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From Computer Science Teachers Association

A Joint Call for Research Why Computer Science Education is Important for K-12

A joint blog post by Chris Stephenson of CSTA, Alfred Thompson of Microsoft, and Mark Guzdial of Georgia Tech As much as we believe and try to make the case that...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | January 12, 2011 at 04:42 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Retail and Smartphones

Short local piece on the increasing use of linking smartphone Apps and coupons in retail. Nothing new here, except that people and the press are starting to take... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 12, 2011 at 03:53 PM

From Wild WebMink

? Hudson and Jenkins

Hudson’s future | Hudson Labs After making a valiant attempt to negotiate an amicable outcome with Oracle, the Hudson community may well decide to rename itself... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | January 12, 2011 at 01:03 PM

From Schneier on Security

Attacking High-Frequency Trading Networks

Turns out you can make money by manipulating the network latency. cPacket has developed a proof of concept showing that these side-channel attacks can be usedthis... schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 12, 2011 at 12:59 PM

From Putting People First

Distance Lab closed down

The BBC reports that the Distance Lab closed down. Distance Lab was a Scottish creative research initiative for digital media technology and design innovation,... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 12, 2011 at 11:51 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

A Joint Call for Research on Why Computer Science Education is Important for K-12

As much as we believe and try to make the case that studying computer science is good for all students, there is a profound lack of research to actually support... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Sell to Their Shopping Lists

Good piece from Herb Sorensen's Views site. Read the whole thing.Sell to Their "Shopping Lists" (Tell'em Which to Buy!)December 20, 2010 - by Herb Sorensen, Ph... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 12, 2011 at 05:11 AM

From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Taking Advantage of Emotion with Augmented Reality

I've been thinking about how augmented reality can take advantage of emotion to help people complete their tasks more efficiently. These musings were originally... Gail Carmichael
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | January 11, 2011 at 11:28 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wharton Consumer Analytics Initiative

This is good news, I was impressed by what I saw the Interactive Media Initiative doing. Very empirically data based. They ask for the data! Certainly the previous... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 11, 2011 at 09:23 PM

From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Demarchy and probabilistic algorithms

Demarchy are political systems built using randomness. Demarchy has been used to designate political leaders in Ancient Greece and in France (during the French... Daniel Lemire
From Daniel Lemire's Blog | January 11, 2011 at 07:37 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Improved Google Goggles

The mouthful of a smartphone App called Google Goggles has been improved. It now recognizes print ads. More here. " ... With the new version of Google Goggles,... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 11, 2011 at 07:17 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Tests New Fujitsu Checkout

Kroger is testing a new Fujitsu Advantage self checkout system that is said to improve interaction with consumers and decrease checkout times. We extensively tested... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 11, 2011 at 06:41 PM

From Putting People First

Design research and innovation: an interview with Don Norman

Jeroen Van Geel of Johnny Holland interviewed Donald Norman about innovation, design research, and emotional design. Earlier this year you wrote that design research... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 11, 2011 at 05:16 PM

From Schneier on Security

"Homeland Security Hasn't Made Us Safer"

This will be nothing new to readers of this blog, but it's nice to read other people saying it too. schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 11, 2011 at 01:47 PM

From Wild WebMink

Public Information

OpenAM Book and eBook – Packt Publishing The first book about OpenAM is due for publication any day now. I hope they send me a review copy! Java/DevJam/2011/Fosdem... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | January 11, 2011 at 01:11 PM

From Putting People First

Mobile youth around the world

Nielsen Experientia
From Putting People First | January 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

GiveCamp Across America

GiveCamp Across America Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Interfaces

From CES, in Technology Review: On the Future of Interfaces. " ... The mouse and keyboard have been how nearly everyone has interacted with computers since Apple... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 11, 2011 at 03:06 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Zest at Procter

Procter & Gamble has sold the soap brand Zest, which has an interesting ad history, nicely written about in AdAge. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 10, 2011 at 09:34 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

New Year, New You?

Yep, it's that time of year. The time where we start to reflect on all the good from last year and all the things we want to accomplish in the new year. Typically...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | January 10, 2011 at 05:30 PM