Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
June 2011
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trend Hunt on The Periphery
In the HBR Voices: Thoughtful statement. " ... One of the challenges facing market leaders is that transformational trends are only obvious when it is too late. Transformation typically starts in seemingly disconnected industries…
From Wild WebMink
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I’ve been a fan of the music made by Lamb for a long time, but I’d assumed that when they broke up we’d not be hearing any more from them. Indeed, Lou Rhodes new solo career has produced some good music since then. But on the…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Who Are the CIFellows?
We’re still in the midst of reviewing applications for the 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows Project, but I thought I would take a moment today to begin highlighting the stories of our current and former CIFellows. The CIFellows…
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Wins at Social Gaming
A good case study of social gaming: P&G's Bounty Picks up Fans From Social GamingGames Grow as Ad Medium; Brands Play Starring Role.Procter & Gamble's Bounty is cleaning up when it comes to in-game advertising. The paper towel…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Love
The Japanese have always been interested in companion and help-mate robotics. Their aging population gives an urgency to that context. Here an article on some recent work on how robots can give and receive love. I was ready…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blooms In-Store 3GTV
Another example of in-store TV networks to leverage the location of shoppers to their brand choices. This area, which we studied in depth, continues to evolve and grow. Linking this to store sales to do real-time business intelligence…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Documentary about P&G on July 7
Just Received this, of interest to those intrigued by the historical survival of large comapnies:We wanted to let you know that on July 7th, CNBC will air an original one hour documentary titled, "CNBC Titans" which will explore…
From Schneier on Security
Chinese Army Developed Online Wargame
This is a really weird story:
After setting up its own cyber-warfare team, China's military has now developed its first online war game aimed at improving combat skills and battle awareness, state press said on Wednesday. After…From BLOG@CACM
Being Bilingual: Speaking Technology and Policy
How do we cross the intellectual divide, providing technical advice to policy experts in ways that they find useful and actionable? Equally importantly, how do we translate policy constraints — political, economic and social…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
As Quick as Fire
As thousands of firefighters battle huge wildfires in the Southwestern U.S this week, some are using a new tool in their kit:
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-06-30
Remember what the Fourth Amendment protects? No? Just as well. | United States |Axisoflogic.com The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit explains why you lose the right to privacy when you share data…
From Computational Complexity
The Sputnik Moment
Earlier this month the New York Times had a story Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus followed-up on a series of short essays on Computer Science's 'Sputnik Moment'. No doubt computer science is a hot majortalks…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Limits of Big Data
Predictive analytics does not predict exactly, no matter how big the data set is. It is an extension of statistical modeling in most cases, especially when human behavior of any kind needs to be included. Nicely put in a ReadWriteWeb…
From The Eponymous Pickle
End of Wallet by 2015
Paypal, notable online payment facilitator, predicts the end of the old leather wallet by around 2015.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phones for Students
OK so you are a student and you are wondering what to do over the summer. Perhaps you have a job but maybe it is not fulfilling. And besides wouldn
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zero Moment of Truth: ZMOT and a Free EBook
ZMOT was a concept we often discussed in the enterprise. Google also uses the concept, only slightly differently. See more in a post in their consumer package goods blog. The book also contains a link to a short free eBook…
From My Biased Coin
UC Budget Woes
The new California budget call for $650 million in cuts to the UC systems -- I understand $500 million had already been planned, they added $150 million on top of that, and may add more later if the revenue numbers don't panSan…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Ask Not What Your Professional Development Can Do For You
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a workshop (conveniently located) at Purdue University. The workshop was sponsored by an NSF project title CS4EDU (http://cs4edu.cs.purdue.edu/). The goal of the CS4EDU project is as follows…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Your Co-Worker is Your Computer
Artificial intelligence, the holy grail of computer science for decades, is becoming a reality — not Skynet nor Cylons, but as a versatile tool
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Search and Bing
Friend and Colleague Sundar Kadayam has an excellent post on Social Search and Bing.He and his team at Zakta and Searchteam really understand the complexity behind team and social search and the use of those methods to drive…
From Putting People First
Digital DIY
The Guardian reports on a study by an “exasperated academic” (Philip Ely, head of the business and community school at the University for the Creative Arts, and a doctoral researcher at the University of Surrey‘s Digital World…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cincinnati Wins World Social Media Title
This blog comes to you from social media command central just outside of Cincinnati every day. I was surprised to see that Mashable had given Cinci, my home for over thirty years, this august title. Yet it is a remarkable…
From Schneier on Security
Yet Another "People Plug in Strange USB Sticks" Story
I'm really getting tired of stories like this:
Computer disks and USB sticks were dropped in parking lots of government buildings and private contractors, and 60% of the people who picked them up plugged the devices into office…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE AD Issues Letter to the Community on Robotics Initiative
NSF/CISE Assistant Director Farnam Jahanian has issued the following letter to the community, describing the National Robotics Initiative (NRI) launched last week: Dear CISE Community, On Friday, in a speech at Carnegie Mellon…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Makes Another Play for the Social Web
Yes, Google + is another attempt. Buzz, the earlier approach has slowed down and I rarely even go there anymore. There are some good ideas in Google+, in particular an easy way to set up connection groups, such as friends…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-06-29
The tough road to 501(c)(3) status for open-source
From Putting People First
Europe split in happiness survey
In one of the biggest surveys of happiness carried out in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the vast majority of people in Britain, France and Italy have little faith in their governments and think the free market economy…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time to Sell New Consumers on the Use of the Retail Store
Overplayed I think. There will always be interest in fully contextual, physical retail experiences. Not to say that there will not be increasing use of new online, digital and social marketing interactions ..A Race to SellThe…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Windows Gets Apps
App stores are such a great idea. One stop shopping for any kind of software. Nicely categorized for browsing, priced and reviewed. Competitive to keep prices lower. Creates a real software market. It attracts new software…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unilever Makes Mobile Key Marketing Strategy
Unilever Plans for Mobile Marketing Primacy