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Geeks Pick Nits Even On Jokes
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Geeks Pick Nits Even On Jokes

I posted this following image on my Facebook page. Comments came immediately. First one was something like “only one step?” Another said the method should be...

From Computational Complexity

Need some book reviewed- faster than usual

I have been the SIGACT NEWS book review editor since 1997. I have tried to get about 10 books reviewed per column. I have succeeded- perhaps too well! I have gotten...

Maximum Flow
From The Eponymous Pickle

Maximum Flow

In CACM:  Maximum flow algorithms in a network under under constraint are a classical application of mathematical programming.  It has many applications.  This"...

HeadCon ’13: What’s new in social science?
From Putting People First

HeadCon ’13: What’s new in social science?

In July, 2013, Edge invited a group of social scientists to participate in an Edge Seminar at Eastover Farm focusing on the state of the art of what the social...

Smart America Expo Showcases Cyber Physical Systems Projects
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Smart America Expo Showcases Cyber Physical Systems Projects

Last month, 24 teams from around the country convened in Washington, D.C. to showcase their work in Cyber-Physical Systems at the Smart America Expo.  The demonstrations...

Defining Digital Shoppers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Defining Digital Shoppers

Interesting statistics in Retail Wire. " ... Ernst & Young and Havas Worldwide are just two of numerous firms attempting to classify the still-emerging digital...

Pageviews Dead?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pageviews Dead?

It is suggested in Smart Data Collective. Engagement has always been king.  Well not really engagements, but purchases.  Pageviews are easily measured, and though...

Innovation Idea Prioritization
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation Idea Prioritization

Some simple ideas to address the portfolio of innovation ideas.  In particular I don't see this done very often at startups, where it is assumed that you can just...

Digitizing Consumer Decision Journeys
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digitizing Consumer Decision Journeys

In McKinsey: It's back to understanding the decision process.   " ... Many of the executives we speak with in banking, retail, and other sectors are still struggling...

Whack A Mole Project
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Whack A Mole Project

I’ve done variations in Whack A Mole over there years. I did a Whack Something Game for Windows Phone 7 some years ago for example. But somehow I put it aside and...

Persona Power
From Putting People First

Persona Power

Article by Shlomo Goltz on “integrating the hero’s journey as part of the user-centered design process”: “There are many prominent and outspoken members of the...

IBM and Apple Partnership and the IOT
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM and Apple Partnership and the IOT

In CWorld:  An angle that I had not considered, but the connection makes sense.  It also strengthens the connection to enterprise sources of big data.The partnership...

Taking a Deeper Dive in Splunk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Taking a Deeper Dive in Splunk

Mentioned to me some time ago, as an interesting solution, now taking a deeper dive. See Splunk.com  ... Will follow with some impressions.  See the elevator control...

Millennials and Food Shopping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Millennials and Food Shopping

In Smartblogs.   How will they be won over? " ... Millennials are much like the young versions of previous generations, except they grew up in a digital age and...

Importance of Emotional Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Importance of Emotional Machines

Facebook AI director Yann LeCun on the importance of emotional machines   " ... “Emotions are often the result of predicting a likely outcome. For example, fear...

Security Vulnerability in the Tails OS
From Schneier on Security

Security Vulnerability in the Tails OS

I'd like more information on this....

Network as Nervous System
From The Eponymous Pickle

Network as Nervous System

A reasonable analogy for digital enterprise.    And Analytics should be the brain, placing the network n contexts to gather as much useful data as possible.  ...

Evaluating the Concept of Web Rank
From The Eponymous Pickle

Evaluating the Concept of Web Rank

Simple game based demonstration video about how search and in particular how web sites can be evaluated via their interconnections with hyperlinks.  Good to show...

Scalable Programming Projects
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Scalable Programming Projects

One of the things I look for in a project is that it is extensible. That means that a reasonable and simple version can be done but that students who want to do...

July August Analytics Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

July August Analytics Magazine

July August 2014 Analytics MagazineWhy Do Analytics Projects Fail? by Haluk Demirkan and Bulent DalNot just another IT project: Key considerations for deep analytics...
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