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Algorithms That Changed the Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

Algorithms That Changed the Future

Being a long time practitioner of the practice of developing and applying algorithms,  I found this book to be very interesting:   Nine Algorithms that Changed. ...

Turbo Tax Goes Mobile
From The Eponymous Pickle

Turbo Tax Goes Mobile

Intuit reports that their flagship Turbo Tax package, which I have used for years,  is now available on iPhone, iPad and Android.  The package can be used to both...

Odor Destroying Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Odor Destroying Robotics

In IEEE Spectrum:  An interesting idea.  Deoderants for the home applied by autonomous agents?  Over complicating the idea,   but worth understanding.  Perhaps...

Managing Brand and Corporate Reputation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Managing Brand and Corporate Reputation

A conversation reminded me again of the company Neputation, who's technical people I had the chance to talk to recently.  Impressive methods being used to address...

Air Force Social Radar
From The Eponymous Pickle

Air Force Social Radar

The idea of air force social radar sounds much like neuromarketing efforts underway today, but some more seriousness involved.   Reading minds all the way down...

Surgical Robots, Sensor Wristbands Advancing Health, Energy
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Surgical Robots, Sensor Wristbands Advancing Health, Energy

Over the last year, we’ve described many opportunities at the intersection of computing and healthcare as well as computing and sustainability — and there are a...

Using False Alarms to Disable Security
From Schneier on Security

Using False Alarms to Disable Security

I wrote about this technique in Beyond Fear: Beginning Sunday evening, the robbers intentionally set off the gallery's alarm system several times without entering...

SOPA, PIPA and Open Source
From Wild WebMink

SOPA, PIPA and Open Source

SOPA and PIPA, the poorly conceived draft legislation currently being considered in the USA, sparked a worldwide protest yesterday. I think they would also be bad...

Wolfram Educational Portal
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wolfram Educational Portal

The Beta of the Wolfram Educational Portal has been released.   Great effort.  " ... We are happy to announce the launch of the free Beta version of the Wolfram...

Two New Imagine Cup Challenges for 2012
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Two New Imagine Cup Challenges for 2012

The Imagine Cup just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Today two more challenges were announced via the Imagine Cup blog (Microsoft Announces Windows Metro Style...

OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA
From Wild WebMink

OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA

I was pleased to be able to send OSI’s sign-on to the civil society letter protesting the bad laws being considered by the US legislature at present. You can read...

Cool BI Innovations
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cool BI Innovations

In TDWI:  Some expected examples that are worth reviewing.   I think much more can be said here.  Some of the innovations will take considerable evolving to be...

AI Past and Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Past and Future

Some notes on AI, Past and Future, in the ACM.   Another favorite topic.  Most recently I have seen some of the IBM Watson work, which nicely brings expertise based...

Future of Gaming
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Gaming

I continue to be intrigued by the use of game dynamics as part of user engagement.   Did a number of related projects in the enterprise: Here some further thoughts...

USACM Statement on SOPA and PROTECT IP
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Statement on SOPA and PROTECT IP

This week, as opposing views on the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (S. 968, the PROTECT IP...

Disjunctive Mapping of Consumers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disjunctive Mapping of Consumers

From Informs: A presentation on Advances in understanding human behavior: Disjunctive mapping.  Exploring further.

Gap Analysis
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gap Analysis

Good post on the topic by the Burghard Group.  " ... Gap Analysis is an assessment tool to help a place (community, region, state) compare its current economic...

Tor Opsec
From Schneier on Security

Tor Opsec

Good operational security guide to Tor.

Consumers Want More Communications from Retailers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Consumers Want More Communications from Retailers

Not that much of a surprise, providing the communication is truly useful. " ... according to the IBM Institute for Business Value 2011 Retail Industry Study, released...

Marketing via a Virtual Pinboard
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing via a Virtual Pinboard

A simple and clever approach.  Using a virtual pinboard metaphor to market and promote a site.   The enabling site is called Pinterest, which I had not heard of...
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