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Kindle Books Available from Libraries
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Kindle Books Available from Libraries

Amazon has launched a Kindle book borrowing service from over 11,000 libraries. You don't need a physical Kindle, only a free App for your device and an AmazonPress...

Waitrose CrowdSources With its Shoppers
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Waitrose CrowdSources With its Shoppers

From IdeaConnection:   The UK retailer Waitrose is using crowd sourcing techniques with its customers to develop new products.  We will continue to see more of "...

Employee Segmentation
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Employee Segmentation

Bain & Company writes about Employee Segmentation:  Using employee segmentation to bring out the best in your workforce.   I had never thought about segmenting...

Brandwashed Published
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Brandwashed Published

Martin Lindstrom's new book: Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate our Minds and Persuade us to Buy is now available.  See this press release for much...

Internal Social Software
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Internal Social Software

Excellent Mashable piece on the use of social software inside the company.  I am now involved with two projects that are seriously using this concept.  It makes...

Eye Tracking for the iPad
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Eye Tracking for the iPad

A useful development reported in AdAge.    GazeHawk Brings Eye-Tracking Technology to the iPad.  Heatmaps Could Help Tablet Publishers and Advertisers.  Yes, this...

Smart Marketing in Korea
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Smart Marketing in Korea

In the Korea Herald:  A general article in English on mobile and virtual retail developments in Korea.  We looked to Korea for its forward looking understanding...

MS Robotic Studio
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MS Robotic Studio

We examined a number of robotics solution for home solutions. In IEEE Spectrum:   Microsoft Releases Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta, New Robot Platform.  " .....

What is RFID?
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What is RFID?

I have given many talks on the nature and usefulness of Radio Frequency Identification.  (RFID)  I see today there is an article on RFID Journal about its nature...

Google Wallet Arrives
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Google Wallet Arrives

In Mashable:  " ... Google

Optimizing Knowledge Yield in the Workplace
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Optimizing Knowledge Yield in the Workplace

Mark Montgomery of KYield, writes about Optimizing Knowledge Yield in the Digital Workplace .  Some very important topics.   I am currently in the process of trying...

The Right BI Tool
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The Right BI Tool

Thoughtful piece about choices of BI tools.  From  MICHAEL TARALLO Pentaho Director of Enterprise Solutions.  I have looked at Pentaho several times.  It looked...

Is Gamification a fad?
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Is Gamification a fad?

A post about the claim. I think not.  We used the idea of 'game dynamics'  to encourage engagement in and outside the company.  The term itself may be overstating...

Predictive Analytics with IBM SPSS
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Predictive Analytics with IBM SPSS

After attending the predictive analytics seminar last week I have been doing some examination of the current elements of the SPSS product suite.  I found this particular...

Innovation Excellence
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Innovation Excellence

Julie Anixter,  colleague and Chief Innovation Officer at Maga Design. examines and mashes up content from the Innovation Excellence blog.  Put it on your feed,...

Behavior Modification Using Games
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Behavior Modification Using Games

Good interview with Rajat Paharia, founder of Bunchball.   Do games alter behavior?  Yes, but in a particular and often useful context. Its a kind of behavioral engagement...

Spinscape
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Spinscape

Spinscape: This collaborative idea for mind mapping was just pointed out to me.  I am exploring further.  I am a long time user of mind mapping for storing and...

Inflated Iluminated Wind Turbines
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Inflated Iluminated Wind Turbines

I would not have noticed this piece in Engadget if it were not about a Dean Kamen,  famously the inventor of the Segway. And yes I know it is about a patent, not...

Online Learning Resources
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Online Learning Resources

A good list of online learning resources from Mashable.   The Web continues to be a good resource for learning.   Here several things I have not heard of.  These...

Crowd Influencing Storytelling
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Crowd Influencing Storytelling

Can crowds do this effectively?   Or is it much better for markets to do it? Content selection perhaps, but will it destroy the creativity of storytelling?" ......
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