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Mobile Business Intelligence in Contexts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Business Intelligence in Contexts

An area I am currently exploring again here a  Good overview article.  As the article suggests, there are benefits and barriers.  In early tests, we sought to have...

Addressing Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Technological Interventions
From Apophenia

Addressing Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Technological Interventions

Two years ago, when I started working on issues related to human trafficking and technology, I was frustrated by how few people recognized the potential of technology...

Joining Open Invention Network
From Wild WebMink

Joining Open Invention Network

Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: Open Invention Network is a novel company formed to operate patent defenses for open source developers. It owns a number...

From Computational Complexity

Is the rule of threes a meta-urban legend?

Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013 Margaret Thatcher died on April 8, 2013. I have heard the urban legend that celebrities die in threes. Does anyone really believe...

Zero TV Homes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Zero TV Homes

I lived in such a home through graduate school.  Even in the early days of working at a large company whose business was built directly through TV media.  Of course...

Keep the Data Scientists Happy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Keep the Data Scientists Happy

Whatever they really are.  This is not unusual for more creative employees.  You have to balance focus with creativity. And seek creative ways to measure it.  I...

Visualization Apps for Office 365
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visualization Apps for Office 365

Overview of their recent Visualization Apps development.  A friend had mentioned to me that there have been considerable updates for Excel data visualization.  Used...

Bring Your Own Device to Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bring Your Own Device to Work

This article and slide show touts it as the new normal.  We experimented with the concept for years. Security issues remain. It still makes the IT groups nervous...

Government Use of Hackers as an Object of Fear
From Schneier on Security

Government Use of Hackers as an Object of Fear

Interesting article about the perception of hackers in popular culture, and how the government uses the general fear of them to push for more power: But theseoverzealous...

Interesting Links 8 April 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 8 April 2013

According to the daffodils in the front of the house it really is spring. A small pile of snow in my backyard is fighting but I think it is doomed to failure. I...

Data Democracy for the Little Guy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Democracy for the Little Guy

In GigaOM: It points to two items mentioned here.  Intuit's pushing the idea of an era of big data for the little guy.  And also data visualization techniques that...

On Competitions and Competence
From CERIAS Blog

On Competitions and Competence

This is a follow-up to my last post here, about the "cybersecurity profession" and education. I was moderating one of the panels at the most recent CERIAS Symposium...

Hacking Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hacking Design

My favorite UK correspondent points me to a BBC World News video.  ' ... "Hacking" has become a little-known, but fast-developing trend in the design world, involving...

A Second Digital Economy
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Second Digital Economy

W Brian Arthur at PARC via the Santa Fe Institute , who worked with us in the 90s to look at consumer behavior complexity simulation.  In a 65 minute videoSignalling...

Google's Changing View of Link Abuse
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google's Changing View of Link Abuse

In Search Engine Watch:  An instructive look at Google's changing view of link abuse.  hat is, the use of links in a site that are sued to primarily influence Google's...

Data Scientists
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Scientists

From the receont TDWI conference.  A short video by Krish Krishnan on the need and nature of the data scientist.  I agree in general, the data scientist includes...

Community Managers and Equity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Community Managers and Equity

In Word of Mouth Marketing Blog:  A resource I have just started to cover, some good thoughts about being a content and community manager. Reminds me of conversations...

User Interface and Launch
From The Eponymous Pickle

User Interface and Launch

In UX Magazine:  A real-life view of how a startup can be killed at launch by not paying attention to its user interface.

Videos of breakout sessions at the recent Interaction13 conference in Toronto
From Putting People First

Videos of breakout sessions at the recent Interaction13 conference in Toronto

The IxDA gathered in Toronto, Canada’s largest center for design, for its 6th annual conference. Here are the video records of the breakout talks that took place...

Videos of keynotes and panel discussions at the recent Interaction13 conference in Toronto
From Putting People First

Videos of keynotes and panel discussions at the recent Interaction13 conference in Toronto

The IxDA gathered in Toronto, Canada’s largest center for design, for its 6th annual conference. Here are the video records of the keynotes and panel discussions...
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