There's an interesting story in today's Crimson about a possible rise in "limited enrollment" classes at Harvard. (See this older Crimson article as well.) There may, of course, be didactic reasons for limiting the number of…
Pew Internet & American Life Project just released a new study called “The tone of life on social networking sites” where they examine adult meanness and cruelty. This complements their piece on “Teens, kindness, and cruelty…
It's an acoustic bluegrass band.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
Dan Ariely on the effect of packaging design on choice. Good exploration based on eye tracking research. " ... when making such simple choices, consumers can spot and choose most of their preferred items in as little as a third…
STOC 2012 paper accepts are posted here. Travel support for grad students (which I am involved with) is posted here.
On a quick glance:
A slide show in Information Management that has some useful information. Though this contains useful information, it is also an example of how the style of information delivery can get in the way of the content. I guess making…
Why does it always feel as thought we are moving one step forward and two steps back?
After holding an annual summer camp in January (Yes, here in New Zealand it is summer) for 23 students in various stages of programming expertise…
In Chief Marketer. Thoughts on how to activate your brand advocates. For years I saw apathy to this idea in the enterprise. No more.
Thoughts on packaging design from a recent conference. " ... "Packaging is the number one medium to communicate the brand," said Michael Okoroafor, VP global packaging at H.J. Heinz. ... "
User Interface (UI) is the next battlefield in consumer electronics and, as products mature, the race to differentiate based on the UI will accelerate. Rather than compare minor differences in features sets, consumers will increasingly…