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Silicon Valley Running out of Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Silicon Valley Running out of Innovation

Says Alan Kay, who we met a number of times at Xerox PARC in the day.   We used his Smalltalk and Logo languages for AI projects.  We respected his thoughts about...

Thinking Through the Forecast
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking Through the Forecast

I just caught this article in the Insiders Group blog and thought I would comment about our demand forecasting experiences and how they can be applied to the midsize...

Science Magazine on Computer Science careers
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Science Magazine on Computer Science careers

In two articles in Science – the flagship publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science – CCC Chair Ed Lazowska is interviewed on career...

Wal-Mart Optimizing On-Shelf Availability
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Optimizing On-Shelf Availability

Another example, in Progressive Grocer, of how Wal-Mart is active in analytical methods.  " ... A new service from Plano, Texas-based sales and marketing services...

Big Data Disaster, Get the Data Right.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data Disaster, Get the Data Right.

Stephen Few on the problems with too much analytics before you get the data right.  Getting the data right.  And visualizing it to make sure you understand it ....

Super Bowl Neuromarketing Study
From The Eponymous Pickle

Super Bowl Neuromarketing Study

Neurorelay summarizes the yearly Sands Research Super Bowl advertisement study.   Well done overview of method and results.  A few years ago I had a chance to statistically...

Relearning Math
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Relearning Math

One of the problems with teaching students how to tell the computer how to do calculations is that they have to learn a new way of expressing formulas. For example...

Advanced tips for dealing with your email inbox
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Advanced tips for dealing with your email inbox

I probably receive 50 emails a day, not counting spam. Give it a week, and I could easily end up with 200 unread emails in my inbox. When that happens, it feels...

Security Awareness Training
From Schneier on Security

Security Awareness Training

Should companies spend money on security awareness training for their employees? It's a contentious topic, with respected experts on both sides of the debate.right...

I am a Curator too
From The Eponymous Pickle

I am a Curator too

I have been playing with Flipboard for some time.  On the iPhone and Pad. A very nice, image-oriented way to organize and deliver information.  A more sophisticated...

Friendly Home Printable Robots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Friendly Home Printable Robots

From the NSF:  This seems to be an overreach based on current capabilities.  Though you can't argue with the goal.   " ... The U.S. National Science Foundation...

Supercomputing Highlighted by NSF
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Supercomputing Highlighted by NSF

Scientific breakthroughs are no longer happening only in the field or in scientific labs.  Rather, they are occurring on computers.  This is due in large part to...

The NSA's Cryptolog
From Schneier on Security

The NSA's Cryptolog

The NSA has published declassified versions of its Cryptolog newsletter. All the issues from Aug 1974 through Summer 1997 are on the web, although there are some...

Turtle Graphics–Some Student Images
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Turtle Graphics–Some Student Images

Earlier this week I introduced a simple Turtle graphics program. The program itself (written in Visual Basic) was created by one of the teachers I work with. It...

Cool Ed Tech at the Montreal Science Centre
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Cool Ed Tech at the Montreal Science Centre

I love science and tech museums, so while visiting Montreal this past weekend, I made sure to stop by the Montreal Science Centre.  They have some really cool stuff...

Brands Getting Creative with Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brands Getting Creative with Data

In Digiday:  short pieces on the use of data by companies.  It is always useful to see a number of examples of systems using data.  But then all systems use data...

Identifying People from Mobile Phone Location Data
From Schneier on Security

Identifying People from Mobile Phone Location Data

Turns out that it's pretty easy: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Catholic University of Louvain studied 15 months' worth...

From Computational Complexity

A Century of Erdős

The great Hungarian combinatorialist Paul Erdős was born one hundred years ago today. The big celebration will happen in Budapest in July. It's hard to say more...

Stealth Innovation as a Solution
From The Eponymous Pickle

Stealth Innovation as a Solution

This HBR article suggests it is not.  I suggest that stealth is one tool to get innovation done.  It creates a startup style atmosphere that does not look to get...

What' Not to Love About NYC Pilot Program
From Computer Science Teachers Association

What' Not to Love About NYC Pilot Program

In February, I had the pleasure of attending Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement of the new Software Engineering Pilot Program for New York City schools. This...
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