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Marketing Hub
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing Hub

Former colleague Rich Kiley has plans to make Cincinnati a world marketing hub. ' ... The fledgling effort to position Cincinnati as a world center for consumer...

The fundamental properties of computing
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

The fundamental properties of computing

Physics works with fundamental properties such as mass, speed, acceleration, energy, and so on. Quantum mechanics has a well known trade-off between position and...

From Computational Complexity

ICS I: snapshots and the longer view (guest post)

(Guest Post by Rahul Santhanam) Title: ICS I : Snapshots & The Longer View 1. Local Arrangements: Kudos to the organizing committee for going far beyond...

Op-ed on CIA's National Clandestine Service
From Schneier on Security

Op-ed on CIA's National Clandestine Service

Interesting.

Brute Force or is there an easy way?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Brute Force or is there an easy way?

This year being ‘10 has lead to a lot of talk about numbers that look like binary numbers 1/11/10 or 11110 for example. Related to this is talk about palindrome...

links for 2010-01-13
From Wild WebMink

links for 2010-01-13

Official Google Blog: A new approach to China Google doubtless understands that the Chinese government don't respond well to public...

Algorithms and Data Structures : Course Goals
From My Biased Coin

Algorithms and Data Structures : Course Goals

Richard Lipton has an excellent blog post up right now on "What should a course on complexity theory cover?" where he describes what he is putting in his graduate...

The world in 2020: A glimpse into the future
From Putting People First

The world in 2020: A glimpse into the future

Ten years ago we thought wireless was another word for radio, Peter Mandelson’s career was over

New Harry Lewis Opinion at HuffPo
From My Biased Coin

New Harry Lewis Opinion at HuffPo

Harry Lewis has a new opinion piece up at Huffington Post. The title,Larry Summers, Robert Rubin : Will The Harvard Shadow Elite Bankrupt The University And The...

FAQ's About Google Wave
From The Eponymous Pickle

FAQ's About Google Wave

Frequently asked questions about Google Wave. Very good. I have played with Google Wave a bit, and get the general idea, but not why it will make my life easier...

Shops Looking for You
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shops Looking for You

In Martin Lindstrom's newest newsletter, video of some of his views on what has come to be called augmented reality. Why Search For Shops When The Shops Cansign...

The Power Law of Terrorism
From Schneier on Security

The Power Law of Terrorism

Research result #1: "A Generalized Fission-Fusion Model for the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Attacks," by Aaron Clauset and Frederik W. Wiegel. Plot the number...

From Computational Complexity

Guest Post on ICS 2010 (2 of 3)

Innovations in Computer Science 2010 (post #2) Guest Post by Aaron Sterling This is the sequel to my previous post on ICS 2010, the new theoretical computer...

The New York Times on gestural interfaces
From Putting People First

The New York Times on gestural interfaces

The New York Times reports on “natural” gestural interfaces in an article entitled “Giving Electronic Commands With Body Language”: “In the coming months, the likes...

Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC

I love Kodu and I’ve written about it before (my Kodu blog posts) and I am regularly asked “when can I get Kodu for the PCs in my classroom?” Well now there isKodu...

Computer Engineer Barbie?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Computer Engineer Barbie?

Those wonderful people who bring you Barbie (remember the version that said “Math is hard?”) are collecting votes for Barbie's next career. There are five options...

The Comparative Risk of Terrorism
From Schneier on Security

The Comparative Risk of Terrorism

Good essay from the Wall Street Journal: It might be unrealistic to expect the average citizen to have a nuanced grasp of statistically based risk analysis, but...

Denmark Leads the way in Digital Care
From Putting People First

Denmark Leads the way in Digital Care

Using medical devices and notebook computers, Danish patients can see doctors without leaving home, and have the information automatically logged into electronic...

A MobileActive.org whitepaper on scaling mobile services for development
From Putting People First

A MobileActive.org whitepaper on scaling mobile services for development

Katrin Verclas of MobileActive.org has published a whitepaper entitled “Scaling Mobile Services for Development: What Will It Take?”. The paper, originially commissioned...

Thoughts on a Minority Report Interface
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thoughts on a Minority Report Interface

A Minority Report Interface shown at CES. When I see Minority Report style gestural interfaces I wonder if this kind of interaction with jump the physical process...
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