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Selling Me
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Selling Me

Martin Lindstrom writes in Fast Company about the 'Me Selling Proposition'.  Personalizing things from postage stamps to beverages to make them feel very much like...

Google Announces Spring Cleaning
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Google Announces Spring Cleaning

You have to admire their spunk.  And funds.  They have tried a number of unusual efforts and dared us to use them.  Announced, a list things that are being sunsetted...

Share of Wallet is not Enough
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Share of Wallet is not Enough

Byron Sharp discusses the issue of share of wallet.  " ... In a recent Harvard Business Review article TIm Keiningham et al (Oct 2011) argue that managers should...

Flow Powered Reality
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Flow Powered Reality

Artificial Reality powered shopping:" ... A9.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)  ... announced a new iPhone app: Flow Powered by Amazon....

Big Queries Beta
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Big Queries Beta

Big Queries in Beta via Google.   " ... Google wants to help you crunch big data like cornflakes.To that end, it is opening up BigQuery, the service is designed...

Engaging the Crowd with Hall
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Engaging the Crowd with Hall

A new way to engage the crowd.  Vote, chat, interact.  Existing halls about Startups, Apple, Ruby, ESPN, SEO, NFL etc.   Start your own halls.  A little like Twitter...

Consumer Data Mining
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Consumer Data Mining

Good broad article on the topic of consumer data from [email protected]'s ever-expanding cache of online data is a store in more ways than one. Every tweet...

Turning Raw Data into Information
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Turning Raw Data into Information

Turning Raw Data into Actionable Information.   A New blog by Michael Tarallo.  A business intelligence professional formerly at Pentaho.  Includes a recent post...

Your Attention Taken
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Your Attention Taken

Eye embedded screens on contact lenses have been in the news lately.  This is not a new idea, we experimented with screens that could be flipped in front of the...

Innovation Center for Spices
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Innovation Center for Spices

I like the idea of innovation research centers.  Here, in an unrelated space: McCormick Science Institute explores the health benefit of spices.   Not about retail...

Medical Data Access
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Medical Data Access

From Technology Review: Discovered during a look at the 'medical circles'  idea addressed here previously.  To what degree should you have access to data whichDoctors...

Storeflix: A Social Network for Business
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Storeflix: A Social Network for Business

Just brought to my attention:  Storeflix.  " ...  The social media application gives businesses the ability to instantly see and analyze their business operations...

The New Know
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The New Know

Colleague Jose Guerra brought this book to my attention.  The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics (Wiley and SAS Business Series) by Thornton A. May (Sep "...

Gathering BI Requirements
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Gathering BI Requirements

From TDWI:    How to interview for business intelligence requirements.  This is fairly obvious, but worth reading if you you are new to this area, or as a reminder...

A Look at Citrix Collaborative Workspace
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A Look at Citrix Collaborative Workspace

A post in the HBR blog.   A good look, with pictures,  of the Citrix example.  How can physical spaces promote effective collaboration, innovation, brainstorming...

5% of Adults Use QR Codes
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5% of Adults Use QR Codes

This seems quite low, though not far from my own observation, probably mostly those with other technology interests.  The code reading Apps are getting better and...

ShopKick Partners with Visa
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ShopKick Partners with Visa

Followed ShopKick for a while due to their more precisely locational approach for a retailer engagement method.   Now a partnership has emerged:   " ... Shopkick...

Conagra Mills Does Analytics
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Conagra Mills Does Analytics

An interesting business analytics example.  Note that Conagra is using it for supply chain decisions with their clients: "... ConAgra Mills, a Commercial Foods...

Predictive Modeling News
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Predictive Modeling News

Brought to my attention.   The Monthly Newsletter for Healthcare Professionals Involved with Predictive Modeling. " .... Featuring articles, news, key data, technology...

Business Intelligence Predictions
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Business Intelligence Predictions

Boris Evelson provides some interesting business intelligence predictions for 2012.  Including:  "  ... More BI will move into the hands of end users. IT will learn...
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