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3D Design Delivered by Ponoko
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Design Delivered by Ponoko

(update)My son pointed me to design page of Kyle A. Koch: " ...  a (former) industrial design student at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture...

On Information Empires
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Information Empires

A fascinating book on the emergence of telecom to the Internet.  And how individual innovation changes to corporate control.  The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall...

Connected Vehicles
From The Eponymous Pickle

Connected Vehicles

In Engadget:  Note the integration with decision flow.  Ford studies space robots to improve communications with connected cars.  " ... by studying the way robots...

From Computational Complexity

P = NP and the Weather

In the Beautiful World, my science fiction chapter of The Golden Ticket where P = NP in a strong way, I predicted that we could predict weather accurately enough...

Susan Landau Article on the Snowden Documents
From Schneier on Security

Susan Landau Article on the Snowden Documents

Really good article by Susan Landau on the Snowden documents and what they mean.

The Bug Report on Computer Science Teacher Certification
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

The Bug Report on Computer Science Teacher Certification

Most of us involved in teaching computer science know that the issue of teacher certification is a bit of a mess. How much of a mess no one really knew. Until now...

User modes as the raw ingredients of digital experience
From Putting People First

User modes as the raw ingredients of digital experience

The best way to design successful digital products is by understanding how users’ behaviour changes according to their mode, according to MEX. Modes can be defined...

5th Screen Digital Display Services
From The Eponymous Pickle

5th Screen Digital Display Services

I was reminded today of 5th Screen Digital Display Services.  They worked with us in our innovation centers to provide excellent examples of in-store marketingtheir...

Predictive Analytics in R
From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictive Analytics in R

Recommended by a friend who has seen a preprint, available in September:Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics: Business Problems and Solutions with R  byThomas...

Using the Tools We Teach
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Using the Tools We Teach

One of the classes I am teaching this year is called Explorations in Computer Science. It’s a step away from the pure applications course (Microsoft Office) in...

Coke All Digital Ahhs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Coke All Digital Ahhs

In Mashable:   Interesting comparison of digital and classical approaches.  The strong sharing aspect is particularly interesting.    " .... Coca-Cola's first all...

Retailers Using Tweet Chats
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retailers Using Tweet Chats

In Supermarket News:  A view of how grocers are using and can use tweet chats.  Fairly obvious, but a good review of a retail strategy.  Not much here about its...

First Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, Calling for Submissions
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

First Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, Calling for Submissions

The following is a special contribution to this blog from Douglas H. Fisher, Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning, and Associate Professor...

Important New Report on CS Teacher Certification
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Important New Report on CS Teacher Certification

Over the years no topic has generated more frustration and concern for CSTA members than teacher certification/licensure and supplementary endorsement. As CSTABugs...

The Latest on the App Formerly Known as Carleton Quest
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

The Latest on the App Formerly Known as Carleton Quest

I've been making good progress on the app formerly known as Carleton Quest.  I've rewritten the story to include more faculty-specific info and general school spirit...

Tablets as Cash Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tablets as Cash Machines

From the BBC: Using tablets as cash machines. Progress in the UK:   " The ATM of the future? " ... There are 66,134 cash machines in operation across the UK - an...

Facial Recognition in the Wild
From The Eponymous Pickle

Facial Recognition in the Wild

In the NYT:   Good overview about advances in facial and individual scanning and recognition. Pioneered for casino operations.  Crowd scanning for security applications...

Software Defined Servers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Software Defined Servers

Sent to me through a Vertica/Big Data connection.  I don't typically talk about standard software. Don't claim to understand it completely, but the integrationHP...

Measuring Entropy and its Applications to Encryption
From Schneier on Security

Measuring Entropy and its Applications to Encryption

There have been a bunch of articles about an information theory paper with vaguely sensational headlines like "Encryption is less secure than we thought" and "Research...

On Better Decisons
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Better Decisons

 Interesting piece from Bain & Company:  Steps to better decisions.  The technical and social aspects of the decision process have been a long time interest.  We...
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