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Why These  Ads?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why These Ads?

From E-Commerce Times:  Why these ads?   I often ask that question.  " ... Google's latest tool, dubbed "Why These Ads," is designed to give users insight on exactly...

Readying to Unwire the Enterprise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Readying to Unwire the Enterprise

In Knowledge at Wharton: The enterprise still has lots of wires.  Can continued control be effective once the enterprise goes wireless?" ... In another context,...

Two Months Before Mommyhood
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Two Months Before Mommyhood

It's hard to believe that our baby's due date is less than 8 weeks away.  It's even harder to believe I've written so little about it here! What with trying to...

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

In today’s

Kindle Lending Library
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kindle Lending Library

A Kindle lending library.   Prime members can read a book a month for free on Kindle devices.  Is this another pointer to the death of printed books?

Entities, Relationships, and Semantics: Strata NY Panel on the State of Structured Search
From The Noisy Channel

Entities, Relationships, and Semantics: Strata NY Panel on the State of Structured Search

Earlier this year, I had the privilege to moderate a panel at Strata New York 2011 on Entities, Relationships, and Semantics: the State of Structured Search. The...

Social Media Decoding
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Media Decoding

In Technology Review:   A Social Media  Decoder. New Technology deciphers and empowers the millions who talk back to their televisions through the Web... Discovering...

Intel using soft sciences to help predict the future
From Putting People First

Intel using soft sciences to help predict the future

Larry Dignan discusses – in a conversation with David Ginsberg, director of insights and market research at Intel, and Tony Salvador, senior principle engineer...

Digital Storytelling
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Storytelling

On the stack: The New Digital Storytelling, by Bryan Alexander.  " ... Digital storytelling uses new media tools and platforms to tell stories. The second wave...

Digital Duets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Duets

From the Path to Purchase Institute,  a report:  Digital Duets:  Collaborative Marketing Strategies Along the New Path to Purchase

EarthCube: A Community Experiment
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

EarthCube: A Community Experiment

The following is a special contribution to this blog by Amy Apon, Chair of the Computer Science Division

Knowledge Capture, Retention and Transfer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Knowledge Capture, Retention and Transfer

Met yesterday with Perigean Technologies and their CTO Brian Moon.   Impressive vendors of knowledge mapping technologies we used actively in the enterprise.  A...

The Digital School
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Digital School

In the NYT this morning.  Despite my orientation, education is not all about technology.  Technology is a tool, great if used appropriately.  But that same tech...

Digital Gardening
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Gardening

I am an amateur botanist, having worked and dabbled in the space for a long time.   The Web has been a great source for information in this space. Now plans...

Friday Squid Blogging: <i>Star Trek IV</i>, now with Squid
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Star Trek IV, now with Squid

Someone edited Star Trek IV, removing the whales and replacing them with giant squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...

Robots Everywhere
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots Everywhere

In the HBR:  " ... At RoboBusiness this week, a conference devoted to the business and technology of robots, the revelation for me was not just how far robotic...

Going Back to High School
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Going Back to High School

Having just finished my first full year as a Computer Science (CS) major at the University of Regina, I was surprised to find that my summer job would take me back...

Teacher Trainer Professional Development Program
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Teacher Trainer Professional Development Program

The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) program provides trainers the opportunity to deepen and expand their skills on integrating technology in their teacher training...

Funny E-mail of the Day
From My Biased Coin

Funny E-mail of the Day

I've having some issues getting straight answers over e-mail from an administrator in some Harvard office I'm dealing with.  This morning, I found the following...

Clorox and Consumer Product Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Clorox and Consumer Product Innovation

An interesting co-creation idea being used at Clorox.  The example in Consumer package goods is interesting because it involves the consumer directly.  I am sure...
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