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From The Eponymous Pickle

DemandTec Forecast Lift Patent

I have been following long-time correspondent DemandTec more closely in the past months. Here is another item of interest: " ... The latest patent covers techniques... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 28, 2011 at 03:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Delta Airline Baggage App

I have spent nearly a lifetime business traveling with Delta airlines all over the globe and I have lots of problems with their service. But I see that they have... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 28, 2011 at 02:56 PM

From Computational Complexity

The Death of Complexity Classes?

In the 2011 Complexity proceedings there are three papers that analyze complexity classes, Ryan Williams' great paper on ACC, Russell Impagliazzo's paper on average... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | November 28, 2011 at 02:54 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

MIT’s Technology Review Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 28, 2011 at 01:39 PM

From Schneier on Security

The DHS Partners with Major League Soccer to Promote Fear

It seems to be harder and harder to keep people scared: The Department schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 28, 2011 at 01:26 PM

From Wild WebMink

Let The Bible Go Free!

News emerged Friday that the British government intends to send a copy of the Bible (along with some immortal words penned by Michael Gove) to every school in the... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | November 28, 2011 at 01:08 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 28 November 2011

Last week was a quiet one for me. Thanksgiving holiday in the US meant I didn’t spend as much time on the Internet as usual. Also a lot less blogging and emailThe... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 28, 2011 at 11:32 AM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Slides and Summaries

I’ve posted slides and summaries for all ten CIKM 2011 Industry Event presentations: Stephen Robertson (Microsoft Research): Why Recall Matters John Giannandrea... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 28, 2011 at 06:23 AM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Ilya Segalovich on Improving Search Quality at Yandex

This post is last in a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 28, 2011 at 06:10 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

SAS Paper on Text Analytics

A good complimentary SAS white paper on the uses of text analytics. Does require registration:" ... Discover how to maximize the value of information within large... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 28, 2011 at 03:13 AM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Vanja Josifovski on Toward Deep Understanding of User Behavior on the Web

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 27, 2011 at 09:14 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Tips for Google Search

We have all done lots of Google searches. Yet we do not know all the possibilities of search. Here an outline in infographic form that outlines all the basics... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 27, 2011 at 07:13 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart and Grabble

Wal-Mart recently acquired the Australian POS technology company Grabble, Then added it to its Wal-Mart Labs group. Another indication of the retail giant'sin... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 27, 2011 at 02:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Tracking Mall Cellphones

An approach I am well aware of, shoppers are informed of it happening, and in general does not personally identify anyone. The data is precious to understand shopper... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 27, 2011 at 02:02 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

A Partial History Knowledge Navigation

Long-time inspiration David Sibbet posts about how Alan Kay and others inspired the iPad and points to a number of future looking Apple publications that I remember... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 27, 2011 at 01:45 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Currency: Bitcoin

In Wired: The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin. A detailed history of this digital currency concept. An interesting but sometimes mysterious idea, that I thought was... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 27, 2011 at 01:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Consensus Point Prediction Markets

Robin Hanson's Prediction markets blog. He has a post on the GE Healthymagination Challenge crowdsourcing effort. Plus lots more of interest that is worth following... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 26, 2011 at 07:51 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Programming for Absolute Beginners from Channel 9

Channel 9 has just launched an absolute beginner series to help people learn to program. There are two versions of the Development for Absolute beginners materials... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 26, 2011 at 07:27 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

My Thanksgiving "Vacation"

I just returned from a week in Costa Rica. Unlike many foreign visitors, who land in San Jose to hop in cars and tour buses to get away to the beautiful white sand...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | November 26, 2011 at 07:19 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

DunnhumbyUSA CEO Leads by example

In the local press: good article on Dunnhumby USA's corporate culture, style and analytic approaches used to track shopper loyalty. I was part of an early meeting... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 26, 2011 at 02:34 PM