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SPECIAL ISSUE: Two decades of the language-action perspective
COLUMN: Technical opinion
COLUMN: Inside risks
Editorial Pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
News Track
DEPARTMENT: Forum
Forum
DEPARTMENT: Hot links
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COLUMN: Security watch
Scoping Identity Theft
The computer's role in identity theft incidents may have been misgauged through overestimates of reported losses.COLUMN: Staying connected
Private Lives
Laws governing surveillance must keep pace with technology.COLUMN: President's letter
Revisiting My Campaign Statement
Two years ago I entered the race for ACM President with my campaign statement. In the second-to-last President's Letter of my term, I thought I would revisit what I said we would do and reflect on what we did.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Beyond the Algorithmization of the Sciences
Algorithmic thinking is transforming both the descriptive sciences and the humanities, bringing them all closer to the mathematical core of computer science.2006 ACM Elections
SPECIAL ISSUE: Two decades of the language-action perspective
Introduction
Innovation as Language Action
By learning seven foundational practices, anyone can become a skillful innovator.Action and Media in Interorganizational Interaction
Coordinating the role of IT with business processes.The Deep Structure of Business Processes
Delving beneath organizational surface structure to reveal the essential structure of business processes.The Language-Action Perspective as a Basis For Communication Support Systems
Developing a framework for effective design principles.Designing a New Foundation For Design
The book in which Fernando Flores and I introduced our version of the language-action perspective had an ambitious and provocative subtitle: Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design [8]. This special …The Pragmatic Web: A Manifesto
Adaptive Web Information Extraction
The Amorphic system works to extract Web information for use in business intelligence applications.The Collaborate/Integrate Business Technology Strategy
Before investing in the technology, business managers must focus on their collaborative business future and the extent to which their technology can be integrated.The Web of System Performance
Because information system performance is multidimensional, specialist theories of performance dimensions must be integrated into a model of system design.Discovery of Knowledge Flow in Science
Recognizing and understanding knowledge flow between scientists is valuable for science. Discovering, managing, and utilizing such knowledge are advanced services of the e-science knowledge grid environment.How UML Is Used
Many UML projects are not Use Case driven.Is Information Systems a Reference Discipline?
The frequent citations to IS research suggest its role in advancing science.Exploring the Privacy Implications of Addressable Advertising and Viewer Profiling
Collecting consumer viewing habits will come back to bite advertisers who do not understand or appreciate how consumers feel about privacy infringement.COLUMN: Technical opinion
Musings of an 'Old-School' Programmer
A traditional style of software development can be just as productive as a more modern approach.COLUMN: Inside risks
