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From Putting People First

Design for Social Innovation: an interview with Ezio Manzini

Ezio Manzini is an Italian design strategist, one of the world Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2011 at 11:17 AM

From Putting People First

The UX of learning

Learning is a complex process with distinct stages, each with corresponding tasks and emotions. Understanding how users learn can help us design experiences that... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM

From Putting People First

The future of learning

New research findings from a global study of education systems suggest that the promise of a hi-tech, high-skills, high-wage future for kids is a fantasy. Does... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM

From Putting People First

Jakob Nielsen report on intranet portals

Jakob Nielsen has published a new report with 19 new case studies of enterprise portals. It finds slow growth in new features. The focus is instead on robust integration... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2011 at 10:14 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Hacking Vs. Programming

What is the difference between Hacking and programming? One opinion I have heard expressed is that a hacker can put a lot of code together in a hurry but if a change... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 27, 2011 at 10:01 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Small Grants for CS Education

If you are involved in K-12 computer science education you really owe it to yourself to join the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) And if you are a member... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Movie Streams

After a considerable delay Wal-Mart is integrating its purchased movie streaming service Vudu into Walmart.com. Reported in some detail in e-Commerce Times. "... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 09:31 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Film Festival

IEEE Spectrum presents: A Robot Film Festival. Nice selection that gives some hint at the future of robotics. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 06:43 PM

From Schneier on Security

Duplicating Physical Keys from Photographs (Sneakey)

In this demonstration, researchers photographed keys from 200 feet away and then made working copies. From the paper: The access control provided by a physical... schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 26, 2011 at 06:28 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Rise of Self Checkouts

A non technical article from Today. About the rise of self checkouts in retail. Also discusses the surprising removal of them from Albertsons stores, which I... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 06:07 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

HTML5 is Coming Fast

Most interesting, will it make Adobe's Flash irrelevant?" ,,, The tech industry Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 05:41 PM

From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing

ACM-W Scholarship recipient wins Best Presentation Award

Congratulations to ACM-W travel scholarship recipient Tasneem Kaochar, University of Arizona, who received the Best Presentation Award at the IJCAI 2011 workshop... Ellen Walker
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing | July 26, 2011 at 05:41 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Grapheur

Just taking a look at this relatively new data mining tool: Grapheur" ... The flexible and powerful Data Mining and Interactive Visualization tool. Import,... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 05:36 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Best in Class: Cincinnati Consulting Consortium

Dick Bruder, of the CCC sends the following. I know a number of the executives who work for the CCC, impressive group:Did You Know?? ?P&G is consistently ranked... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 05:32 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-07-26

Scoop: Oracle scrubs site of embarrassing Java blog The Internet never forgets. (tags: Oracle Java Google Android) VLC and unwelcome redistributors A more detailed... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 26, 2011 at 01:03 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Calling for Sustainability-Related PIREs

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a new solicitation for Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE), a Foundation-wide program... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 26, 2011 at 12:58 PM

From Schneier on Security

iPhone Iris Scanning Technology

No indication about how well it works: The smartphone-based scanner, named Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, or MORIS, is made by BI2 Technologies... schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 26, 2011 at 11:51 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Encapsulation

My good friend Sam Stokes posted an introduction to Encapsulation not long ago. Not that I am competitive mind you but I thought I could do better. And since I... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 26, 2011 at 09:32 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Examples of Wearable Video

Here some examples of wearable video technology in Amazon. We looked at this for applications in retail. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 01:22 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

The Paradox of Common Sense

Another inspiration from SFI, Duncan Watts, who led us indirectly to things like Tremor. Here a new article leading to his forthcoming book on the connections... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 26, 2011 at 12:58 AM