Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
February 2011
From The Eponymous Pickle
Official Google Packaged Goods Blog
I was reminded again today of the official Google CPG blog. A post this month tells us the insights gleaned in 2010.
From Michael Nielsen
I was recently asked to prepare a two minute talk on a topic of my choice, for a small audience of about 10 people. Here
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Marketing at Reckitt
The focus on digital video is interesting:In Adage: Can Digital Marketing Rekindle Growth at Reckitt Benckiser?Marketing Chief Jiri Kulik Plans to Remain Biggest Advertiser in Online Video ... '
From The Eponymous Pickle
Primer on Co-Creation
Good piece in the HBR on the complexities of using co-creation. " ... But what is co-creation, really, and how do you do it right? Co-creation involves working on new product and service ideas together with the customers who…
From Computational Complexity
Interesting Math related to the Unexpected Hanging Paradox
In a prior post I pondered if there was interesting MATH that relates to the Unexpected Hanging Paradox. At the time none of the comments really had any and, alas, I thought there was not. (Thought looking back at the comments…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Innovation and model boundaries
When designing an information system, a piece of software or a law, experts work from a model. This model must have boundaries. When these boundaries are violated, life may become difficult: After over two years in lock-out,…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 28
March 2
Meeting
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board will hold one of its periodic meetings. 8:30 a.m., Homewood Suites by Hilton, 1475 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (continues through March 4,…From BLOG@CACM
Software Verification Turns Mainstream
Verification is maturing to the point where it will become integrated into mainstream software development.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-02-28
STUDIO SHAME! Even Harry Potter Pic Loses Money Because Of Warner Bros
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 February 2011
Lots of interesting posts by computer science teachers last week. And some news from various sources to share. But let
From Schneier on Security
Anonymous vs HBGary
One of the effects of writing a book is that I don't have the time to devote to other writing. So while I've been wanting to write about Anonymous vs HBGary, I don't think I will have time. Here's an excellent series of posts…
From The Eponymous Pickle
RFID Journal Offers Starter Kits
I notice that the below offer started last December, and is of interest to users that might want to test these tagging methods in their own environments and conditions. I am assuming this is still underway. Read the wholeOut…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Averages
Good piece on averages, pulled from the new book: Numbers Rule Your World, by the author of that book Kaiser Fung, which I did a pre review of here. This is a good place to start in learning about practical uses of statistics…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Associative Memories Applied by Saffron Technologies
Repeating and updating this post because I think there is considerable value in the application of Associative memory systems. I had a recent conversation in this area and found that the artificial intelligence approach isSaffron…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Taking Advantage of Social Media
From Chief Learning Officer: Good intro on taking advantage of social media. I have worked several projects in social media, including early introductions to the enterprise, and found there is still much mis-understanding in…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-02-27
Sony
From The Eponymous Pickle
Prominences in the Sun
Not in the usual realm of things posted here, but NASA's new Stereo satellites gives us the ability to see some amazing things about the violence occurring in the nearest star. Some of the work I did in Astrophysics included…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyber-Emergency Policy
Good piece in E-Commerce times on US Emergency Policy. Who gets to control what aspects of access or interactions during an emergency?
From The Noisy Channel
Life, the Universe, and SEO Revisited
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Life, the Universe, and SEO” in which I considered Google’s relationship with the search engine optimization (SEO) industry. Specifically, I compared it to the relationship that…
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Perspective and Spatial Relationships for Interface Design
Did you ever notice the moment we went from having a maximum of two monitors on our desktop side-by-side to having multiple displays, such as monitors and mobile devices, sitting on our desk in less static configurations? InPhoto…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Marathon
The first two-legged robot marathon has started in Osaka Japan. 42 km in an indoor track. See the video.
From Wild WebMink
? Community Effects
The Document Foundation reaches fund raising target It took just a week for over 2000 donors to donate the
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating Stories: Storify
Brought to my attention: Storify: Now investigating. Create stories using social media. Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories.Collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish them as simple,…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linkedin Company Search
In Readwriteweb: Linkedin has a new search capability that lets you look at how you are connected to companies. A nice idea with some subtle capabilities. Though as I understand it you have to have legitimate connections…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Tattoo
Impressive, even if it isn't real.
From Schneier on Security
Interview with Me
I was interviewed on chomp.fm.
From Putting People First
Reflections on the LIFT conference on Core77
A few weeks ago, I went to the LIFT conference in Geneva, Switzerland. It took me a some time to write up all my (personal) thoughts on the presentations, but now the writing is done and the result is online on Core77. Thank…
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Way for Analytics
My colleague, Sammy Haroon, writes about a new way for analytics.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neurocinema
Good Fast Company article on Neurocinema: The use of neural scanning techniques, like those used in Neuromarketing, to understand how film viewers react to on screen images to predict how how well they non consciously react. …
From The Eponymous Pickle
2011 the Year for Semantic Technology
Good overview article on the opportunities for semantic technologies this year. " ... Semantic technology will increasingly be recognized as a tool that helps provide early identification and analysis of consumer sentiment,…