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Charmin App Improved
From The Eponymous Pickle

Charmin App Improved

Charmin App Updated: " ... Procter & Gamble brand Charmin has introduced the SitOrSquat: Restroom Finder application for mobile devices, which lets users rate public...

The Data Breadth of the Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Data Breadth of the Supply Chain

Today I gave an invited talk "End-to-End Supply Chain: Innovation, Design and Development" at the University of Cincinnati.  I emphasized the integration of Big...

Solving a Data Science Problem
From The Eponymous Pickle

Solving a Data Science Problem

Vincent Granville on ways to solve a data science problem. An interesting case study that uses a number of common analytic methods.  Well described:  " .... Here...

SAS and Teradata
From The Eponymous Pickle

SAS and Teradata

On SAS and Teradata joining forces.  More appliances:  " ... Over the years SAS has worked with many data warehousing vendors. In particular, in the recent past...

Graph Databases
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Graph Databases

A recent piece by Mark Montgomery led me to Philip Howard in Bloor on Graph Databases.  An introduction. Which led me to the WP article on the same.   Obvious application...

Reviewing the Buying Brain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reviewing the Buying Brain

An interesting review of The Buying Brain.  Very positive.   Overdone I think, there are aspects of neuromarketing methods that although useful in conjunction with...

ThreeJoy
From The Eponymous Pickle

ThreeJoy

Via David E Goldberg    Who we worked with in the enterprise on genetic algorithm methods.ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. is a leadership coaching firm and change consultancy...

What is in-Memory Analytics?
From The Eponymous Pickle

What is in-Memory Analytics?

Bill Franks provides a good overview.    Read the whole piece, well put.  " There

Wal-Mart Localizing Stores
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Localizing Stores

Wal-Mart is Localizing its stores with Facebook.  I recall this general idea proposed during the early days of web sites being commonly available.  Long before...

Tasting Jams and Dating Sites
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Tasting Jams and Dating Sites

Match making online. Head versus heart.   A dated WSJ article which led me back to some of our matching work for many other purposes.    But does it work for matching...

Texting Increases Truth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Texting Increases Truth

A study seems to show texting increase truthfulness.  Less shading of the truth.  I wonder if this is caused by the limitation of the size of the message? Less...

Organizing Your Business for Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Organizing Your Business for Innovation

In Innovation Excellence:  A favorite topic, when added to constructing innovation rich contexts.  " ... Innovation is the process of linking an invention to satisfy...

Intel Employee Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Intel Employee Magazine

IQ by Intel is a Flipboard like design, with bright graphics, using social measures to promote the Intel brand to younger demographics.  More in Adage.

Wearing Health Devices
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Wearing Health Devices

In Technology Review:  On wearing small health devices.  Small monitors have been around for a long time.  The challenge may be how to deal with the data and the...

Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute
From The Eponymous Pickle

Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute

Byron Sharp, professor at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia, has been a long term correspondent.  My former enterprise is a major sponsor...

International Institute for Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

International Institute for Analytics

Bill Franks has a number of interesting posts at the International Institute for Analytics blog.  Like a recent post on in-memory analytics.  " ...  At IIA, we...

Hadoop Education for Big Data Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hadoop Education for Big Data Analytics

A good view of the need for specialized training and experience for the use of the package Hadoop for Big data problems.  I recently saw an overview of this approach...

Managing Digital Marketing Solutions
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Managing Digital Marketing Solutions

In AdAge:  it is becoming clear that the problem is becoming too big. And Agencies themselves are looking to build out their own solutions.  It is clear though"...

Revolutionizing Trade Strategy: Science and Shopper
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Revolutionizing Trade Strategy: Science and Shopper

I recently happened on an article by DemandTec on trade strategy.   Five ways to revolutionize your trade strategy.  A well put set of suggestions that emphasize...

Smart Phones Spread Fast
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Phones Spread Fast

In Technology Review:  Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History?   A good historical view that compares them with the spread of other...
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