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From The Eponymous Pickle

Conagra Mills Does Analytics

An interesting business analytics example. Note that Conagra is using it for supply chain decisions with their clients: "... ConAgra Mills, a Commercial Foods... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 21, 2011 at 01:33 AM

From Apophenia

Debating Privacy in a Networked World for the WSJ

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal posted excerpts from a debate between me, Stewart Baker, Jeff Jarvis, and Chris Soghoian on privacy. In preparation for... zephoria
From Apophenia | November 21, 2011 at 01:05 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Binary Hand Dance

If you are looking for some inspiration and/or entertainment for you or your students, check out the Vi Hart's Blog. Vi is a "recreational mathemusician" (her...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | November 20, 2011 at 09:47 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictive Modeling News

Brought to my attention. The Monthly Newsletter for Healthcare Professionals Involved with Predictive Modeling. " .... Featuring articles, news, key data, technology... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence Predictions

Boris Evelson provides some interesting business intelligence predictions for 2012. Including: " ... More BI will move into the hands of end users. IT will learn... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:22 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G's John Smale Passing

I worked with Mr. Smale as part of the IT Innovation Research team: ... John G. Smale, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Procter & Gamble, passed... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Windows Phones

I was briefly involved with a proposal for a Windows phone App that addressed retail analysis. So it is interesting to see it has now, in its first anniversary... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 03:34 PM

From Putting People First

Tablets, sensors, foot boards and other gadgets for (French) seniors

As the first baby boomers turn 65 this year, high-tech is gradually making its way into the lives Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 01:29 PM

From Putting People First

The invisibility of ethnography

Tricia Wang reflects on the fact that ethnographic work is often invisible. One way to overcome this, she argues, is for ethnographers to find ways to visualize... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:29 AM

From Putting People First

Social computing

The Interaction-Design.org Foundation is a labour of love founded by Mads Soegaard in 2002, and in 2010, his wife, Rikke Dam, joined the project (and their exotic... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM

From Putting People First

Out with the old, in with the new: a conversation with Don Norman & Jon Kolko

Richard Anderson has interviewed many people on stage, but, he says, the best of these, for multiple reasons (some very personal), might have been the most recent... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:04 AM

From Putting People First

Enabling codesign

The term co-design refers to a philosophical and political approach to design best applied throughout the design life cycle. Codesign builds on the methods and... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM

From Putting People First

Sketchnotes of Ezio Manzini at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

This past Monday evening, on an unseasonably warm night in Chicago, sustainability expert Ezio Manzini gave a thought-provoking lecture at the School of the Art... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM

From Putting People First

On Culture and Interaction Design: an interview with Genevieve Bell

Recently Dianna Miller had a chance to talk to Genevieve Bell, anthropologist and researcher, and the director of Intel Corporation Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

The Delicacy of Anonymity Online

How services like Google Analytics make it hard to be anonymous online. Anonymity can be just a matter of choice, or even a life or death thing. Also some suggestions... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 03:30 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Why is Angry Birds Compelling?

Understanding why a particular game like Angty Birds is so compelling. And how the aspects of the game might be repeated. " ... carefully scripted expansion... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 03:07 AM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Khalid Al-Kofahi on Combining Advanced Search Technology and Human Expertise in Legal Research

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 19, 2011 at 11:01 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Modeling Businesses

Thinking this yet a step forward .... Concept mapping for company processes can be seen as a simplified approach to Business Process Management (BPM). Which seeks... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 19, 2011 at 09:22 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Talk to your DARPA Program Manager!

On November 15, seven University of Washington faculty members from Biology, Bioengineering, and Computer Science & Engineering were privileged to share a 2-hour... Ed Lazowska
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 19, 2011 at 09:09 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Computing in Science and Engineering Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 19, 2011 at 05:15 PM