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From Daniel Lemire's Blog

It Is Not Where You Work, But Who You Work With

It is widely believed that intellectual productivity is tied to location. That is, if you work in a basement at Harvard like Walter Bishop in the TV show Fringe... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | October 26, 2011 at 02:39 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Short History of the Web at Work

How the web has powered work for 20 years. A brief view of the history and its implications. It seems like it has been much longer. What is next? Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 26, 2011 at 02:20 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

International S&E Visualization Challenge: Vote Before Friday

Back in February, we noted that the National Science Foundation and Science Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | October 26, 2011 at 12:49 PM

From Schneier on Security

Cracking the Copiale Cipher

I don't follow historical cryptography, so all of this comes as a surprise to me. But something called the Copiale Cipher from the 18th Century has been cracked... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 26, 2011 at 11:02 AM

From Putting People First

Energy consumption in the home

The Danish Alexandra Institute (see also previous post) published in 2009 an anthropological user study of needs, motivations and barriers in relation to energy... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM

From Schneier on Security

Demands from Law Enforcement for Google Data

Google releases statistics: Google received more than 15,600 requests in the January-June period, 10 percent more than the final six months of last year. The requests... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 26, 2011 at 10:54 AM

From Putting People First

The Internet of Things comic book

The Danish Alexandra Institute has just released a comic book called “Inspiring the Internet of Things,” which explains the benefits of networking everyday objects... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 26, 2011 at 10:50 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Changing How Doctors and Patients Interact

I have been examining exactly this question recently. Is it as simple as SMS messages? My doctor has a problem with the privacy issue. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 09:02 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Procter & Gamble's Pixel Visualization Room

From the SAS ComBlog: A description of an effort at Procter & Gamble to provide data visualization and analytics support: "... P&G colleagues collaborate in what... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 06:23 PM

From Putting People First

Audio of EPIC 2011 presentations

The organisers of the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry (EPIC 2011) conference have posted audio of the keynotes and most of the presentations. The conference took... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 25, 2011 at 06:11 PM

From Schneier on Security

Twofish Mentioned in Thriller Novel

I've been told that the Twofish encryption algorithm is mentioned in the book Abuse of Power, in the first paragraph of Chapter 3. Did rhe terrorists use it?... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 25, 2011 at 05:58 PM

From Putting People First

Want to create a great product? First, forget

User-friendliness is the inevitable result of a smart design approach, not the starting point. Robert Hoekman, Jr lists three criteria to help you develop a useful... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 25, 2011 at 05:14 PM

From Putting People First

Intentional environments: designing a culture of co-creation

Elements such as social dynamics, communication styles, and creative inspiration deeply affect our experience of work and what we create. While most of us don’t... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 25, 2011 at 05:09 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictive Analytics Resources

I attended an IBM seminar on predictive methods a few weeks ago. I thought it was well constructed and worth while. In reviewing some of their material I seePrediction... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 03:43 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Privacy in a GPS World

With GPS attached to phone and cars and even simpler devices, what is the future of locational privacy? What are the privacy implications? By Orin Kerr and others... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 02:08 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Free Big Data Tablet Tool

IBM Offers Free Big Data Analysis Tool for iPads. I have recently been looking at tools for tablets that make data easy to visualize quickly. Will take a look... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 01:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Zakta as a Social Curation Platform

I have mentioned Zakta a number of times here, I have communicated with some of the founders of the idea from inside and outside the enterprise for years. They... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 25, 2011 at 01:52 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Pushing the

An interesting example in today’s New York Times Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | October 25, 2011 at 01:24 PM

From Computational Complexity

John McCarthy (1927-2011)

First Steve and then Dennis and now we have the death of a third computing pioneer this month. John McCarthy passed away earlier this week at the age of 84. McCarthy... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | October 25, 2011 at 12:31 PM

From Putting People First

Games, Life and Utopia conference

Games, Life and Utopia is a half-day event in Pottsdam, Germany on 11 November, that is all about gamification, serious games, learning and play. It Experientia
From Putting People First | October 25, 2011 at 11:58 AM