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From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

CFP Panel on Voting and the Internet

Yesterday, during the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP), USACM coordinated a panel to speak on voting and using the internet. It was chaired by Ed...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 5, 2009 at 07:26 PM

From Wild WebMink

OASIS Protects Open Source Developers From Software Patents

Some of you may remember a fuss that was made a few years ago by some open source people over the copyright and patent policy used by OASIS, the computer protocols... webmink
From Wild WebMink | June 5, 2009 at 07:11 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Enabling Exploration Through Text Analytics

As promised, here are my slides from the recently held Text Analytics Summit. Feel free to download them from SlideShare–some of the animation may not come through... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 5, 2009 at 04:28 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Coupons at the Dairy Queen

Interesting test which uses stick-on RFID tags at Dairy Queen, by Evan Schuman in Storefrontbacktalk, read the whole thing for other examples of the approach: '... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 5, 2009 at 02:56 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Wave Talk

Jerry Michalski files a podcast on his recent conference call on Google Wave.. The Google Wave site also has an introduction. ' ... Google Wave is a new tool for... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 5, 2009 at 02:54 PM

From Putting People First

The Economist on sensors, mapping and mobiles

The Economist this week comes with a new edition of its 24-page Technology Quarterly supplement, which contains four articles that are related to the theme of this... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 01:23 PM

From Putting People First

Public design projects by Participle

The site of Participle, a UK social design consultancy, contains some good materials on the design of the next generation of public services. Only the Lonely: Public... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 12:50 PM

From Putting People First

Mobile gesture design at Nokia - developing a new dialect of interaction

The field of mobile gestures is a fascinating one that Nokia is keenly exploring and researching, with explorative designers Younghee Jung and Dan Macleod on the... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 11:26 AM

From Putting People First

PICNIC

The upcoming PICNIC ‘09 conference (Amsterdam, 23-25 September) just announced is key themes: Exploding Media: Exploding Story This is the story of the extraordinary... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 10:57 AM

From Putting People First

Reinventing the home appliance

A Windows-enabled and Web-connected coffee maker like the prototype in this photo could check online for the proper grinding size of the beans you Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 10:48 AM

From Putting People First

Tim Berners-Lee: I no longer understand the web

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to put the web under the microscope to investigate how it changes our behaviour. Paul Marks asked in The New Scientist... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 5, 2009 at 10:40 AM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.5 (June 4, 2009)

CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Co-sponsors Hill Briefing on Computer Science Education [3] USACM Elevated to Council Status in ACM [4] Congress Moves...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 4, 2009 at 11:44 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

A Look at Google Squared

I mentioned this Google lab thing a while back. Google Squared. It is up now. You choose a name of a group of things and Google creates a table which contains... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 4, 2009 at 04:14 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Procter Buys Retailer

In an unusual move P&G has bought the 'Art of Shaving', a high end mall retailer with 36 stores that sells Gillette products. A rare move into the retail space... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 4, 2009 at 02:51 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Google Squared: A Great First Step

Regular readers know that I am not a Google fan boy, and that much of my commentary on Google focuses on their neglect of exploratory search. Nonetheless, when... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 4, 2009 at 04:08 AM

From Wild WebMink

TweetSwoop: Illuminata's Take on JavaOne

I ran into analyst Jonathan Eunice this afternoon. Jonathan's long experience following Sun and Java makes him a great person to ask for an insightful and impartial... webmink
From Wild WebMink | June 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

EAC Announces Proposed Revisions to 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

On Monday the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a draft of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Version 1.1 for public comment. This version...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 3, 2009 at 08:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Notes from the World Innovation Forum

Speakers notes from the recent World Innovation Forum, including those of my colleague Donna J. Sturgess: Building Brands through Emotion and Senses. A favorite... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2009 at 06:31 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Investing in Science-Based Innovation

From HBS Working Knowledge http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6056.html ' ... In economic downtimes, businesses are apt to cut R&D projects that don't promise a speedy... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2009 at 06:01 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

New Book on Tagging

I was involved in an automatic tagging project a while back and reviewed Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web by Gene Smith. Now Understanding Folksonomy... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2009 at 02:22 PM