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Five perspectives on the future of the human interface
From Putting People First

Five perspectives on the future of the human interface

The next generation of apps will require developers to think more of the human as the user interface. It will become more about the need to know how an app works...

Associative Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Associative Analytics

It has been a while since I took a look at Saffron Technology's blog.      I know several of the people involved, and their tech is solid.  They are now emphasizing...

Analytic Bridge.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytic Bridge.

Have mentioned this a few times, Analytic Bridge pulls together a number of useful online resources for data science that are worth subscribing to.    It is tough...

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 2
From Writing

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 2

After learning some basic Erlang syntax on Day 1, I take on the second Erlang chapter, which introduces some more interesting concepts.Erlang, Day 2: ThoughtsI'm...

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 1
From Writing

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: Erlang, Day 1

After a long hiatus, I'm finally back to working my way through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. After finishing up Scala, I'm now on the 5th language, Erlang, though...

Digital Anthropology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Anthropology

Have always been interested in how elements of sociology can be digitized and interpreted.  Facebook and Twitter are examples of this can be done today.  But how...

Book: Digital Anthropology
From Putting People First

Book: Digital Anthropology

Digital Anthropology Edited by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller Berg Publishers, Oct 2012 328pp Anthropology has two main tasks: to understand what it is to be human...

Anthropology of mid-sized startups
From Putting People First

Anthropology of mid-sized startups

In their natural habitats, social species organize into characteristic groups. Gazelles form herds, wolves form packs, and ants form colonies. Humans, in the same...

Leaving our mark: What will be left of our cities?
From Putting People First

Leaving our mark: What will be left of our cities?

From our cities, to our farms, to our rubbish, humans have firmly stamped their mark across the planet. Humanity’s impact on the globe is so great and varied that...

Human face of big data
From Putting People First

Human face of big data

This past week featured a worldwide experiment conducted via a mobile app: The Human Face of Big Data. On September 26, 2012, Against All Odds Productions launched...

Bridging the gap between humans and computers
From Putting People First

Bridging the gap between humans and computers

Heather Kelly reports on the CNN website on The Atlantic’s recent Big Science Summit in San Jose, California: We have voice-controlled assistants on our phones,...

Philips Design: From data to meaning for people
From Putting People First

Philips Design: From data to meaning for people

On October 22nd, 2012, Philips Design organized a special seminar and workshop to explore how businesses can innovate by translating ‘Big Data’ into value for people...

NEXT Service Design videos
From Putting People First

NEXT Service Design videos

NEXT Service Design is the European conference for designing digital services, which took place on 8 October in Berlin. It focuses on design methods including design...

The Slow Revolution
From Putting People First

The Slow Revolution

The last ten years has seen a burgeoning of the Slow Movement in all aspects of life from management, travel and education to science and work. On 4 October, the...

Posts from FOCS (Part 2)
From My Biased Coin

Posts from FOCS (Part 2)

Continuing posts from FOCS, with several guest-writers and guest-editor Justin Thaler.[Editor: First-year grad student Mark Bun of Harvard contributes a summary...

There's Nothing Like a Good Book!
From Computer Science Teachers Association

There's Nothing Like a Good Book!

I understand there are good reasons to push for more digital texts, and for the "fully immersive digital experience". But there is nothing like a good book, there...

Autonomous Software
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Software

In CACM:  On Mars,the use of autonomous software.  " .... Among the most innovative applications NASA computer scientists have contributed to the mission is Autonomous...

Oracle Presentation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Oracle Presentation

Prep for a presentation led me to this recent Oracle presentation on advanced analytics and in-database techniques.

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

More Interview With Kurt Gödel

Part II of the GLL exclusive src Kurt Gödel has assented to our publishing the second part of the interview we conducted with him a year ago. We had his assent...

View of the Future of Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

View of the Future of Retail

Armen Najarian of IBM  points me to video and presentations from the recent Akami Edge customer conference.  General overview here.  Mobile is by definition about...
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