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Exceptional Book: Zero Moment of Truth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Exceptional Book: Zero Moment of Truth

ZMOT was a concept we often discussed in the enterprise. Google also uses the concept, borrowed from P&G.   See more in a post in their consumer package goodsWinning...

Inside Google
From Putting People First

Inside Google

Smashing Magazine author Dan Redding interviewed Marcin Wichary, Senior User Experience Designer at Google. “Marcin Wichary

Social Circles
From Putting People First

Social Circles

Usability consultant Frank Spillers writes that he the recent release of Google’s social circles (part of the new ‘Google +’ social network) constitutes a social...

Smart Design
From Putting People First

Smart Design

Smart Design’s think tank presents an ongoing discussion of how gender should be included in good design – all published in a new series on Fast Company. The Femme...

Play and Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Play and Learning

In the CACM:   Thinking about games and learning in play.  Mary Flanagan was mentioned recently in the tagging images.  She also directs theTiltfactor Lab , a game...

3D Printing and US Manufacturing
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Printing and US Manufacturing

In Forbes:  Will the ability to print in 3D revive manufacturing?  I much like the idea of remote delivery of digital instructions for manufacturing.  We discovered...

On Boring Resumes
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Boring Resumes

Good thoughts on sprucing up a boring resume.   At very least this approach can get you noticed, and show that you are thinking intelligently and creatively.

Last Shuttle
From The Eponymous Pickle

Last Shuttle

I had the pleasure of seeing the last shuttle launch live this week from the Canaveral seashore.  Ironic since I have been in Florida for long periods, saw many...

Student Media at the Imagine Cup
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Student Media at the Imagine Cup

One of the things that is special about this year

Google+ is Growing and  I Join in
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google+ is Growing and I Join in

Reports this morning that there are now millions of Google+ users and it continues to grow rapidly.  I received an invite a few days ago and started to play with...

Complex Technologies Improve More Slowly
From The Eponymous Pickle

Complex Technologies Improve More Slowly

From the Santa Fe InstituteA new study by several SFI-affiliated researchers demonstrates a way to measure the interconnectedness of a technology's components and...

links for 2011-07-10
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-07-10

Shouldn't Free Mean The Same Thing Whether Followed By 'Culture' Or 'Software'? | Techdirt An excellent point being made here; if it is morally wrong to prevent...

Giving Robot Vacuums a Personality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Giving Robot Vacuums a Personality

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-to-give-robot-vacuums-a-personalityIn IEEE Spectrum:It's surprisingly easy for humans to...

Imagine Cup New York City
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Imagine Cup New York City

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Agencies, National Science Board Seeking Input
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Agencies, National Science Board Seeking Input

Late last month, the White House announced a request for feedback on “Circular A-21″ — a 7-year-old document that specifies key principles for determining costs...

Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index
From My Biased Coin

Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index

The comments from the last post (thanks, David Andersen) spurred me to mention the following.I do check Google Scholar for my own work fairly regularly.  Not to...

? Two Favourites in the UK
From Wild WebMink

? Two Favourites in the UK

If you are a UK resident located in the UK (yes, Amazon really has bolted its service down that tightly here), there are free tracks by two of my absolute favourite...

Simplifying Human Machine Interaction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simplifying Human Machine Interaction

HP Labs India design work . Key directions to improve how computers communicate with humans.

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Egg
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Egg

Interesting pictures. Article is in Italian, though. Google Translate translation.

? Voicemail Cracking
From Wild WebMink

? Voicemail Cracking

I’m getting tired of all the news reports that are incorrectly accusing the News of the World of
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