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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Inviting ALL EDUCATORS to share their GREAT IDEAS

I love sharing by educators. It is one clear way that I believe we can all make education work better. So this announcement seemed like something I had to share... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 25, 2012 at 03:15 PM

From Putting People First

Inclusive Design

The Norwegian Design Council has published a new resource site about inclusive design, to inform and communicate how this approach can be used as a strategy for... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 02:30 PM

From Computational Complexity

Ernst Specker (1920-2011)

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From Computational Complexity | January 25, 2012 at 02:20 PM

From Putting People First

The ethnography of robots

Heather Ford spoke with Stuart Geiger, PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information, about his emerging ideas about the ethnography of robots. Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 02:18 PM

From Putting People First

Does corporate ethnography suck?

In this first piece, Sam Ladner examines the different temporal conceptions of ethnographic fieldwork in industry and academia: “Academics frequently criticize... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 02:16 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

An interesting interview with Alex Szalay, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | January 25, 2012 at 12:56 PM

From Schneier on Security

Research into an Information Security Risk Rating

The NSF is funding research on giving organizations information-security risk ratings, similar to credit ratings for individuals: Existing risk management techniques... schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 25, 2012 at 12:44 PM

From Putting People First

State of Interaction Design: Diverging, by David Malouf

In anticipation of the upcoming IxDA Interaction12 Conference taking place in Dublin, Ireland February 1 Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 11:14 AM

From Putting People First

The shift from watching TV to experiencing TV

As more and more devices in your home get connected to the Internet, the user experience becomes increasingly important. The people at ReadWriteWeb announce that... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

We Need A Wider Conversation on CS Education

There is an active conversation going on in the UK about computing education. From the Royal Society report (Shut down or restart?: The way forward for computing... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 25, 2012 at 10:50 AM

From Putting People First

The city as interface. Digital media and the urban public sphere

On 23 January 2012, Martijn de Waal defended his Ph.D. thesis Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 10:48 AM

From Putting People First

The psychology of persuasion

All human societies are alive with the battle for influence. Every single day each of us is subject to innumerable persuasion attempts from corporations, interest... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 10:38 AM

From Putting People First

Business ethnography as a key strategy for international brands

Two interesting posts by Danish photographer and visual ethnographer Jacob Langvad Nilsson: Business ethnography as a key strategy for international brands When... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 10:04 AM

From Putting People First

Book: Applying Anthropology in the Global Village

Applying Anthropology in the Global Village Edited by Christina Wasson, Mary Odell Butler and Jacqueline Copeland-Carson Left Coast Press – November 2011 – 326... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 25, 2012 at 09:19 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Maps in Data Visualization

Examples of the use of geographical maps in visualizations. Examination of the types is useful. " ... Maps are probably the biggest subsection of visualization... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 25, 2012 at 06:35 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Fun versus Rigor: Getting Students Ready for the Next Level

One of my goals this year was to make my CS course more fun for my students. I felt as if (and received feedback from students that) some of my programming assignments...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | January 24, 2012 at 09:48 PM

From Wild WebMink

People

My postings from here and ComputerWorldUK are often reposted at opensource.com by the folk at Red Hat who run the site. They are once again running a “People’s... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | January 24, 2012 at 07:55 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Customer Loyalty Data as Asset

I was recently introduced to Aimia: " ... a global leader in loyalty management offering a full suite of services including coalition loyalty proprietary loyalty... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 24, 2012 at 05:39 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

USAID Posts Draft RFA with Emphasis Spanning Analytics

USAID is launching what it calls “an exciting and ambitious” program to engage universities and research institutes in novel ways to improve the agency’s (and larger... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | January 24, 2012 at 03:46 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Mainstream Gamification

Computerworld piece on gamification. Some useful statistics and definition of terms. We used many of these game dynamics ideas. These are pretty simple user... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 24, 2012 at 03:21 PM