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Robot Industry
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Industry

A good CWorld article on the the bloom of the robotics industry. I like this because it links the challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) which I covered for...

Old Spice and Social Engagement
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Old Spice and Social Engagement

Insider Dave Knox on taking social engagement to a new level at Procter & Gamble's Old Spice brand. Via Walter Riker.

The Math Book
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Math Book

The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics by Clifford A. Pickover. Just found this recently published...

Field Agent Crowd Sources Retail Discovery
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Field Agent Crowd Sources Retail Discovery

I was recently pointed to the Field Agent IPhone App. It implemented an idea which was discussed a number of times in the enterprise before the emergence of Apps...

Dominos Credits Social Media
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Dominos Credits Social Media

Dominos is crediting social media for increases in profits. Good case study. Via Paul Gillin. See also his blog.

Crisis of Choice Online
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Crisis of Choice Online

Intriguing project and link to video.In CACM: Solving the Crisis of Choice OnlineThe MyMedia Project Content is everywhere these days, forcing consumers to make...

Delivering Exceptional Customer Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Delivering Exceptional Customer Experience

This eCommerce Times article reminded me how difficult this is to do. And how it has become necessary for companies, large and small to manage a number of channels...

Insurance Companies Build Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Insurance Companies Build Games

Insurance companies build games to engage consumers and educate them. In a startup I worked for we examined simple games to bring people in, you had to win in a...

Apps for Your TV
From The Eponymous Pickle

Apps for Your TV

A short Baseline piece suggesting that Apple intends to make moves in the TV Internet space by leveraging need tailored Apps. Rumblings in this are my big players...

KDD Data Mining Event
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KDD Data Mining Event

SASCOM voices outlines the upcoming 16th annual ACM SIGKDD conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Even if you cannot make it t Washington DC to attend...

Neuromarketing Trends and Research
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Neuromarketing Trends and Research

A blog site under Deeper Web on Neuromarketing trends, research, vendors and technologies.

Taking Business Intelligence Mobile
From The Eponymous Pickle

Taking Business Intelligence Mobile

Always interesting Doug Lautzenheiser does a nice job of outlining a MicroStrategy whitepaper on mobile business intelligence. I think this is ultimately a place...

Kitchen Countertop with a Brain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kitchen Countertop with a Brain

We saw something similar shown at the MIT Media Lab a long time ago. Countertops with Brains. But do they need brains? " ... A depth-sensing camera and palm-top...

Death of Photography
From The Eponymous Pickle

Death of Photography

In Engadget, on the death of photography, at least with a separate still camera. As I am about to upgrade to a more complex cellphone camera I muse again about...

Wal-Mart in Chicago
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Wal-Mart in Chicago

I always get mail when I comment on something that Wal-Mart has done. So what about the recent Wal-Mart store installation in Chicago? What has happened so far...

Random Numbers from a Chip
From The Eponymous Pickle

Random Numbers from a Chip

Intel circuits that can generate random numbers. Could increase the speed of encryption processes, simulation systems.

Behavioral Economics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Behavioral Economics

Dan Ariely answers three questions about behavioral economics. Does a good job of defining and positioning it versus standard economic practice. I am in the midst...

Shared Knowledge
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Shared Knowledge

In Baseline Mag a good suggestion of direction, sharing not just managing:Knowledge Management and Collaboration Create Knowledge Sharing By Guy Currier An age-old...

Maga Design Group
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Maga Design Group

I was recently pointed to Maga Design Group. Clever and interesting design maps. See their site for more information. They also have a blog: " ... Our visual...

Cyberwar Overhyped
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Cyberwar Overhyped

Well known security analyst and writer Bruce Schneier writes that the idea of cyberwar has been greatly overhyped.
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