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? The Non-Practicing Entity Defence
From Wild WebMink

? The Non-Practicing Entity Defence

@webminkSimon Phipps A patent troll that's made a few inventors rich is still a patent troll. December 8, 2010 22:16 via webRetweetReply

A taxonomy for the suppression of dissent
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

A taxonomy for the suppression of dissent

Unless you live under a rock, you have heard about Wikileaks. Along with several newspapers, Wikileaks has been releasing confidential diplomatic documents for...

Never Let the Terrorists Know How We're Storing Road Salt
From Schneier on Security

Never Let the Terrorists Know How We're Storing Road Salt

This seems not to be a joke: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state after it refused to release the construction plans for a...

Social innovation is our motivation
From Putting People First

Social innovation is our motivation

Sarah Drummond, one half of Scotland based dynamic duo Snook, presents a case study about the implications and challenges of using Service Design for Social Innovation...

Ken Banks on technology, anthropology, conservation and development
From Putting People First

Ken Banks on technology, anthropology, conservation and development

In Mobile Message, a new series of blog posts for Nat Geo News Watch starting today, innovator, anthropologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Ken Banks...

Interview with Mike Kuniavsky, author of
From Putting People First

Interview with Mike Kuniavsky, author of

David Bevans of Morgan Kaufmann Publishers interviewed Mike Kuniavsky, writer, designer, researcher and entrepreneur and co-founder of both ThingM, an electronic...

Linkedin and Professional Presence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Linkedin and Professional Presence

In Adage: Agree to the basic premise.  There should be a clear distinction between personal presence and professional interaction.   Muddling the two together hurts...

Marketing Hub Reports first Win
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing Hub Reports first Win

In the local press: the establishment of Cincinnati, Ohio as a marketing hub moves ahead with the movement of an agency here.

My Last Exams Ever (Hopefully)
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

My Last Exams Ever (Hopefully)

This week I've been very busy with my written comprehensive exams.  These exams are one of the last PhD requirements I have to worry about before the thesis proposal...

Sane Comments on Terrorism
From Schneier on Security

Sane Comments on Terrorism

From Michael Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center: Ultimately, Leiter said, it'll be the "quiet, confident resilience" of Americans after...

Four Key Concepts of Computer Programming
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Four Key Concepts of Computer Programming

Last week Rob Miles who is taller than I am, has more hair than I do and has an English accent all of which indicate he is probably a lot smarter than I am left...

Brands as Media
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brands as Media

Dave Knox presents: Brands as Media at the Adage conference.  he writes: " ....

Historic Platform Shift
From The Eponymous Pickle

Historic Platform Shift

Smartphones, Tablets to overtake PCs in the next 18 months.  In Computerworld. 

What are Scientists Reading
From The Eponymous Pickle

What are Scientists Reading

I had noticed when Springer started experimenting with letting readers look inside their vast library of excellent technical books online.  Now they have a free...

Social Customer Engagement Index Survey
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Customer Engagement Index Survey

The Society for New Communications Research is very pleased to be collaborating with the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals, SOCAP and Social Media Today's...

? The Risky Cloud
From Wild WebMink

? The Risky Cloud

It used to take a bailiff and a man with an axe for the door, but the cloud makes it so much easier. If I told you that your entire business infrastructure could...

Computer Science Education Week is Here!
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Computer Science Education Week is Here!

We are now in the middle of Computer Science Education Week 2010 (December 5 to 11, 2010). What plans to you have to involve your school in this historic event?...

Digital Self-Harm and Other Acts of Self-Harassment
From Apophenia

Digital Self-Harm and Other Acts of Self-Harassment

Sometimes, things aren’t what they appear to be. And, in those cases, jumping to the wrong conclusion can be a disservice to everyone. After I first wrote about...

iPad as a Divergence Product
From The Eponymous Pickle

iPad as a Divergence Product

I know I have been somewhat skeptical of the iPad as a novel product.  Here is an article in Adage which looks at it differently.  Comparing it to the now long...

Tesco Launches Mobile Site
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tesco Launches Mobile Site

My always observant UK retail correspondent reports that retailer Tesco has launched a mobile version of its remote site.
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