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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Towards a Taxonomy of All Things
Towards a taxonomy of all things. Which would be a very useful thing but turns out to be quite difficult.
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Guy Kawasaki Visits Cincinnati and P&G
Innovative Guy Kawasaki visits Cincinnati and P&G and takes pictures of the background and industrial processes. I did something like this years ago but they didn't...
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DemandTec Forecast Lift Patent
I have been following long-time correspondent DemandTec more closely in the past months. Here is another item of interest: " ... The latest patent covers techniques...
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Delta Airline Baggage App
I have spent nearly a lifetime business traveling with Delta airlines all over the globe and I have lots of problems with their service. But I see that they have...
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SAS Paper on Text Analytics
A good complimentary SAS white paper on the uses of text analytics. Does require registration:" ... Discover how to maximize the value of information within large...
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Tips for Google Search
We have all done lots of Google searches. Yet we do not know all the possibilities of search. Here an outline in infographic form that outlines all the basics...
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Wal-Mart and Grabble
Wal-Mart recently acquired the Australian POS technology company Grabble, Then added it to its Wal-Mart Labs group. Another indication of the retail giant'sin...
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Tracking Mall Cellphones
An approach I am well aware of, shoppers are informed of it happening, and in general does not personally identify anyone. The data is precious to understand shopper...
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A Partial History Knowledge Navigation
Long-time inspiration David Sibbet posts about how Alan Kay and others inspired the iPad and points to a number of future looking Apple publications that I remember...
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Digital Currency: Bitcoin
In Wired: The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin. A detailed history of this digital currency concept. An interesting but sometimes mysterious idea, that I thought was...
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Consensus Point Prediction Markets
Robin Hanson's Prediction markets blog. He has a post on the GE Healthymagination Challenge crowdsourcing effort. Plus lots more of interest that is worth following...
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DunnhumbyUSA CEO Leads by example
In the local press: good article on Dunnhumby USA's corporate culture, style and analytic approaches used to track shopper loyalty. I was part of an early meeting...
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Amazing Facts About McDonalds
A set of slides that provide some interesting facts about the global reach and impactful magnitude of the McDonald's Corporation.
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Thinking Fast and Slow
In the NYT Book review: A review of Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. The dismantling of 'Homo Economicus'. Heady stuff that has stimulated a lot...
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Subscribe to My Feed
This blog has always had an RSS feed for syndication. If you find it useful please do subscribe. This blog has been around for a number of years. It parallels...
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Workers and Technology
Michael S Malone debates if workers are being left behind by technology. Quite obviously, no. Workers are taking to technology rapidly, and that technology is...
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Medical Databases and Better Care
I am currently looking at applications and intelligence in medical data. Which led me to this recent article. " ... UpToDate is one of several online services...
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Social Media vs Knowledge Management
In the HBR blog: " ... On the surface, social media and knowledge management (KM) seem very similar. Both involve people using technology to access information....
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Aberdeen Group
Brought to my attention: The Aberdeen Group. " ... Aberdeen conducts primary research studies from a pool of over 500,000 panel participants. The results of each...
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