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ACM Washington Update Is Back!
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Washington Update Is Back!

After a long hiatus, the ACM Washington Update – a newsletter of computing policy activity published by the ACM Public Policy Office – is back. Yesterday we published...

What Data Brokers Know About You
From The Eponymous Pickle

What Data Brokers Know About You

In Pro Publica A good overview of how personal data is currently being brokered.  First time that I had seen this much information about the topic in one place....

Coke Neuromarketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Coke Neuromarketing

Roger Dooley provides a number of examples of Coke neuromarketing.  I had been sensing that there was a decrease in the use of these technologies to understand...

It’s not lazy – its efficient
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

It’s not lazy – its efficient

Years ago I worked for a company that sold computers, software, terminals and many other things. A terminal salesperson worked out of the same office I did and...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid/Whale Yin-Yang
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid/Whale Yin-Yang

Pretty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

Ross Anderson's <i>Security Engineering</i> Online
From Schneier on Security

Ross Anderson's Security Engineering Online

The second edition of Ross Anderson's fantastic book, Security Engineering, is now free online. Required reading for any security engineer.

Damsels in Distress
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Damsels in Distress

After all the terrible controversy and the failed attempts of sabotaging her Kickstarter campaign, Anita Sarkeesian's first episode of her video series on Tropes...

From Computational Complexity

Opera and MOOCS

I've really learned to enjoy opera (the art form not the browser) and while I've come to really enjoy Atlanta, the city only has a regional opera company. So IMetropolitan...

Speak Up For SHIELD
From Wild WebMink

Speak Up For SHIELD

If you’re a US citizen, your support for the bipartisan SHIELD Act could strike a decisive blow to patent trolls by making them pay costs if they lose patent actions...

Tracking Sensors in the Workplace
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tracking Sensors in the Workplace

Via the CACM and the WSJ:   We examined this approach, using RFID badges and portal sensors in the Innovation Centers.  It made things more efficient by letting...

Strong Collaborative Skills Matter
From The Eponymous Pickle

Strong Collaborative Skills Matter

From CIO:   Almost nothing of note in IT can be done today without extensive collaboration.  The skills to do this are essential in companies large and small.  ...

Red Hat Picks Up Dropped Java 6
From Wild WebMink

Red Hat Picks Up Dropped Java 6

Red Hat put out a press release yesterday that didn’t instantly make sense to me. After a chat with their GM of Middleware, I realised actually they had all done...

Oxford University Blocks Google Docs
From Schneier on Security

Oxford University Blocks Google Docs

Google Docs is being used for phishing. Oxford University felt that it had to block the service because Google isn't responding to takedown requests quickly enough...

The Noisy Channel Has Moved To LinkedIn
From The Noisy Channel

The Noisy Channel Has Moved To LinkedIn

If you’re reading this, then you’re probably interested in my current writing. You can find my latest posts on my LinkedIn author page.

Finding and Amplifying Creativity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Finding and Amplifying Creativity

In the HBR Blog:  Why we implemented an innovation center in 2000.  "  ... In 2010, IBM ran a survey of 1,500 CEOs and found that the most valuable management skill...

Changing Role of IT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Changing Role of IT

Bill Inmon on the changimg role of IT.  The evolution of technology and how the IT department reacted.  Including a look at some of the glorious failures we have...

CPGs Load for Mobile
From The Eponymous Pickle

CPGs Load for Mobile

A survey of CPG spending that points towards much more spending in the mobile space.  Not unexpected, the new consumer is moving quickly, and they are increasingly...

Where Are the Teachers in Code.org?
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Where Are the Teachers in Code.org?

Earlier this month, computer science education fever spread throughout the nation as promotional videos from code.org were publicly released. The media frenzy can...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Checking the Higgs Boson

Reliability and scientific discovery Cropped from src. Dennis Overbye is Deputy Science Editor of the New York Times. He has just written the lead article for Tuesday’s...

Disappearing Interface
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disappearing Interface

On the disappearing Interface:  " ... Instead of all-purpose, full-focus devices, these new tools are migrating outward, on and around our bodies, to our fingers...
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