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Solving the Wrong Problems
From CERIAS Blog

Solving the Wrong Problems

In lieu of a new posting here, let me direct you to the June 2009 issue of Communications of the ACM, pages 22-24. That is an essay I wrote that echoes some of...

links for 2009-05-20
From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-05-20

Calling All Southampton Hackers! More local geek activity. Given the employment profile in the area I've been amazed this sortSouthampton...

Laws of Simplicity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Laws of Simplicity

Been reading some of John Maeda's work, we met him briefly at the MIT Media lab a few years ago. He is now the president of the Rhode Island School of Design.his...

Humin - because innovation is a human business
From Putting People First

Humin - because innovation is a human business

Experientia is proud to announce the official launch of Humin, a programme developed for Flemish SMEs and start?ups that creates competitive advantage through people...

Museums and libraries in a digital age
From Putting People First

Museums and libraries in a digital age

The Futures of Learning blog, which is associated with a MacArthur Foundation project, just announced a new blog series that reports on the literature review conducted...

SIGIR
From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

At long last, SIGIR 2009 has posted the program for the Industry Track! It will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 during the regular conference program (in...

Approach and Identify
From The Noisy Channel

Approach and Identify

Back on my 30th birthday, my wife gave me a copy of Logan’s Run, with a card ensuring me that I’d found sanctuary. The joke is probably lost on those who haven’t...

Approach and Identify
From The Noisy Channel

Approach and Identify

Back on my 30th birthday, my wife gave me a copy of Logan’s Run, with a card ensuring me that I’d found sanctuary. The joke is probably lost on those who haven’t...

Fighting Fund for the Big WOBber
From Wild WebMink

Fighting Fund for the Big WOBber

You'll remember my recent posting about the fine work journalist Brenno de Winter has been doing in his spare time, bringing a little healing daylight into local...

Inside the Mind of the Shopper Published
From The Eponymous Pickle

Inside the Mind of the Shopper Published

Herb Sorensen book is now out Inside the Mind of the Shopper: The Science of Retailing, from Wharton School Publishing. It details some of his work exploring how...

Berners-Lee on Linked Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Berners-Lee on Linked Data

This ReadWrite Web post points to a good TED talk by Tim Berners-Lee and give you an overview of the topic of Linked Data. With the suggestion that this is the...

Microsoft's Retail Experience Center
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft's Retail Experience Center

A look at Microsoft's retail experience center.

Where Have All The Google Killers Gone?
From The Noisy Channel

Where Have All The Google Killers Gone?

Harry McCracken at Technologizer just posted “A Brief History of Google

Where Have All The Google Killers Gone?
From The Noisy Channel

Where Have All The Google Killers Gone?

Harry McCracken at Technologizer just posted “A Brief History of Google

Great Press, But Where Are The Customers?
From The Noisy Channel

Great Press, But Where Are The Customers?

One of the things I love about being in the enterprise search /

Great Press, But Where Are The Customers?
From The Noisy Channel

Great Press, But Where Are The Customers?

One of the things I love about being in the enterprise search /

How the Mobile Phone Became an
From Putting People First

How the Mobile Phone Became an

The Sydney Morning Herald reports on a study of more than 1000 workers which shows that the mobile phone does not make people any more rushed or pressured for time...

Mobile Literacy
From Putting People First

Mobile Literacy

Our friends at Adaptive Path have posted some information on a design and research project that aimed to understand how mobile technology can work more effectively...

New media practices in China, Korea, India, Brazil, Japan and Ghana
From Putting People First

New media practices in China, Korea, India, Brazil, Japan and Ghana

The blog series on New Media Practices in International Contexts, which I announced in January, is now complete. It covers the unique characteristics of digital...

CMU Commencement 2009 Caught on GigaPan
From CSDiary

CMU Commencement 2009 Caught on GigaPan

This past weekend was incredibly busy, not only with the launch of the CIFellows Project, but also with a full slate of CMU commencement activities. Jeffrey Baker...
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