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Refinding E-Mail
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Refinding E-Mail

Is it worth it to formally organize your eMail by placing messages in folders?  To facilitate re-finding specific correspondence?  I have done that since nearly...

Analytics Transforming Business
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Analytics Transforming Business

Analytics Will Transform Business.  In Paul Gillin's blog.   I agree, having delivered analytical solutions for over thirty years in the enterprise.   Need help...

Pie Charts?
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Pie Charts?

In Junkcharts: I good comparison example between pie and bar chart showing the same information.  Agree, the effort and complexity it requires to analyze an equivalent...

GE Grid IQ Center Visit
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GE Grid IQ Center Visit

I will be at the GE Grid IQ Center tomorrow as part of an innovation summit.   Looks to be an interesting venue similar to our innovation centers. " ... Request...

Adaptable Eyeglasses
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Adaptable Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses that can change their prescription.   This has been done with adaptable optics on telescopes for some time, so why not?

Web Semantics in the Cloud
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Web Semantics in the Cloud

Search and meaning in the Cloud, from Computing Now:" ... In the last two years, the amount of structured data made available on the Web in semantic formats has...

Stanford Mobisocial
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Stanford Mobisocial

Discovered via examining the Muse system:Stanford Mobisocial  Mission:To create disruptive mobile and social computing technology that serves consumers' interests...

Muse: Tracking Email Stats and Connections
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Muse: Tracking Email Stats and Connections

Something we developed internally, but were always looking to find.  A method to track social connections in Email.  Article in New Scientist on Muse, a methodSunheendra...

Brain Informatics: aka Neuroinformatics
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Brain Informatics: aka Neuroinformatics

In the latest issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems,  a number of articles on Brain Informatics.  "  .. an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research...

Army App Store
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Army App Store

The DOD Army App store is scheduled to be launched in November.  An interesting development.  I worked with the DOD for several years in the system simulation area...

Meaningful Brands
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Meaningful Brands

Just pointed out to me:  Consumer Brand Attachment Proven to Create Value.    From Kompas Strategy.

Google to Shutter Buzz, Shift Emphasis to Google+
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Google to Shutter Buzz, Shift Emphasis to Google+

I had started to back off from Google Buzz and saw others doing that as well.   It stayed alive only because of its tie-in to GMail.  You could see all the messages...

Metaio Augmented Reality Thing
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Metaio Augmented Reality Thing

From Metaio, which I have been following with regard to augmented reality solutions.  Here again in the entertainment business.    A similar thing we see in the...

Your Salespeople are not Pushy Enough
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Your Salespeople are not Pushy Enough

In the HBR blog, some interesting techniques and thoughts on this.  I have dealt with many salespeople and this makes sense.  Not that I would like it from the...

Grocer Integrated Digital Platform
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Grocer Integrated Digital Platform

A useful example of a platform that provides a hybrid solution to grocery:"... MyWebGrocer, leading provider of digital solutions to the grocery and consumer packaged...

Mindjet for IPhone and IPad are now Free
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Mindjet for IPhone and IPad are now Free

I used Mindjet extensively in the enterprise.  Promoted it and taught it.   It inspired us to think about the process of 'knowledge mapping' more generally.   Admittedly...

More About the Second Screen
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More About the Second Screen

More in Mashable about a Nielsen study about how people use smartphones and tablets when watching TV.  The phenomenon of the second screen. You wonder what it does...

Wolfram Mathematica Conference Available Free
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Wolfram Mathematica Conference Available Free

I see that all the presentations and keynotes from the  recent Wolfram Mathemetica virtual conference are available online.  I have just started to examine some...

What Shoppers Want in an App
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What Shoppers Want in an App

From the FMI Daily Lead,  makes sense.What consumers want from their supermarket's app : Consumers' top three interests for grocery mobile applications are receiving...

ParAccel and MicroStrategy
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ParAccel and MicroStrategy

We had some conversations with ParAccel a while back.  I note that they have announced an effort with Microstrategy on social media analytics.  Worth examiningParaAccel...
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