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Google Glasses for All?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Glasses for All?

The rumor has been out there for years, that Google was developing a glasses-style interface for interaction and search.  We examined the general idea for maintenance...

An Interesting Opportunity
From CERIAS Blog

An Interesting Opportunity

As someone who is interested in information security and CERIAS (or why else would you be reading this blog?), you are undoubtedly already aware of the great need...

Collaboration A Key Skill for the Elementary Classroom
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Collaboration A Key Skill for the Elementary Classroom

Motivation often comes from the most unlikely of sources. My mother recently waxed nostalgic about life before computers. She said, "Life was much simpler then...

Scientific Storytelling using Visualization
From The Eponymous Pickle

Scientific Storytelling using Visualization

Useful thoughts.  Tell a good story, get it to the right people, then provide the background as needed"Scientists frequently tell stories using visualizations of...

From Computational Complexity

Presidents Day Poll- what does the youth of american think about....

(In honor of President's day which was two days ago.) On Presidents Day last year I had my classes fill out a form saying who they thought was the best, second...

Empower MediaMarketing Expands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Empower MediaMarketing Expands

I have had a number of interactions with Empower.  They acquired retail data analytics specialists MIG last year. Now they have created the Empower Group by the...

P&G to Address Cost Cutting
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G to Address Cost Cutting

An extended article on how P&G plans to address cost cutting.  A periodic thing at all large enterprises.

John Nash's 1955 Letter to the NSA
From Schneier on Security

John Nash's 1955 Letter to the NSA

Fascinating.

2012 STEM Video Game Challenge Launched
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

2012 STEM Video Game Challenge Launched

For the second year in a row,

Big Brother Knows More Than You Think
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Big Brother Knows More Than You Think

And by Big Brother I don

Advertising Adapts to Gender
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advertising Adapts to Gender

An example of a public advertisement using facial recognition software to alter an advertisement based on gender.  Another example of adaptive interactivity inKeith...

? A Tax Whose Time Has Come
From Wild WebMink

? A Tax Whose Time Has Come

Dubbed “the world’s most popular new tax”, this proposal has gathered an amazing breadth of support globally, including world political and business leaders. It...

Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum–Reminder
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum–Reminder

I know I keep blogging about this event but it really is a great event and I really hope many of you apply for this wonderful opportunity to showcase your work ...

Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum

I know I keep blogging about this event but it really is a great event and I really hope many of you apply for this wonderful opportunity to showcase your work ...

Brainfuence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brainfuence

Just getting to read Roger Dooley's book  Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing.   Nice so far, an easy non-technical read...

Paco Underhill on the Shopping List
From The Eponymous Pickle

Paco Underhill on the Shopping List

Not too much unexpected here.   Reminder of what the store is designed to do. Much of what shows up in the shopping basket is not in the shopping list.  Though...

Software as a Service for Data Scientists
From The Eponymous Pickle

Software as a Service for Data Scientists

In the CACM:    Experience at Globus Online.  Applicable in business too .." ... As big data emerges as a force in science so, too, do new, onerous tasks for researchers...

Unilever to Halve Environmental Impact
From The Eponymous Pickle

Unilever to Halve Environmental Impact

A commitment for 2020.    " ... Unilever Vice President Eelco Camminga said the company will be twice the size in 2020, with half the environmental impact. "We...

Simple Storytelling in The Legend of Zelda
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Simple Storytelling in The Legend of Zelda

I love the Legend of Zelda games.  They are similar enough to make me feel nostalgic, yet always offer something new.  We've been playing the latest, Skyward Sword...

Big Data at the AAAS Annual Meeting
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Big Data at the AAAS Annual Meeting

Early last Saturday morning, I had the privilege and pleasure of organizing and moderating a
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