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As Quick as Fire
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

As Quick as Fire

As thousands of firefighters battle huge wildfires in the Southwestern U.S this week, some are using a new tool in their kit:

links for 2011-06-30
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-06-30

Remember what the Fourth Amendment protects? No? Just as well. | United States |Axisoflogic.com The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...

From Computational Complexity

The Sputnik Moment

Earlier this month the New York Times had a story Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus followed-up on a series of short essays on Computer Science's...

Limits of Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Limits of Big Data

Predictive analytics does not predict exactly, no matter how big the data set is.  It is an extension of statistical modeling in most cases, especially when human...

End of Wallet by 2015
From The Eponymous Pickle

End of Wallet by 2015

Paypal, notable online payment facilitator, predicts the end of the old leather wallet by around 2015.

Windows Phones for Students
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Windows Phones for Students

OK so you are a student and you are wondering what to do over the summer. Perhaps you have a job but maybe it is not fulfilling. And besides wouldn

Zero Moment of Truth: ZMOT and a Free EBook
From The Eponymous Pickle

Zero Moment of Truth: ZMOT and a Free EBook

ZMOT was a concept we often discussed in the enterprise.  Google also uses the concept, only slightly differently.  See more in a post in their consumer package...

UC Budget Woes
From My Biased Coin

UC Budget Woes

The new California budget call for $650 million in cuts to the UC systems -- I understand $500 million had already been planned, they added $150 million on topSan...

Ask Not What Your Professional Development Can Do For You
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Ask Not What Your Professional Development Can Do For You

Recently I had the opportunity to attend a workshop (conveniently located) at Purdue University. The workshop was sponsored by an NSF project title CS4EDU (http...

Your Co-Worker is Your Computer
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Your Co-Worker is Your Computer

Artificial intelligence, the holy grail of computer science for decades, is becoming a reality — not Skynet nor Cylons, but as a versatile tool

Social Search and Bing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Search and Bing

Friend and Colleague Sundar Kadayam has an excellent post on Social Search and Bing.He and his team  at Zakta and Searchteam really understand the complexity  behind...

Digital DIY
From Putting People First

Digital DIY

The Guardian reports on a study by an “exasperated academic” (Philip Ely, head of the business and community school at the University for the Creative Arts, and...

Cincinnati Wins World Social Media Title
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cincinnati Wins World Social Media Title

This blog comes to you from social media command central just outside of Cincinnati every day.   I was surprised to see that Mashable had given Cinci, my home for...

Yet Another "People Plug in Strange USB Sticks" Story
From Schneier on Security

Yet Another "People Plug in Strange USB Sticks" Story

I'm really getting tired of stories like this: Computer disks and USB sticks were dropped in parking lots of government buildings and private contractors, andcourse...

CISE AD Issues Letter to the Community on Robotics Initiative
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CISE AD Issues Letter to the Community on Robotics Initiative

NSF/CISE Assistant Director Farnam Jahanian has issued the following letter to the community, describing the National Robotics Initiative (NRI) launched last week...

Google Makes Another Play for the Social Web
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Makes Another Play for the Social Web

Yes, Google +  is another attempt.    Buzz, the earlier approach has slowed down and I rarely even go there anymore.  There are some good ideas in Google+, in particular...

links for 2011-06-29
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-06-29

The tough road to 501(c)(3) status for open-source

Europe split in happiness survey
From Putting People First

Europe split in happiness survey

In one of the biggest surveys of happiness carried out in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the vast majority of people in Britain, France and Italy have little...

Time to Sell New Consumers on the Use of the Retail Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

Time to Sell New Consumers on the Use of the Retail Store

Overplayed I think.  There will always be interest in fully contextual, physical retail experiences.  Not to say that there will not be increasing use of new online...

Windows Gets Apps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Windows Gets Apps

App stores are such a great idea. One stop shopping for any kind of software. Nicely categorized for browsing, priced and reviewed. Competitive to keep pricesMuch...
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