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From Computer Science Teachers Association

CS&IT and Summertime PD

The flowers are blooming (finally) here in Massachusetts so spring has indeed arrived, which means, summer is not too far away. Some of us think, can it get here...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | May 16, 2011 at 05:01 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 16

May 19 Meeting: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will meet. The meeting will be webcast. 9 a.m., Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 16, 2011 at 04:05 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading: Reality is Broken

I am doing some research in the area of 'gamification' and the use of games to solve serious work processes. That and some emerging project work has led me toReality... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 16, 2011 at 03:45 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Jeff Naughton

Jeff Naughton, a top database researcher from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, has made available a superb keynote that he gave at the 26th IEEE International... Ed Lazowska
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | May 16, 2011 at 03:33 PM

From Computational Complexity

On demand Publishing (guest post)

Cambridge Press (and others) offers PRINT-ON-DEMAND for some books. This is a guest post by Lauren Cowles from Cambridge Books about this, and then my commentsWhats... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | May 16, 2011 at 03:24 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Marginalia in the Digital World

It is not as easy as it once once. Yet is still exists. Good thoughts and software that can help. And in one sense isn't all of the Web and hyperlinks a form... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 16, 2011 at 01:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

A Look at Edward Tufte

In the Washington Monthly, a good article on visualization guru Edward Tufte. " ... Edward Tufte occupies a revered and solitary place in the world of graphic... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 16, 2011 at 12:58 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Flying Robots Form Emergency Network

From IEEE Computer.Org a kind of mobile computer sourcing. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Live Webcast: The U.S. Ignite Gigabit Applications Workshop

The Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | May 16, 2011 at 12:25 PM

From Schneier on Security

The Inner Workings of an FBI Surveillance Device

This FBI surveillance device, designed to be attached to a car, has been taken apart and analyzed. A recent ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms... schneier
From Schneier on Security | May 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Posts 16 May 2011

Computer Science teacher Pat Yongpradit seems to be everywhere on the educational blogosphere lately. I posted about his 5-6 week XNA course curriculum last week... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 16, 2011 at 09:37 AM

From Wild WebMink

? Speaking at OSBC

If you’re at the Open Source Business Conference, OSBC, in San Francisco today and tomorrow, you have three opportunities to hear me speak (or three sessions to... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | May 16, 2011 at 03:05 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Zoomable Sky Survey

A very impressive zoomable sky survey. Will this mean that ultimately we will not care if the sky is hopelessly washed out by light? I hope not. " ... What do... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 16, 2011 at 12:57 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey on Big Data and Analytics

Mark Montgomery of KYield sends this along, Yes, lots of interesting statistics. He writes: This needed to be done by someone and they did a good job --comprehensive... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 15, 2011 at 08:23 PM

From The Noisy Channel

In Search Of Structure

A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a summit that Greylock Partners organized for its portfolio companies at LinkedIn to discuss the power of data. Invited... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 15, 2011 at 07:24 PM

From Putting People First

UX Lx, a user experience conference in Lisbon

Jeroen van Geel and Vicky Teinaki report on Johnny Holland on UX Lx, the international user experience conference that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, May 11-13... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 15, 2011 at 05:32 PM

From Putting People First

The kitchen-table industrialists

My favourite New York Times writer Anand Giridharadas delved into the topic of “making stuff” in this week’s Magazine. “The American romance with making actual... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 15, 2011 at 04:57 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

E-Textbooks Flunk a Test?

In Nicholas Carr's Roughtype blog, a look at early experiments with e-textbooks. Does not look good, but again, with many adjustments, likely inevitable:" ... But... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 15, 2011 at 04:40 PM

From Putting People First

Cognitive styles

UX designer Tyler Tate explores on Johnny Holland the attitudes, preferences and habitual strategies that determine how people process information. “We pour over... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 15, 2011 at 04:30 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Smartphone Shopping

I thought these numbers were high, and it is pointed out that those doing the survey have a vested interest in high results ... yet I still think this is whereTwo... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 14, 2011 at 09:30 PM