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From Putting People First

Brief rant on the future of interaction design

Interaction designer Bret Victor has published his “brief rant on the future of interaction design“. “To me, claiming that Pictures Under Glass [as in touch screens]... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 10, 2011 at 09:28 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Consumer Clouds

ReadWrite Web writes about the meaning of the cloud to the typical consumer. Useful, I have had several people ask me what the 'cloud' was. It is easy to define... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 10, 2011 at 03:46 AM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the August issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | November 9, 2011 at 09:26 PM

From Schneier on Security

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

It's taken me a few years, but I've come around to this buzzword. It highlights an important characteristic of a particular sort of Internet attacker. A conventional... schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 9, 2011 at 07:51 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Coke a Winner on Social Media

Good USA Today article on Coke's successful use of Twitter and Facebook. Includes a useful video. As I have said before, Coke is a well known brand, so can be... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 07:35 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Technology and the Economy

Brian Arthur on how Technology is recreating the 21st century economy. We followed Arthur at the Santa Fe Institute when he was building interesting predictive economic... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 06:34 PM

From Computational Complexity

Making Money the (Computationally) Hard Way

Digital cash systems have come and gone but Bitcoin seems to be doing okay. By request I am giving a lecture about Bitcoin in my crypto class. Most of the material... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | November 9, 2011 at 05:51 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

For those who may have missed it, Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 9, 2011 at 05:46 PM

From My Biased Coin

Programming for Non-Programming Exercises

One of the exercises I assigned last week proved interesting: Consider n points on a circle, labeled clockwise from 0 to n-1. Initially a wolf begins at 0 and... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | November 9, 2011 at 05:02 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

WalMart IPhone Apps Adds Functions

How can Apps best combine in-store and online sales? WalMart has rolled out some new App functionality that addresses this. In particular emphasizing the shopping... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 04:42 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Presenting New

At 11am EST today, key officials from the National Science Foundation (NSF), led by NSF Director Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 9, 2011 at 01:22 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Science at the Microsoft Global Forum

This week Microsoft is hosting over 700 innovative teachers from around the world in Washington DC at the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. Unfortunately... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM

From Schneier on Security

Unlocking any iPad2 using a Smart Cover

This security bug is just plain weird. schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 9, 2011 at 09:39 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Sharpens R&D Focus

It makes sense for this evolution. Jeffrey Phillips of OVO Innovation points to this as part of a broader post. " ... do you want to innovate for the technology... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 05:24 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Requirements for Next Gen Marketers

In Adage: Very true. Agility, Digital, Data. Mostly it is about analytical methods and how to apply them in multiple analytical layers to support important management... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 02:57 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Playing Virtual Games as Serious Business

Useful findings. We have seen these repeatedly in experiments. People are drawn by meaningless rewards, useless free offers, irrational propositions. But is tricking... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 9, 2011 at 02:19 AM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Agencies Seek Input on Public Access to Scientific Data

Yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 8, 2011 at 10:06 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Ivory Soap is on Facebook

My first in-depth plant tour was to see Ivory Soap being made. There were aspects of it that had not changed since the 19th century. Its history is also interesting... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 8, 2011 at 05:38 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

AisleBuyer Enables in Aisle Scanning

I have mentioned Aislebuyer here a number of times, established to empower shoppers in the retail aisle, Now an item that says they are working with the Big-Y... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 8, 2011 at 05:12 PM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Code Blocked

I love coding. Once I get started, I get lost in the groove very easily. I love thinking about the best way to organize objects and design my UI. It feels good... Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | November 8, 2011 at 03:42 PM