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CardMunch Tested
From The Eponymous Pickle

CardMunch Tested

I just tried out the business card scanner from LinkedIn called CardMunch. Loaded the App on my iPhone and scanned a few cards. I have tried other such scanners...

SmartBooks are Approaching
From The Eponymous Pickle

SmartBooks are Approaching

The very moment we saw the first hyper links in documentation, around 1985, we saw that the textbooks of the future were not just about text, but about many different...

Marsh Brand Partners
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marsh Brand Partners

I see that Marsh is now Marsh Brand Partners.   They have redesigned their web site, changed their name and focus.   A company that I have had the pleasure to interact...

Thoughts About Job Performance
From The Noisy Channel

Thoughts About Job Performance

This is the season of annual reviews, at least at LinkedIn. Performance reviews can be daunting for both employees and managers — at least everywhere that I’ve...

Tough Visualization Questions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tough Visualization Questions

Some tough questions in Excelcharts.   Food for thought, these are not unexpected answers either.  Worth considering the answers.

Health and Social Networks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Health and Social Networks

Health and Social Media.   A recent area of exploration.  Will this work if there  is too much communication or if the message is unwelcome?  What can make the...

P&G Working with Couponing Startup MoBeam
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Working with Couponing Startup MoBeam

In the local papers:   P&G  is working with a west coast startup called MoBeam, which I originally brought into town for tests several years ago.  I have mentioned...

Wild Again
From Wild WebMink

Wild Again

I am no longer associated in any way with ForgeRock AS.

Are You Hitched?
From The Noisy Channel

Are You Hitched?

Let me preface this post by saying that this is my personal blog, and that my opinions here are not necessarily those of my employer. With that out of the way,...

Tablets as an Educational Tool
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tablets as an Educational Tool

Interesting Study.  In particular as an aid to education.  How much different are they in effectiveness than using a laptop?

Developing Vision Without Sight
From The Eponymous Pickle

Developing Vision Without Sight

In CACM:  Continued developments of the replacement and augmentation of human vision. Will the blind be able to see?

January Flying By...
From My Biased Coin

January Flying By...

I'm enjoying a relatively snow-free January, but despite the extra time I've had on my hands from not having to shovel, I've had little time for blogging.  Reasons...

Tablets as a Shopping Device
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tablets as a Shopping Device

In GigaOM. Tablets as the ideal shopping device? Will we start seeing everyone with a Ping pong paddle style tablet as they course through brick and mortar?...

From Computational Complexity

Teaching an Honors Section of Discrete Mathematics

A few years ago I was assigned to teach the HONORS section of Discrete Math (a course for sophomores who have had a year of programming and a year a calculus). They...

Time Flies When Learning Is Fun
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Time Flies When Learning Is Fun

I did some work workshops with the great people from Digital Wish again this week (see also Teaching Teachers and Students Together) We did a full day workshopHeavy...

NAE Names 2012 Draper, Gordon Prize Winners
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NAE Names 2012 Draper, Gordon Prize Winners

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

The Continued Militarization of the U.S. Police
From Schneier on Security

The Continued Militarization of the U.S. Police

The state of Texas gets an armed PT boat. I guess armed drones weren't enough for them.

From Wild WebMink

This TED video from Clay Shirky is a clear, accessible and compelling explanation of what’s wrong with SOPA and PIPA and why the fight won’t be if we either defeat...

<i>The Onion</i> on Facebook
From Schneier on Security

The Onion on Facebook

Funny news video on Facebook and the CIA.

The Second Economy: a Neural Model
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Second Economy: a Neural Model

Aspen Root Systems and a neural system for a second economy.   By W Brian Arthur, who we worked with at the Santa Fe Institute and applied in the enterprise.  Delaine...
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