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From The Eponymous Pickle

Linkedin Skills

I have recently been helping a few people use Linkedin for the first time and have found it complicated to set up the right kind of adaptable presence I think they... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 4, 2011 at 03:31 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-02-04

What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter The very best thing to do is write back and say "you are mistaken, we only use open source software and there is... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | February 4, 2011 at 01:02 PM

From Schneier on Security

Terrorist Targets of Choice

This makes sense. Generally, militants prefer to attack soft targets where there are large groups of people, that are symbolic and recognizable around the world... schneier
From Schneier on Security | February 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kindergarten Computer Science

Well actually Karen North, an energetic elementary school computer science teacher and a friend of mine, has twice testified before the Texas State Board of Education... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 4, 2011 at 10:22 AM

From The Noisy Channel

Got Skills?

Last October, a certain blogger said: LinkedIn needs to implement Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | February 4, 2011 at 05:53 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Winning in Two Worlds: Supply Chain Adaptability

Very good piece in Wharton about supply chain adaptability:" ... Companies must create adaptable supply chains in a two-speed world that work for both slow- and... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 4, 2011 at 05:13 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

US and World Surnames

In the National Geographic, an interactive map of the relative uses of surnames in the US. This is a fun style infographic, but difficult to get specifics from... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 4, 2011 at 04:49 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Thingmagic and 100 Uses of RFID

I talked to Thingmagic about ten years ago, shortly after their creation from work started at MIT, when the enterprise took a close look at the uses of the 'internet... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 4, 2011 at 04:11 AM

From Wild WebMink

? Rating OpenJDK Governance

I used to be a member of the Interim Governance Board for the OpenJDK project I helped Sun start to host an open source implementation of the Java platform under... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | February 4, 2011 at 12:10 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Reality at the Big Game

Junaio and USA Today will be including an example of augmented reality at the Superbowl football game this weekend. This should expose this idea to many people... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 3, 2011 at 08:45 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

A New Direction for CS

This past Tuesday I had the privilege of attending a presentation titled Developing a New National Course in Computer Science presented by Dr. Owen Astrachan of...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | February 3, 2011 at 07:13 PM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Introduction to Educational Games

Last week I did a quick introduction to educational games for our game development club. There is a client who is hoping to give students an opportunity to create... Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | February 3, 2011 at 05:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Procter & Gamble Innovation in Asia

A very good HBR article on the topic. Bruce Brown, P&G's CTO, talks about the challenges of the future for a global company. A number of interesting specifics... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 3, 2011 at 04:00 PM

From Computational Complexity

All the news that fit to tweet

The Daily Shows Slogan used to be When news break we fix it! This raises the question: When does breaking news actually break? (My memory of this may be hazy... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | February 3, 2011 at 03:51 PM

From Wild WebMink

Open Source Procurement and Copyright

Legacy procurement rules that try to demand custom copyright licenses and the assignment of new copyright to your company could be costing you dearly. They could... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | February 3, 2011 at 03:15 PM

From Wild WebMink

? New Things

News in (Very) Brief – Open Enterprise Despite all his instincts as a journalist telling him otherwise, Glyn is experimenting with link posts – take a look and... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | February 3, 2011 at 01:03 PM

From Schneier on Security

ATM Skimmer on Bank Door Lock

This is a clever development in ATM skimming technology. It's a skimmer that attaches to the ATM-room door lock, not the ATM itself. Combined with a hidden camera... schneier
From Schneier on Security | February 3, 2011 at 11:54 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

To Hack or Not to Hack

The other day I solved a problem in a slightly out of the box way. That is to say that it worked but its not the sort of solution you will see recommended by anyone... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 3, 2011 at 10:29 AM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - November 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 11)

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the November issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | February 3, 2011 at 09:27 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Replacements for the Newspaper

If you put text and pictures on a pad device is this a replacement for a newspaper? The roll out of The Daily is an attempt at making this work. GigaOM discusses... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 3, 2011 at 07:04 AM