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Take the

We've had a couple surveys over the years here at insideHPC -- we've done shirt surveys and asked you what we could change to make things better -- but as we were... John West
From insideHPC | May 2, 2009 at 02:07 PM

From Putting People First

Putting people first: working together with user-led organisations

This document from the UK Department for Health outlines the benefits that local authorities, and their residents, enjoy when they work with user-led organisations... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 2, 2009 at 11:33 AM

From Putting People First

On engineering and design: an open letter

Microsoft Research Principal Scientist Bill Buxton calls for engineers and user-experience designers to learn to appreciate one another: “End-user satisfaction... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence in Downturns

CapGemini recording on the value of BI in business downturns. Notable mentions of operational optimization using BI and allied analytical methods. By Stephen... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 1, 2009 at 07:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

CACM Launches Website

I have reported on this a number of times during its test, but now The Communications of the ACM has formally launched their new web site. The Press release here... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 1, 2009 at 06:28 PM

From Apophenia

"Facebook and academic performance: Reconciling a media sensation with data"

In mid-April, journalists heard about a student poster at the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting called "A Description of Facebook Use and... zephoria
From Apophenia | May 1, 2009 at 05:44 PM

From Putting People First

ACM rolls out new Communications website, which features Putting People First

Experientia
From Putting People First | May 1, 2009 at 05:38 PM

From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

You can now register for SIGIR 2009! Here are the details from the registration page: Registration fees for ACM members are as follows: $695 for the main three... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 1, 2009 at 03:18 PM

From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

You can now register for SIGIR 2009! Here are the details from the registration page: Registration fees for ACM members are as follows: $695 for the main three... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 1, 2009 at 03:18 PM

From insideHPC

Apple Secretly Securing Silicon

Following our coverage of Apple’s recent hiring of Bob Drebin, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal [print addition] that elaborated a bit on Apple’s recent... John Leidel
From insideHPC | May 1, 2009 at 02:41 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-05-01

Entire New Zealand Copyright Act to be scrapped "The Copyright Act was written in the pre-internet age, and does not address any... webmink
From Wild WebMink | May 1, 2009 at 02:30 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!

Apologies for the lull in blogging this week, but it’s been a busy week in what looks to be a busy spring (and summer!) of conferences related to information access... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 1, 2009 at 02:28 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!

Apologies for the lull in blogging this week, but it’s been a busy week in what looks to be a busy spring (and summer!) of conferences related to information access... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 1, 2009 at 02:28 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Twittering With Mathematica

The latest Wolfram blog post is Twittering with Mathematica. Would you have expected a mathematics and visualization package to be able to interact with the API's... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 1, 2009 at 11:18 AM

From insideHPC

Eadline on

Douglas Eadline has a piece at Linux Journal this about frameworks that allow users to create HPC applications without MPI. He outlines a spectrum of implementation... John West
From insideHPC | May 1, 2009 at 10:46 AM

From insideHPC

Official Release: Rackable Systems Receives Court Approval to Purchase Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics has released an official statement regarding the recent filing and subsequent purchase by Rackable. John Leidel
From insideHPC | May 1, 2009 at 12:05 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Hand Sanitizers

Johnson & Johnson's hand sanitizer Purell is of course getting a good ride recently. They have special news and related information. Should they be playing other... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | April 30, 2009 at 09:40 PM

From insideHPC

InsideTrack: deposits, stalking horses, Bull(s), and parachutes in the SGI Rackable

One of the legal documents from the proceeding today in bankruptcy court is making its way out to employees. Rackable CEO Mark Barrenchea filed an affidavit in... John West
From insideHPC | April 30, 2009 at 08:46 PM

From insideHPC

Rackable Featured on CNBC Tech

Rackable Systems was featured on yesterday’s CNBC Tech Effect news spot. John Leidel
From insideHPC | April 30, 2009 at 08:31 PM

From insideHPC

InsideTrack: SGI notifying customers that the Rackable acquisition has been

SGI has begun notifying customers that the judge in its bankruptcy case approved the sale of SGI to Rackable during the hearing today in district court. The deal... John West
From insideHPC | April 30, 2009 at 08:29 PM