve the public, the SSA is working on an online authentication…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Better job ads
Before writing your next job ad, look at what companies who recruit talented engineers do. According to a recent Google job posting, here are the requirements to work at Google: BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work…
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Moves Toward Continual Marketing Analysis
This is the future, providing continuous analysis to key measures and making sure the right people get the data continually. Procter & Gamble is working with Nielsen and DemandTec to monitor the results of market spending in…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Luckiest Generation
MJ Perry on the youngest generation. At least technologically, and even at a minimum wage job, quite remarkable.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Who Uses Mag 2-D Barcodes?
In ADAge: Key findings " ... Among Readers Who Saw Ads with Codes, 4% Snapped a Picture, Gfk MRI Starch Research Says : As quickly as interactive 2-D barcodes and symbols have spread through magazines -- check out Glamour'syou…