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From The Eponymous Pickle

Re-inventing E-Mail

Google is attempting to re-invent e-mail. This is a good overview article. In Gmail they have been adding little pieces of functionality, with varying levels'... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 29, 2009 at 01:37 PM

From Putting People First

Tinkering to the future

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, researcher director at the Institute for the Future, is working on a book on the end of cyberspace Experientia
From Putting People First | May 29, 2009 at 01:31 PM

From Putting People First

Nokia

In a long article in The Register, Andrew Orlowski looks at the many problems Nokia faced the other day with the launch of its Ovi Store, and criticises the company... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 29, 2009 at 01:24 PM

From Putting People First

Glued to the machine and going for broke

Natasha Schull, assistant professor in the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society, says Vegas gambling machines designed to get people to ‘play to extinction’... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 29, 2009 at 01:14 PM

From Putting People First

In defense of distraction

New York Magazine has published a long article by Sam Anderson on “Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama Experientia
From Putting People First | May 29, 2009 at 06:19 AM

From The Noisy Channel

Waiting for the Big Bing

Everyone is talking about Bing today–well, everyone who isn’t too busy watching Google do the Wave. If you haven’t been paying attention, Microsoft is about to... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 29, 2009 at 12:42 AM

From Putting People First

CGAP podcast with Jonathan Donner of Microsoft Research India

Leading up to the 2009 Mobile Money Summit CGAP, an independent policy and research centre dedicated to advancing financial access for the world’s poor, is running... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 28, 2009 at 09:12 PM

From Putting People First

Africa banks on cell phones

Global Post reports on how millions in Ghana are entering the banking system through mobile phone system. “Nobody stands to benefit quite like Africa’s increasingly... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 28, 2009 at 09:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Jim Stengel

I was late in discovering this, but former P&G CMO Jim Stengel has a web site which promotes his ideas and forthcoming book. ' ... This website captures the journey... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 28, 2009 at 08:48 PM

From The Noisy Channel

2009 Enterprise Search Sourcebook

I just noticed that the 2009 edition of the Enterprise Search Sourcebook is now available. Published by Information Today, it’s a nice way to survey the landscape... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 28, 2009 at 05:31 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Federal Advisory Board Recommends Updates to Nation

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) recently released a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the need...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 28, 2009 at 05:19 PM

From Putting People First

Vodafone

Stephen Wolak, the brain behind Vodafone’s Betavine community, has launched a new social change community “where we look at how mobile technology and mobile services... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 28, 2009 at 03:45 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-05-28

Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read Fascinating overview of the challenges deciphering ancient languages... webmink
From Wild WebMink | May 28, 2009 at 02:39 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

White House To Try Online Brainstorming for Open Government

One of the earliest official actions of the Obama Administration was to issue a memorandum requesting a set of recommendations to inform an Open Government Directive...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 28, 2009 at 02:17 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Free vs Good

Have just become involved in the early setup days of another start up. A virtual start up where many folks will be widely distributed and often traveling. TheMore... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 28, 2009 at 12:49 PM

From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Make your research papers easy to skim

Claus Metzner asked us how often we read research papers in detail. He reads fully less than 1% of all research papers he comes across. This must be true of nearly...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | May 28, 2009 at 04:34 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

WolframAlpha's Terms of Use

Examining WolframAlpha's terms of service. Its a computational service, not a search engine. So the implications for use are different. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 28, 2009 at 04:09 AM

From Putting People First

Nokia

Nokia Conversations is reporting on a rare behind-closed-doors Nokia design event dubbed The Inside Story. According to a first post, Alastair Curtis, Head of Design... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 27, 2009 at 03:56 PM

From Putting People First

The changing TV experience

Consumer Electronics 3.0 is the name Intel has chosen for a new concept of seamless integration of internet and television. The CE 3.0 website is rich in content... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 27, 2009 at 03:35 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Education Policy Hill Briefing Highlights Computer Science Education

A Hill briefing co-sponsored by the ACM Education Policy Committee, with the support of the House STEM Education Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus covered...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 27, 2009 at 03:08 PM