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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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Trends in Shopper Behavior
Progressive Grocer posts on some trends in shopper behavior. " ... Consumers today want value, are less likely to be loyal to one retailer and expect friendly...
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Small Business Success in 2011
On the steps for of small business success in 2011 from Entrepreneur magazine.
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Crowdsourcing Genetic Research
Another example of a game aimed at serious work:Canadian scientists have stumbled on a novel way to conduct genetic studies: Using a game to crowdsource the deciphering...
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Need Help in Increasing Readership
I am seeking help in increasing the readership of the blog. Currently it has a quite select but limited group of readers, largely consisting of former colleagues...
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RFID for Cold Chain Monitoring
The 'cold chain' includes the history of the changes in temperatures as products move through the supply chain. Indicating potential damage from temperatures that...
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How to Build Predictive Models
A set of simple, concise guidelines on how to build predictive models. Yes, these are largely obvious for those with experience in analytics, but I like their...
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Fingerprinting Devices on the Web
In the WSJ: A race to build device fingerprinting methods on the Web: " ... Advertisers no longer want to just buy ads ... . They want to buy access to specific...
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Lessons fron the Web 2.0 Summit
Paul Gillin has a nice blog blog post on learnings from the recent Web 2.0 summit. Paul does a good job in summarizing useful concepts from meetings that we can't...
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Junaio Browser
A press release providing much more information on the Junaio augmented reality browser. Am exploring on the IPhone, so far this is a good UI update for theiron...
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Consensus for Research Data
This is of considerable interest to retail and marketing. In CACM:This past year was a census year in the U.S. We responded to arguably the most long-lived and...
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Spatial Analysis Techniques in R
What looks to be a good course in using the R statistics language for spatial analysis problems. " ... Topics covered include point pattern analysis, identifying...
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Curation Nation
In Adage: On the concept of a curation nation. It has been that way for a long time, the best things are passed along to me by readers. My readership appreciates...
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Needlebase: Data Gathering and Visualzation Tool
In Readwriteweb: " ... Needlebase, a great new point-and-click tool for extracting, sorting and visualizing data from across pages around the web. I've been using...
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Google Alerts
Have not followed the Google small business blog very closely, but recently there is an interesting article: Now Available with Google Apps: Google Alerts. " ....
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How to Prototype and Influence People
In UX Magazine. On Rapid Prototyping and influence. The concept is intriguing ... prototyping is a valuable method, but how can it be done effectively. via Dave...
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A Universal In Box
In Technology Review, news that Nokia is developing a universal in-box that will collect messages from many smartphone Apps. Is this a good idea? Sometimes, but...
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Neuromarketing Beyond Copy Testing: Sensory in Retail Context
This is the kind of research we continued to look at in the innovation center. How do shoppers actually interact non-consciously with complex environments like...
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Google Earth 6 Introduced
Google LatLong provides an overview of Google Earth 6. Based on this, the new update appears to be quite impressive. I have a particular interest in Historical...
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Executive Social Media
Alison Bolen of SASCom writes about a executive meeting in Las Vegas sponsored by SAS, links to a video of the the panel discussion on social media. Good piece...
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