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From Schneier on Security

Police Sting Operation Yields No Mobile Phone Thefts

Police in Hastings, in the UK, outfitted mobile phones with tracking devices and left them in bars and restaurants, hoping to catch mobile phone thieves in thestole... schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 26, 2012 at 12:02 PM

From Wild WebMink

Call For Participation

Have you ever attended an open source conference? In my article for ComputerWorldUK today, I briefly review four good choices that you can attend over the next... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 26, 2012 at 08:45 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative Mobile Talks

In the latest Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative newsletter there are a number of videos from a recent conference that deal with mobile customer behavior. Here... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2012 at 03:00 AM

From Wild WebMink

Explaining OSI Membership

The video of my keynote at OSCON is now live on YouTube: That link I mentioned: opensource.org/join Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Offshoring and Innovation

In CIO: Can off shoring inhibit innovation? Only if it is poorly integrated with other corporate missions. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2012 at 10:44 PM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Playable Quests

Quests in video games are a nice way to give players choices to make and offer a story line that seems a bit less linear. Have you noticed, though, that most quests... Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | July 25, 2012 at 07:20 PM

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Facts No One Really Checks

Basic theorems that rarely get proved in full detail Laura Smoller is not a theorist, but a historian at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She sports the... rjlipton
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | July 25, 2012 at 02:03 PM

From Computational Complexity

The Combinatorics of Batman

(I wrote this post about a year ago but waited until the new Batmanmovie came out to post it. I haven't seen the movie yet sothere may more possibilities to add... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | July 25, 2012 at 01:49 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Announces Video Contest for Graduate Research Fellows

To help mark the 60th anniversary of its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a new video contest —... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 25, 2012 at 01:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

In Hospital Doctor Bedside Robotics

In Computerworld: A good overview of the development of telemedicine using robotics from iRobot. Includes images of how this would be implemented. I suggest... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2012 at 12:51 PM

From Putting People First

Is UX strategy fundamentally incompatible with agile or lean UX?

The take of the author Paul Bryan: UX strategy and agile UX are neither compatible nor incompatible. In an agile shop, UX strategists have to get ahead of the curve... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 25, 2012 at 12:48 PM

From Putting People First

UX for learning: design guidelines for the learner experience

With educational applications for kids, corporate eLearning, and online degree programs, more and more UX designers face design briefs for creating digital experiences... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 25, 2012 at 12:45 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Less Groupthink

The broad concept of 'brainstorming', beloved by big business for many decades, has taken a hit recently as creating group think pablum that was not worth the effort... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM

From Schneier on Security

Making Handcuff Keys with 3D Printers

Handcuffs pose a particular key management problem. Officers need to be able to unlock handcuffs locked by another officer, so they're all designed to be opened... schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Wearable Tech Wearable

From Artefactgroup: A good overview of the subject. When we explored this we discovered that the devices were not very wearable in the context of performing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 25, 2012 at 05:14 AM

From Putting People First

Making wearable technology wearable

This week at the San Francisco Wearable Technology Conference, Jennifer Darmour, UX designer at the Artefact Group, shared with other wearable technology experts... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 25, 2012 at 01:01 AM

From Putting People First

Experientia collaborating with UCLA Anderson School of Management

Experientia is one of 15 Italian companies and 53 companies worldwide participating in UCLA’s exclusive 2012 Global Access Program (GAP). GAP pairs Fully Employed... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 25, 2012 at 12:50 AM

From Wild WebMink

Portland Submarine tour

Portland Submarine tour, a set on Flickr. One enjoyable perk of being a speaker at OSCON and a new author at O’Reilly Media was an invitation to their “Friends”... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 25, 2012 at 12:23 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Fluid Catalogs

Are we ready for shopping in a post Pinterest world? Fluid HTML5 layouts replace the simulated shelf layout in old online retail. More here. Better I think... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2012 at 08:53 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Digitizing Historical Maps

An interesting example of the digitization of some 200,000 historical maps, which will ultimately give them much larger distribution and preserve them for the... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 24, 2012 at 05:25 PM