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From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Learning Management System

A few weeks ago took a look at an example of a learning management system that had a social component. Here is another that was pointed out to me Interactyx: ... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 09:44 PM

From My Biased Coin

NY Times on Computing

A couple of days ago there was a NY Times article on computing being cool (again), including a shout-out to Harvard's own CS 50 and of course the Social Network... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 13, 2011 at 06:40 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Stanford Spatial History Project

Fascinating work at Stanford. Another example of how visualization can me used to organize and gain insight from very complex data. Always wanted to do thisStanford's... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 04:23 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 13

June 14 Conference: The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference takes place (continues through June 16) Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 13, 2011 at 03:51 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

There’s a very timely story in today’s Boston Globe featuring the work of Michael Zink and his colleagues at UMass-Amherst, who are developing — with funding from... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | June 13, 2011 at 01:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

IEEE Computer on Smart Cities

The June 2011 issue of IEEE Computer is devoted to the topic of Smart Cities. The individual articles are not online yet. The topic, pioneered by IBM, is instructional... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 01:56 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Information Literacy

The Information Literacy Blog highlights the first online issue of the Journal of Information Literacy. Which is "the adoption of appropriate information behaviour... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 01:52 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

LinkedIn's InMaps

I took a look at LinkedIn's InMaps visualization of my own business connection network when it first came out. A remarkable view of all those people. Nothing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 01:27 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Science of Retail Analytics

Rccently brought to my attention as part of a study looking at CPG analytics:Timestar Technologies, ... helps leading consumer packaged goods companies grow sales... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 01:27 PM

From Schneier on Security

Why it's So Difficult to Trace Cyber-Attacks

I've been asked this question by countless reporters in the past couple of weeks. Here's a good explanation. Shorter answer: it's easy to spoof source destination... schneier
From Schneier on Security | June 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links Post 13 June 2011

I spent part of this weekend installing new kitchen cabinets. Not all of us computer geeks are afraid of hand tools and physical labor. On the other hand I Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 13, 2011 at 09:49 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Paypal as an in Store Option

Indications that PayPal may be coming as an option in physical retail stores. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 12:43 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

CrowdScanner

Brought to my attention for a potential client:The CrowdScanner: Turning networking into people discovery:a fun, serendipitous, interactive experience.See also... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 13, 2011 at 12:30 AM

From My Biased Coin

2012 PCs

In an effort to return to normalcy, I find myself agreeing to serve on PCs again this year. NSDI 2012 call for papers is up. Dina Katabi and Steve Gribble went... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | June 12, 2011 at 06:21 PM

From Computational Complexity

New Complexity Vidcasts

The newly renamed Computational Complexity Channel features two new vidcasts Bill and I hosted last Thursday from San Jose. Bill's Enigma Interview with... Lance
From Computational Complexity | June 12, 2011 at 04:14 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence Platform Cost of Ownership

Interesting charts. Though I think there are a number of indirect costs as well. Serves as a good starting point. From the Tableau blog, and they fare well on... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 12, 2011 at 02:32 PM

From Wild WebMink

British BBQ

Ever wondered why barbecues aren’t the staple of summer life for the British that they are for Californians? It’s because any time you try to plan one (like we... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | June 12, 2011 at 10:37 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Sock Monkey and the CSTA Chapter Liaison

While in Atlanta for an AP Computer Science meeting, Sock Monkey had a chance to meet Fran Trees, CSTA's Chapter Liaison. Fran helps volunteers through the chapter...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | June 12, 2011 at 07:43 AM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

US Ignite & GigU Workshops:

I’m just back from a great workshop on Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | June 11, 2011 at 07:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Watson as Physicians Assistant

IBM's Jeopardy expert Watson moves forward and is now working as a physicians assistant. Medical diagnosis was an early application of artificial intelligence... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 11, 2011 at 04:01 PM