Entry into the US Becoming More Complicated: No Exceptions for Allies

Entry into the US Becoming More Complicated: No Exceptions for Allies. Starting this month travelers from 27 nations are to be photographed and fingerprinted for the first time at American airports. This includes visitors from Germany and Japan, two of the biggest sources of overseas visitors to the United States. It also includes visitors from… Continue reading Entry into the US Becoming More Complicated: No Exceptions for Allies

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Behavioral Assessment Profiling

Behavioral Assessment Profiling. On Dec. 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam tried to enter the United States from Canada at Port Angeles, Wash. He had a suitcase bomb in the trunk of his car. A US customs agent, Diana Dean, questioned him at the border. He was fidgeting, sweaty, and jittery. He avoided eye contact. In Dean's… Continue reading Behavioral Assessment Profiling

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A research agenda for Information Architecture

A research agenda for Information Architecture. Peter van Dijck expresses frustration with the slow pace of new thinking in his information architecture research agenda. Lots of good response on SIGIA and the aifia-members lists that Peter sums up on his blog. In particular, the question of whether we need more research, or whether we need… Continue reading A research agenda for Information Architecture

A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill?

Wired News: A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill? The Senate passed a scaled-back version of a controversial copyright bill Saturday, keeping a provision that imposes severe penalties on people caught with camcorders in movie theaters but scrapping other provisions that copyright-reform activists had criticized. [Tomalak's Realm]

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Tolkien's house protected

Tolkien's house protected. J.R.R. Tolkien's house in Oxford is now protected by the British government with a Grade II listing, which means improvements or alterations to the building must take into consideration its original design & preservation concerns.  I've always wanted to see Tolkien's house, and now I know it will be there a while… Continue reading Tolkien's house protected

How much does ROI matter?

How much does ROI matter?. UIDesigner points to The Tao of ROI, a must-read article for UX types looking to communicate business value. The key take away for me, something I’ve had a gut feeling for, but never articulated, is that the value of an ROI exercise is in the process, not the result. This… Continue reading How much does ROI matter?

Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield

Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield. On Friday I had a talk with two of Microsoft's patterns & practices leaders: Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield. Ward (along with Kent Beck) ignited the patterns movement with a seminal paper at OOPSLA 1987. Jack developed NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework (now Apple's WebObjects), was… Continue reading Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield

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