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Finding People's Location Based on Their Activities in Cyberspace
From Schneier on Security

Finding People's Location Based on Their Activities in Cyberspace

Glenn Greenwald is back reporting about the NSA, now with Pierre Omidyar's news organization FirstLook and its introductory publication, The Intercept. Writingfirst...

Square at Whole Foods
From The Eponymous Pickle

Square at Whole Foods

Did an early experiment with the Square system for client payment, it has continued to progress in POS system,  here it continues its push into retailer payment...

On Applied Concept Mapping
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Applied Concept Mapping

Some time ago I mentioned the book Applied Concept Mapping, by Brian Moon, et al  and also posts about concept mapping in general.   Also about how it can be implemented...

Team Robotics: Loving the Swarm
From The Eponymous Pickle

Team Robotics: Loving the Swarm

New research on a topic we had examined.  Using cheap, simple and disposable robots to perform sensor activity, like performing inventory in a warehouse.      ...

Hitting a Block and Feeling Stuck
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Hitting a Block and Feeling Stuck

I recently received an email asking whether I've ever faced programmer's block.  The emailer was referring to those times you sit and stare at a problem but never...

From Computational Complexity

IEEE and the Conference on Computational Complexity

Dieter van Melkebeek, current conference chair of the IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity has set up a forum to discuss the future affiliation of the conference...

DROPOUTJEEP: NSA Exploit of the Day
From Schneier on Security

DROPOUTJEEP: NSA Exploit of the Day

Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: DROPOUTJEEP (TS//SI//REL) DROPOUTJEEP is a STRAITBIZARRE based software implant...

Gamification Reviewed
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamification Reviewed

Knowledge@Wharton looks at the state of Gamification.   I have noticed a decrease in communication about the approach, since we did a number of experiments in the...

My Favorite Students Ask Me The Most Questions
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

My Favorite Students Ask Me The Most Questions

I try hard to explain every well the first time. I really do. I think most teachers do. It never fails though that someone doesn’t get it the first time. In all...

The Museum of Future Government Services
From Putting People First

The Museum of Future Government Services

The Museum of Future Government Services, which in Dubai on the 10th of February at the UAE Government Summit, is an interactive design futures. The Museum explores...

An anthropologist walks into a bar…
From Putting People First

An anthropologist walks into a bar…

In 2006 a major European brewing company we’ll call BeerCo was faced with falling bar and pub sales and, despite muscular market research and competitive analysis...

Data and design in innovative citizen experiences
From Putting People First

Data and design in innovative citizen experiences

The past decade has brought enormous and growing benefits to ordinary citizens through applications built on public data. Any release of data offers advantages...

Deep Data Insights
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deep Data Insights

Stephen Few reviews the book:   Data Insights: New Ways to Visualize and Make Sense of Data, by Hunter Whitney.    Taking a look myself.  " ... Data Insights is...

Yahoo Expands Research Labs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Yahoo Expands Research Labs

To further address the personalized experience.  In Technology Review.  " .... The rejuvenated research labs at Yahoo are investigating ways to predict what users...

SURLYSPAWN: NSA Exploit of the Day
From Schneier on Security

SURLYSPAWN: NSA Exploit of the Day

Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: SURLYSPAWN (TS//SI//REL TO USA,FVEY) Data RF retro-reflector. Provides return...

Celebrate Canadian Computing Education Day 2014 in Video (and in Song, If You Like)
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Celebrate Canadian Computing Education Day 2014 in Video (and in Song, If You Like)

February 21, 2014 is the 2nd Annual Canadian Computing Education Day. It is an initiative of the Canadian Association of Computer Science/Association d'Informatique...

Shopping Device Dock
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shopping Device Dock

In the lab we examined a number of ways to make grocery shopping smarter.   This included a laptop strapped to the cart, a device embedded inside the handle.  And...

What’s Wrong With This Picture?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Are all I.T. Guys <sic> white males?INFOGRAPHIC - What Do IT People Really Do All Day? I'd hang this in my classroom if there were some women and some non-white...

Oracle Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Oracle Retail

Newly rediscovered blog  Oracle Retail.  Now following. 

Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) invites nominations for members to serve on its 20-person Council. We are looking for individuals who have ideas, energy...
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