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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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The Psychology of Collaboration
As in most cases where groups of people are involved, it is not mostly about the technology. We used Greif's work in the 80s about 'Computer Supported Cooperative...
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Trolls and Copyrights
A judicial case addresses the right to re-post. But I don't think this is the last we will hear about fair-use in blogs.
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Leadership Lessons from P&G
From the Burghard Group: Leadership Lessons From P&G, 10 Lessons from Leaders: 1.Get to know people as individuals. Group activities are great for building teams...
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Starbucks Mobile Payment Popular
Starbucks payment method using mobile phones and 2D bar code scanning is apparently quite successful. Now over three million people have used the capability. There have...
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Google Online Magazine
Google has started a quarterly online magazine, based in the UK. Think Quarterly. There is also a good Mashable review of the first issue. Glossy format, overviews...
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HP Mergers and Acquisitions
In the Software Advice Blog: HP Mergers and Acquisitions, Who's Next? An intriguing article. I have linked with HP for many years while I was in the enterprise...
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Crowd Sourcing Systems
In the ACM: An excellent and broad article on the the use of crowd sourcing. Includes some interesting updates on Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Must reading for those...
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Coming Convergence of Big Data and Predicitive Analytics
Data is surging and everyone is seeking to leverage it in new and better ways, In ITBusiness Edge:" ... As it becomes more affordable to collect massive amounts...
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RFID Badge Networking
Wizard Studios CEO C. Russell Brumfield, who we hosted at the innovation center for scent marketing methods, is marketing a new people communications device for...
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Google Latitude Gets Checkin/Out
The Google mobile application for the Android and now for the IPhone called Latitude allows you to share information about you and any group on the Web. Had always...
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Physics of a Flower's Bloom
Mathematicians build a model of flowers' blooming. An unexpected and magical thing. I hope this kind of modeling has other applications. Surely it must have...
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Fibonnaci Investments
Good piece on the the use of Fibonacci technical analysis in the investment world. Also a good explanation of Fibonacci numbers and their relationship to concepts...
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Design Principles for Visual Communications
In the ACM: Design Principles for Visual Communication: How to identify, instantiate, and evaluate domain-specific design principles for creating more effective...
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ScanBuy at Home Depot
Do it yourself stores have a particular challenge, they often need to train shoppers in the use of many products that they might buy at a store for the first time...
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Microsoft Resarch: Probase and AI
Good piece in Readwriteweb that describes some items still cooking in MS Research. We had heard hints of these over the years. In particular Probase, which weProbase...
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Nerve Electronic Hybrids
Will mind and machine be more intimately connected? What are the implications? The idea has been around for some time, but with little firm results yet on theIn...
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A Mathematics of Cooperation
An interview in New Scientist about the quantitative logic of success: " ... Martin Nowak has concluded that an ability to cooperate is the secret of humanity's...
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Solar Goose
A friend and colleague of mine, Tom Chorman, former P&G exec, is running a company that manufactures and sells solar powered rechargeable lights and related products...
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Thinking Too Much
In HBS Working Knowledge: Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much? With a retail example. I agree that it is a context thing, but the recent writing about the...
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