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From The Eponymous Pickle

KYield Executive Summary

Mark Montgomery gives a new executive summary of his work on the KYield blog. And announces seeking candidates for a CTO role. Check it out and pass it on. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 2, 2011 at 02:22 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Writing My ISTE Keynote

I had mail today saying that ISTE was looking for nominations to present a keynote in San Diego this summer. They asked “could it be you?” Well unlikely it would... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 2, 2011 at 01:02 AM

From Schneier on Security

DARPA Cyber Colloquium

I note that the three "industry leaders" speaking at the DARPA Cyber Colloquium next week have about 75 years of government experience between them. schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 1, 2011 at 06:41 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Boot Camp Digital

Boot Camp Digital, by former colleague Krista Neher, Social Media tips and tricks and useful connections. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 06:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Deal Making at A&P

An example of how companies like The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company are using Deal Management software from Demandtec to improve the end to end promotion... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 04:22 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Game Design Changing the Way we Think

Good piece in the Atlantic. It also points to the organization called The Institute of Play. Which looks at the relationship of games and learning.The PowerGame... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 03:50 PM

From Daniel Lemire's Blog

My favorite LaTeX editor for MacOS: Texpad

I always found word processors distracting. I hate to copy and paste text only to find that the text formatting was copied as well. When I write, I do not want... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | November 1, 2011 at 03:23 PM

From Apophenia

Why Parents Help Children Violate Facebook

Announcing new journal article: “Why Parents Help Their Children Lie to Facebook About Age: Unintended Consequences of the ‘Children’s Online Privacy Protection... zephoria
From Apophenia | November 1, 2011 at 01:56 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

DoE, ONR Announce Materials Genome Solicitations

Back in June, the Administration announced a $500 million Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) to stimulate the development of new technologies Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 1, 2011 at 01:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Sets up Virtual Stores

P&G has set up a number of augmented reality, smartphone-enabled virtual stores in the Prague subways. In AdWeek. Not unique, but a creative effort. Going where... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:30 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Twenty Year Look at fMRI

A view of the only twenty year history of fMIRI scanning of the brain. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:18 PM

From Schneier on Security

The Economist on Lying

Two articles. And this is the cited work. schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What To Tell Students About Computer Science

Last Friday I drove down to Cape Cod. Just over the Cape Cod canal via the Bourne Bridge is Upper Cape Tech. They have an outstanding culinary arts program andKinect... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 1, 2011 at 09:14 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots are Taking Mid-Level Jobs

Article suggests that many mid-level jobs are being taken by computing and robotics. Rapidly changing the economy. Technical jobs, though, should remain common... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:13 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Upcoming Healthcare Distruptive Meetup

An upcoming Continuous Web Meetup on disruptive healthcare innovation. " ... This month we're going to showcase a few founders that are disrupting the healthcare... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Standards Draft

Sendt along by Ron Wright of Sands Research: Thank you for attending the Advertising Week NeuroMarketing Forum!As promised, we are sending you the ARF's whitedraft... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 12:46 AM

From The Noisy Channel

RecSys 2011 Tutorial: Recommendations as a Conversation with the User

Last week, I had the privilege to present a tutorial at the 5th ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2011). Given my passion for HCIR and... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | October 31, 2011 at 11:39 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Getting Ready for CS Ed Week

CS Ed Week is just around the corner, December 4 through 10, and now is the time to prepare for this week in celebration of Computer Science education and the impact...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | October 31, 2011 at 10:16 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 31

November 3 Hearing: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on STEM (science, technology... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | October 31, 2011 at 06:24 PM

From Schneier on Security

Cell Phone Surveillance System

I was not surprised that police forces are buying this system, but at its capabilities. Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 31, 2011 at 05:29 PM