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Survey of Consumer Goods IT Strategy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Survey of Consumer Goods IT Strategy

In GroceryHeadquarters: Survey shows there are lots of opportunities, but spotty adoption:" ... Based on extensive surveys of 27 leading CPG companies, the report...

CPG Cuts Jobs
From The Eponymous Pickle

CPG Cuts Jobs

Large CPG continues to cut marketing and other jobs. My own personal observation is that I have seen many of my former colleagues now out on the job market.

Dynamic Pricing at Wal-Mart, etc.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dynamic Pricing at Wal-Mart, etc.

MJ Perry compares dynamic pricing at Wal-Mart, Amazon and Delta Airlines.  Intriquing view, which takes us back to how markets operate in contexts.  Prices areProfitero...

Attacking Online Poker Players
From Schneier on Security

Attacking Online Poker Players

This story is about how at least two professional online poker players had their hotel rooms broken into and their computers infected with malware. I agree with...

Interesting Links 16 December 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 16 December 2013

I tweeted a lot last week. I mean a real lot. Made it hard to sift through for the stuff with more lasting value than just all the great Computer Science Education...

11 Things  Blog Meme
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

11 Things Blog Meme

Doug Peterson tagged me in this blogging meme.  This isn’t normally the sort of thing that I do on this blog but it’s Doug Peterson! Doug is one of the nicest people...

Analytics in the Real World Delivery Cycle
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytics in the Real World Delivery Cycle

Much agree with the general premise below.  But I take it a step forward structurally.   I have given several talks in the last thirty days which have emphasized...

3D Printed Artificial Life Art
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Printed Artificial Life Art

Via colleague Mark Lacy, more art than life, but I like the complexity that is shown here.  Includes video.  " ... Theo Jansen's Strandbeests have found a way to...

Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience

Nielsen on it Neuroscience offerings.  This was pointed out to me by a colleague a few weeks ago.  Shows how this is taken seriously today.  The whole site is worth...

Another Look at Mirror Neurons
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another Look at Mirror Neurons

Perhaps the most written about topic in popular neuroscience a few years ago: Mirror Neurons.   It was a very popular concept that we have built in empathy systems...

Sustainable Innovation Management
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sustainable Innovation Management

In Innovation Management:   " ... The Results Are In: Product Leaders Report a Need for Speed and a Roadmap to Sustainable Innovation | Innovation Management .....

Code Academy Python and more
From The Eponymous Pickle

Code Academy Python and more

The recent Hour of Code activity was interesting.  Here a professional observes the activity in a Middle School classroom.  In the past I did professional programming...

Reinventing the wheel
From Putting People First

Reinventing the wheel

Experientia has been featured in RISD.edu, the website of the Rhode Island School of Design, where Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels received his master’s...

Big Data for Real World Problems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data for Real World Problems

Forbes writes about a number of real world problems solved by Big Data solutions.   Some good very non technical examples.    Ends with a good set of general suggestions...

UX review of Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch
From Putting People First

UX review of Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch

Smartwatches are the future, but the Samsung Galaxy Gear is only partway there, writes Raluca Budiu, a senior researcher with Nielsen Norman Group, in her detailed...

The lack of closure experience in digital products and services
From Putting People First

The lack of closure experience in digital products and services

There’s an ever-growing tide of inactive, dormant, or extinct customer accounts and other online personal data swallowing up the digital landscape, writes Joe Macleo...

Watch the Date and Patience Please
From The Eponymous Pickle

Watch the Date and Patience Please

Forms of this blog have been around since 2001.  Now, some 8300 plus posts.   It covers both my thoughts, history and sometimes breaking news in information technology...

Now Let's Put Watson to Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Now Let's Put Watson to Work

More on IBM's Watson AI ecosystem.  I have enrolled.  recall I have talked about our own work in this area, which mirrored IBM work in our enterprise.  Seemuchtheir...

Google Buys More Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Buys More Robotics

They buy Bigdog robot makers.  An MIT spinoff.  Another interesting development, see their site which shows some impressive and even scary avatars. Recall Google...

Wal-Mart Defying Gravity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Defying Gravity

In HBS Working Knowledge:     Some interesting points on dangers to Wal-Mart's future.   How can these risks be managed? " ...  How much longer will Walmart's business...
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