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Journaling Productivity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Journaling Productivity

Using a journal to increase productivity.   

Alan Turing Bio
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alan Turing Bio

An interview with the biographer of Alan Turing.   A pioneer of computer science, artificial intelligence, codebreaking and the modeling of biological systems....

Targeting Men in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Targeting Men in Retail

Retailers and manufacturers  react to increasing percentage of men shopping.  Nielsen stats and the establishment of  'Man Aisles'.

Augmented Reality on Tablets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Reality on Tablets

A dated article that came up recently, how the augmented reality (AR)  company Metaio is looking at the use of AR on tablets.  See their site for interesting recent...

Myths of Predictive Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Myths of Predictive Analytics

With brief registration, a reasonable look at the topic.  I would prefer first a better definition of the topic as well.   All analytics aims to be predictive,"...

Enemies and Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Enemies and Innovation

Enemies sparking innovation.    Martin Lindstrom writes an interesting piece about competition producing the need to innovate.   Coke - Pepsi and Apple - Microsoft...

Data Discovery
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Discovery

Data discovery is not a term I have heard much recently.  We experimented with the topic as part of a broader artificial intelligence program.  It linked well with...

More Open Source Courses
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Open Source Courses

Students respond to yet another example of free online courses.  This prototype example from MIT on Electrical Engineering.  The knowledge is starting to spread...

Operationalizing Business Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Operationalizing Business Analytics

A piece from the SAS blog on operationalizing business analytics.    An important topic I am just working with " ...  Business analytics is maturing

Slashdot's Business Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Slashdot's Business Intelligence

The iconic Slashdot site has opened a new portal: SlashBI  that focuses on business intelligence. " ... SlashBI is designed to offer the latest news and expert...

Gmail Meter
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gmail Meter

I used Google's Gmail Meter for the first time today.  If you use Gmail for significant quantities  of mail, it is an excellent way to understand your email uses...

Health Chain Solutions Wins Innov8
From The Eponymous Pickle

Health Chain Solutions Wins Innov8

I mentioned in a recent post that I had a conversations with Health Chain Solutions LLC:   It was reported today that  " ... they have been selected as the innovative...

Catalina Acquires Modiv Media
From The Eponymous Pickle

Catalina Acquires Modiv Media

We worked with early forms of Modiv Media in store scanning devices and location oriented processes.   Even provided some design adjustments when it was being delivered...

Being an Analytic Entrepreneur
From The Eponymous Pickle

Being an Analytic Entrepreneur

Analytics Entrepreneur.   Vincent Granville is highlighted and interviewed.    An interesting concept that is detailed here. I think it makes sense to think of...

Facebook and Socially Interactive Health Care
From The Eponymous Pickle

Facebook and Socially Interactive Health Care

In ReadwriteWeb:  Is Facebook poised to revolutionize Health Care?  The idea of socially interactive health care is something I have looked at for some time, and...

A Refrigerator is a Peripheral
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Refrigerator is a Peripheral

We experimented widely with the network in the 'future home'.  As part of that effort we visited Microsoft's future home.  I was never impressed with how much they...

Neuromarketing Science and  Business Association
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Science and Business Association

Newly formed group I was informed of by Steve Sands: The Neuromarketing Science & Business Association (NMSBA) is the global trade association for all those engaged...

Shopping App and Product Discovery
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shopping App and Product Discovery

In GigaOM: A key aspect of in store applications.   It drives the potential of pointing out new products to the user.  " ...  in its first survey of performance...

Headphones in the Workplace
From The Eponymous Pickle

Headphones in the Workplace

An HBR article on the effect of wearing headphones in the Workplace.   Largely, a view that suggests that the inability to capture random and casual information...

PARC Emphasizes  Business Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

PARC Emphasizes Business Models

I have mentioned a number of times we actively worked with PARC.  We sought them out to better understand changes in some of the technologies they pioneered.  ...
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