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The too-smart city
We’re already building the metropolis of the future—green, wired, even helpful. Now critics are starting to ask whether we’ll
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The Modern Marketer
Former colleague Dave Knox, writes in his Hard Knox Life blog about the modern marketer, where he includes a whimsical infographic illustrating how the modern marketer...BIg Data and Market Rsearch
In Innovation Excellence: It is natural to think about how data measuring aggregate human behavior is gathered. Its done all the time. That data is large, varied...Why Big Customers want Quantum Computing
In the BBC: Notably the Pentagon and Google. This article does a good job of saying why this will ultimately be important. Once again D-Wave is complimented...Uploading Brains
We don't yet understand the nature of consciousness, or the precise nature of how things are stored in our brains. Yet many are suggesting we can do a download...Der Spiegel on Numbers
Der Spiegel, German news magazine, has a readable piece, in English, on big data and its use for forward looking predictive analytics. Read it here. Fairly good...Decreasing Time to Insight
In Information Management: I agree that decreasing time in coming to a conclusion matters. In particular if you are selecting a promotion for mobile delivery....
Big Data knows what your future holds
Living by the Numbers [original title: "Leben nach Zahlen"] is the title of the cover story of the German magazine Der Spiegel, available for free in English translation...Customers remember experiences, not content
To solve the issue with content marketing, we need to start looking at content as part of a broader ecosystem, argues Ben Barone-Nugent, a senior digital writer...Chatting in code on walkie-talkies in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Reboot principal Panthea Lee discusses on The Atlantic how people communicate in one of the most dangerous places on earth. “Barbers, for example, are seen as well...Industrial designers in the 21st Century: masters of the experience
Ferned Van Engelen of Artefact writes about how adding hardware design to a UX practice can create opportunities for a more holistic user experience. “We shared...Placebo App on Smartphone
In Mashable: The placebo effect has been known for a long time. Is there a way to use interaction with a smartphone to produce a similar effect? And can that...
Friday Squid Blogging: Striped Pyjama Squid Pet Sculpture
Technically, it's a cuttlefish and not a squid. But it's still nice art. I posted a photo of a real striped pyjama squid way back in 2006. As usual, you can...App Aids Vision Impaired Photographers
An interesting App in development. Seems like this mostly operational: " ... University of California, Santa Cruz researchers are developing a smartphone application...Applied Cryptography on Elementary
In the episode that aired on May 9th, about eight or nine minutes in, there's a scene with a copy of Applied Cryptography prominently displayed on the coffee table...Register for US Ignite’s Application Summit
US Ignite’s Application Summit, June 24-26, in Chicago, IL is the premier event designed for developers, industry, communities, government, foundations and universities...
A criticism of computer science: models or modèles?
I was recently on a review committee for a PhD proposal. The student was brilliant. His proposal sounded deep and engaging. The methodology looked scientific: build...
Glitter is How I Fell in Love with San Francisco
The mid-twenties women of my peer group all have one question on our minds. Especially if we are in tech. Should we move to San Francisco?I had been living in...Why Do Women Want to "Have It All?"
Last week, former State Department director Anne-Marie Slaughter's Atlantic piece "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" spurred a flurry of internet discussion: there...Why I Go Out
My friend Neha sent me this piece Why Go Out, in which Sheila Heti compares going out (to bars, clubs, parties, and the like*) to a cigarette habit, discusses the...On Productivity in Grad School
I was recently invited to be on a panel about being productive in graduate school. This invitation surprised and flattered me. I do not consider myself to be...
Computer science: catch them early
05.16.2013Informatics education for primary and secondary schools
CHI 2013 in Paris: A Personal Review of the Conference
05.06.2013In this short report I offer some reflections on the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems …
The Role of HyperCard in Today's World
04.30.2013HyperCard is an end-user programming tool from the 1990's. A new version that runs on most modern platforms raises the …