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From The Eponymous Pickle

What Shoppers Want in an App

From the FMI Daily Lead, makes sense.What consumers want from their supermarket's app : Consumers' top three interests for grocery mobile applications are receiving... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 13, 2011 at 04:02 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

ParAccel and MicroStrategy

We had some conversations with ParAccel a while back. I note that they have announced an effort with Microstrategy on social media analytics. Worth examiningParaAccel... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 13, 2011 at 03:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

MIT/Stanford Venture Lab on Augmented Reality

An upcoming meeting on the venture future of augmented reality. AR has a good future in retail as a means to effectively combine online and physical spaces. ... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 13, 2011 at 03:27 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Learning with Smartphones

A case study of using Smartphones to engage with the learning process. " ... The users are given a smartphone that has access to more than 15 virtual course modules... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 13, 2011 at 02:56 PM

From Computational Complexity

Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011)

We lost another computing pioneer of a very different kind. Dennis Ritchie, who developed C and co-developed Unix, passed away last weekend. Ritchie and Ken Thompson... Lance
From Computational Complexity | October 13, 2011 at 02:13 PM

From Schneier on Security

Official Malware from the German Police

The Chaos Computer Club has disassembled and analyzed the Trojan used by the German police for legal intercept. In its default mode, it takes regular screenshots... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 13, 2011 at 11:03 AM

From Wild WebMink

? Eric Whitacre Concert

Eric Whitacre Concert, originally uploaded by webmink. Busy day Tuesday, which included the great pleasure of going to hear Eric Whitacre conduct his superb choir... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | October 12, 2011 at 10:38 PM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Research Plan: The Role of Story in Educational Games

I've (finally!) been working on a concrete thesis research plan and wanted to share a general idea of what I'm intending to do. The short version is that I want... Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | October 12, 2011 at 09:35 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Merchandising Across Channels

Good report in RIS News: " ... This month Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 12, 2011 at 05:35 PM

From Computational Complexity

If Bill Tweeted what would he tweet (Steve Jobs Edition)

A more nuanced view of Steve Jobs: here. A less nuanced view of Steve Jobs: here. The next Steve Jobs: here A very nice NON-Steve Jobs post here. Is thisAndrew... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | October 12, 2011 at 05:23 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Card Deck Invention Games

Mind Hacks discusses the use of card decks for innovation. A game prompting invention. Several card deck examples I had not heard of. We used this technique... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 12, 2011 at 04:50 PM

From Putting People First

The many meanings of ethnography

Ethnography, Ethnography or Ethnography? What Happens When the Same Word Means Different Things to Different People? is the title of a new paper on ethnography... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:48 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

GS1 Standards Conference Report

In the Enterprise I participated in a number of presentations by GS1 " ... an international not-for-profit association dedicated to the development and implementation... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 12, 2011 at 04:37 PM

From Putting People First

dConstruct 2011 videos online

dConstruct 2011, the 2 September event in Brighton, England, brought together leading thinkers from the fields of interaction design, mobile design and ubiquitous... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:33 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Managing Workforce With Analytics

We used BI and Analytical methods early on in the enterprise in HR and it was very useful. More here in Business Finance: Business analytics offers a fresh take... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 12, 2011 at 04:14 PM

From Putting People First

Mr Cameron, it

Ageing populations and budget cuts mean devising a new social contract. So why not use real designers Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:12 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Where Facebook is not Used

In FlowingData: A fascinating map that shows where on earth Facebook is not being used. Fairly universal. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 12, 2011 at 04:09 PM

From Putting People First

Guardian Tech Weekly podcast: creating a digital public space

Jemima Kiss examines plans for a digital public space with the British Library, the Royal Opera House and the BBC. “How can we preserve analogue culture in a digital... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:02 PM

From My Biased Coin

Listen

A colleague outside theory (but inside computer science) recently brought up an interesting question with me that seemed like a possible research-level issue. LogP... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | October 12, 2011 at 03:58 PM

From Putting People First

Video highlights from PICNIC Festival 2011

The videos of the presentations at PICNIC Festival 2011 (14-16 September, Amsterdam) are now online. Jake Barton on Urban Collaboration and Storytelling What will... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 03:56 PM