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Snubbing Apps vs Desktop
In CW World: It seems most MS WIN 8 users just try to find their way back to the classic desktop, avoiding the 'modern' App
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The $33 Trillion Technology Payoff … All computer science, all the time …
Steve Lohr reports in the New York Times: “A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the consulting firm … not only selects a dozen ‘disruptive’...
Telehealth and Coordinated Care Models
Based on a number of conversations about this with doctors, the overall model is not working, perhaps because who is attempting to management it. This Ecommerce...Use a Common Standard, If You Want to
Wow, this an old controversy. The switch to the metric system. I remember writing a piece about it in high school for a technical newsletter. Still in the news...Senate Hearing on Making Movies and Inflight Entertainment Accessible
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a legislative hearing last week on two bills that would address accessible entertainment in movie...
Friday Squid Blogging: Eating Giant Squid
How does he know this? Chris Cosentino, the Bay Area’s "Offal Chef" at Incanto in San Francisco and PIGG at Umamicatessen in Los Angeles, opted for the most intimidating...Google Ready to Start Shipping Glass
In CW World. Looks as though we are about to start another interesting socio-technical experiment. I have my doubts that this will become common, or socially...
Feynlabs Has the Right Idea: Start With CS Concepts
I received an email from Lee Omar of UK-based Feynlabs this morning. It opened with the following:Feynlabs believes that current IT teaching in schools which is...Google Innovation Possibilities
Google CEO Larry Page says they at 1% of what is possible. I am concerned about wielding a number like that without some backing.Eye Tracking as Privacy Invasion?
Is eye tracking a privacy invasion? Similar arguments to the use of neuroanalysis while interacting with product or process. In Mashable.Training Baggage Screeners
The research in G. Giguère and B.C. Love, "Limits in decision making arise from limits in memory retrieval," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences v.Abstract...
Can Ubuntu Phone Succeed?
On FLOSS Weekly this week, Jono Bacon told us all about the Ubuntu Phone. I’ve summarised the most interesting points on InfoWorld today, but the key take-away...
Interview: “Hosting Todd Harple, INTEL Experience Engineer at ITC-ILO”.
Some time ago, we suggested to Todd Harple, an anthropologist at Intel, to consider doing his 10 week sabbatical here in Turin at the International Training Center...Big Data needs Thick Data
In the wake of Big Data, ethnographers can offer thick data, says Tricia Wang. In the face of the derisive mention of “anecdotes”, we ought to stand up to defend...Free information, as great as it sounds, will enslave us all
“While people are created equal, computers are not. When people share information freely, those who own the best computers benefit in extreme ways that are denied...The future of technology isn’t mobile, it’s contextual
In the coming years, there will be a shift toward contextual computing, writes Pete Mortensen of Jump Associates, defined in large part by Georgia Tech researchers...New Report on Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
Interesting report from the From the Pew Internet and American Life Project: Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles...Intelligent Bar Code Scanning
A piece by the standards group GS1: GS1 and Open Mobile Alliance team up to bring intelligent bar code scanning to mobile devices ... GS1 and Open Mobile Alliance...Ethernet and the Cloud
Have noted a number of anniversaries in the last few weeks. The Web is 20 years old. And now the basic infrastructure that created the Internet, the Ethernet,...One-Shot vs. Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
This post by Aleatha Parker-Wood is very applicable to the things I wrote in Liars & Outliers: A lot of fundamental social problems can be modeled as a disconnection...
On the Pleasures of Teaching Computer Science Students
05.23.2013A short reflection on the rewarding experience of teaching students at the time of year when students' degrees are awarded.
Progress on Computing in Schools: 2 Countries, 2 States
05.21.2013Computing is making progress towards becoming a primary and secondary schools subject worldwide. I report on three personal meetings about …
Computer Science: Catch Them Early
05.16.2013Informatics education for primary and secondary schools