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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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Traditional vs Online Coupons
Good overview piece on the efficacy and return on online versus traditional paper coupons.
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Brief History of Neuromarketing
A short paper on the history of neuromarketing, which attributes some of the early thoughts to Peter Drucker. Includes mention of P&G and Febreze brand.
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RFID Passports
In CACM a privacy threat analysis of RFID enabled passports.-
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Considering Invisibility
Long considered in the realm of science fiction. What you need to do is obvious. What is surprising to me is that we appear to slowly be approaching a solution....
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Smartphone Kills the Clock Radio
I have noticed this dynamic as well. I no longer use the clock radios in hotel rooms, just too messy to figure out each new one encountered. Can't trust them. So...
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Google Multi-Language Dictionary
Largely un-publicized, the Google multi- language dictionary and word translation service. Includes basic definitions and the uses of words on the web. Very nicely...
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Fedex and SenseAware
The internet of things is a decade old concept that suggests all things can ultimately be tracked, understood and analyzed in their physical and temporal spaces...
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Anchoring Irrational Decisions
On influencing subsequent decisions:Professor Ariely describes some experiments which demonstrated something he calls
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Open Source in Healthcare
Recently I mentioned a study that said that IT provided few savings in healthcare. Here is a post on a site caled HealthtechTopia: 25 Open Source Software Projects...
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Coke Zero's Facial Matching
A fun little application from Coke Zero, celebrating its similarity to regular Coke, will find people in via Faceback that look similar to you.
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New Google Analytics Features
I am just catching up in the newly announced Google Analytics Features, now available to all users. There will be explanatory webinars next week. Although there...
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Signals from Anti-Social Users
In the Noisy Channel, as mostly a consumer of search technology I have to worry about the bias of search, major and minor, my own needs ... sometimes casual sometimes...
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How Advertising Works
From Steve Genco of Lucid Systems: ' .... Derren Brown is a British
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Executive Decisions: Goals and Metrics
In InformationWeek, good article and case study:" ... The terms "scorecard" and "dashboard" are often used interchangeably, but there's an important distinction...
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Global Innovation Marches on
Lots of interesting details in this report:Booz & Company's 2009 edition of the Global Innovation 1000 report finds large R&D spenders are keeping the pace when...
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Procter Anthropologist Finds Worldwide Traits
An article in the Cincinnati Enquirer on the work of Andrew Manning, P&G anthropologist. P&G finds worldwide consumers share traits.
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Suggesting Alternative Spending
Not surprising, but some ot the details are interesting:Suggesting Alternative Ways to Spend Affects Consumers' Purchase Decisions ' ... It
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Computer Science in a Conceptual Age
Intriguing piece in CACM on how the game industry is requiring more skilled programmers that in the past would have gone to industrial research labs. I would also...
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Discovering Patterns in Data
Blog discovered: Neoformix: Discovering and Illustrating patterns in Data. Some interesting visualization examples, including most recently, exploring the 9/11...
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