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’...Ed Lazowska From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | May 25, 2013 at 03:36 PM
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...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 25, 2013 at 01:27 PM
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...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 25, 2013 at 01:49 PM
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a legislative hearing last week on two bills that would address accessible entertainment in movie...Renee Dopplick From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 25, 2013 at 01:52 AM
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...schneier From Schneier on Security | May 24, 2013 at 09:54 PM
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...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 24, 2013 at 08:15 PM
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...Gail Carmichael From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | May 24, 2013 at 07:26 PM
Google CEO Larry Page says they at 1% of what is possible. I am concerned about wielding a number like that without some backing.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 24, 2013 at 05:57 PM
Is eye tracking a privacy invasion? Similar arguments to the use of neuroanalysis while interacting with product or process. In Mashable.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 24, 2013 at 05:56 PM
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...schneier From Schneier on Security | May 24, 2013 at 05:17 PM
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...Simon Phipps From Wild WebMink | May 24, 2013 at 04:30 PM
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...Experientia From Putting People First | May 24, 2013 at 04:10 PM
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...Experientia From Putting People First | May 24, 2013 at 04:01 PM
“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...Experientia From Putting People First | May 24, 2013 at 04:32 PM
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...Experientia From Putting People First | May 24, 2013 at 04:23 PM
Interesting report from the From the Pew Internet and American Life Project:
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles...schneier From Schneier on Security | May 24, 2013 at 01:40 PM
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...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 23, 2013 at 09:43 PM
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,...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | May 23, 2013 at 08:47 PM
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...schneier From Schneier on Security | May 23, 2013 at 02:18 PM