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Breakthrough Innovations in Technology
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Breakthrough Innovations in Technology

Fairly well known.  A good reminder of some hot areas.  In particular the medical records area. 

Royal Society Opens Archives
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Royal Society Opens Archives

Just announced.   "  ....  The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive

SIRI vs Clippy
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SIRI vs Clippy

I remember taking a close look at Microsoft's Clippy assistant interface as a replacement for some kinds of software support.  It actually did a fairly good job...

Decision Support
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Decision Support

It is really all about decision support.  Beyond that it is about decision process improvement. " ...   We struggle with questions on supporting decisions, yetSome...

Strategic Planning Smothers Innovation
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Strategic Planning Smothers Innovation

In Innovation Excellence:   A well put caution, it can hamper innovation, but I think there is still value in using strategic planning as an infrastructure for...

Simulating the Brain
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Simulating the Brain

An interesting suggestion that IBM can now simulate 4.5% of the human brain.    It is always dangerous to compare brains and computing machines.    Still not a...

Executable English
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Executable English

Interacting with databases via English.   Semantic interpretation of social media and execution:" .... It could become a next big thing after Twitter and Facebook...

Pushing Your Wikipedia Location Information
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Pushing Your Wikipedia Location Information

A nice, simple idea.   Push information based on your current location.   A simple layer includes information contained in Wikipedia: New Wikipedia Layer on Geoloqi...

World Changing Games HQ
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World Changing Games HQ

I missed this when it first came out: Gameful: An HQ for world changing games.  Posited, it appears, by game promoter Jane McGonigal.   Ideas to use game dynamics...

Curating Conversations with Storify
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Curating Conversations with Storify

Just brought to my attention.    I examined Storify quickly a while back, but this puts a new spin on using it that is worth examining. 

Eliminating the Checkout Line
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Eliminating the Checkout Line

Not really a self-checkout.  And not an item-tagged RFID enabled checkout, which we also tested.  But here something completely different. A checkout  based onDescribed...

Retaining Retired Expertise
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Retaining Retired Expertise

As we continue to move through the Baby Boomer bubble, companies understand that they are losing key expertise.  I looked at this problem for the enterprise,  seeking...

Coke Freeestyle Launches
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Coke Freeestyle Launches

The Coke Freestyle machine is coming to Firehouse Subs.  An advance in vending.   The link includes a location map.There are several of these in our area and will...

Heathcare Analytics and Intelligence
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Heathcare Analytics and Intelligence

Healthcare is probably one of the best areas of opportunity to apply these technologies.  it is also one of the most complex, requiring the involvement of manyIBM...

Productivity via the Interface
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Productivity via the Interface

Microsoft presents some views of new interface concepts.  Concepts only at this time, but some impressive examples.  Towards more productivity.

Improving Engagement in Saas Applications
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Improving Engagement in Saas Applications

Fairly obvious, but useful reminder of the basics in engagements of any kind. 

Is the Moore Party Over?
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Is the Moore Party Over?

A short post in CACM on the slowdown of computing.  Or can we await quantum computing to save the day.   There are still good problems out there to address with...

Technology is Too Distracting
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Technology is Too Distracting

More on the distracting aspects of technology, and yes technology can be very distracting.  For we that tend to diverge in attention that can be satisfying.  But...

New Frameworks for Optimization
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New Frameworks for Optimization

I was recently reminded of Charlotte Software Systems, which is in part comprised of parts of several companies I had worked with in the past. They had all been...

Is College Worth the Investment?
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Is College Worth the Investment?

Wharton discusses this.  Hardly an objective party, but the thoughts are interesting.   I have been confronted with this topic recently. I was brought up in a world...
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