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Safeway Digitizes Club Card
From The Eponymous Pickle

Safeway Digitizes Club Card

An approach I think will continue to advance.  Safeway takes some good steps. Making connections more digital, more App-like. This will connect data, information...

QR Code Failures
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QR Code Failures

Instructive examples of where the use of QR codes failed for specific brands.   " ... review of hundreds of 2D-based campaigns, for every one campaign that does...

Big Data and Associated Risks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data and Associated Risks

In GigaOM:   This goes to the expected places, well written and worth examining closely for any business.  Further, I think that some of the companies that are...

Kinect Glasses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kinect Glasses

Microsoft intending to compete with Google Glasses using Kinect Glasses.  Will Mac Glasses be next?   Will we all voluntarily identify with this level of geeky...

OR Exchange for Analytics Questions
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OR Exchange for Analytics Questions

Just discovered this.  The OR Exchange.  Constructed by Informs to act as a social exchange for questions about business analytics.  I have been a member ofInforms...

Antivirus Solution Era Over?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Antivirus Solution Era Over?

In Technology Review:  It appears that new and powerful viruses are on the rise.  Will we simply have to deal with endemic virus infections in the future?

Emerging Practices in Quality Measurement
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Emerging Practices in Quality Measurement

Marisa Brown on emerging practices in quality measurement.  And key foundational practices required to implement and maintain a stable and effective quality measurement...

EMC and Gamification
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EMC and Gamification

It is more about perceived status than badges.   But then badges can imply status.  Depending as I have said many times before, on the context and embedded culture...

Remodeling Corporate Culture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Remodeling Corporate Culture

For the digital era.    Not an easy thing to do, but becoming increasingly important.  I like the mention of tbe Baby Boomers contribution here.  Much forgotten...

Army Overhauling Virtual Training Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Army Overhauling Virtual Training Games

A very telling article on the Process of using Games in DOD applications. My own experience working for the office of the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon was to perform...

Social Local Mobile
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Local Mobile

A presentation. . On SoLoMo and how it is changing our engagement world.

Autodesk 123D
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Autodesk 123D

My previous note led me to Autodesk 123D.  Available as an App on the iPad.  Taking ordinary photos and turning them into 3D models.   See their blog for instructive...

3D Copying - For Sculpture and more
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3D Copying - For Sculpture and more

The example here is in art, but I can see this happening much more broadly.  Consider too, its potential integration with remote manufacturing.  " ... using a free...

Center Store Sales
From The Eponymous Pickle

Center Store Sales

A topic we spent time simulating and examining in laboratory settings. A new look at the factors determining shopper behavior.  How can re-design and better shopper...

Can Cloud Interdependenices Cause Meltdowns?
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Can Cloud Interdependenices Cause Meltdowns?

A piece of research that suggests that over leveraged cloud services could cause service meltdowns.  he suggest that these interdependencies are still little understood...

Designing Dashboards
From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing Dashboards

Good overview about the process.  Simple focused and uncluttered.   " ... It

Live Online Tomorrow: Turing Celebration
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Live Online Tomorrow: Turing Celebration

If you can't attend ACM's Turing Centenary Celebration, you can still experience the thrill of rubbing elbows with ACM Turing Award winners

Boom for Online Workers
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Boom for Online Workers

MJ Perry reports.    Increasingly,  suppliers of remote online expertise are gaining acceptance.  Expect this to continue as the Cloud increases its resources.

Eye Tracking Research for Food Labeling
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Eye Tracking Research for Food Labeling

Fairly obvious.  But worth reviewing for understanding how shoppers interact with labeling.  Shoppers also interact with labels differently according to the store...

Dad's Influencing Shopping More
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Dad's Influencing Shopping More

Dad's increase their influence on shopping, according to recent study.   " ... with 52% reporting being the household's primary grocery shopper, according to the...
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