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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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Optimism Bias
Dan Ariely on The Curious Paradox of Optimism Bias. Also in Business Week.
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Pushing 3-D TV
From Knowledge@Wharton. How do you push 3D TV? Use an upcoming 3D movie that the studio says will be a blockbuster. Still, the technical quality has to be there...
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Now You See it
In the midst of reading Stephen Few's: Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis. So far very nice, reminds me of Tufte's work,his...
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Semantic Web and Kyield
Long-time correspondent Mark Montgomery writes in SemanticWeb. Plus more about Kyield. ' ... Is your enterprise getting smarter? Shouldn
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Video in Paper Magazines
Much in the news, the addition of chips in paper magazines which can present up to 40 minutes of images or videos on a small cellphone-size display. Appears to...
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Numenta: Modeling Based on the Neocortex
I was prompted by client discussions to look again at the Numenta site recently. I previously wrote about Jeff Hawkins' book: On Intelligence and Numenta's early...
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Update on WolframAlpha
Stephen Wolfram gives an update on the evolution of WolframAlpha. Played with it for a while and did see some interesting results at times, but too often it just...
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Kroger, Unilever Partner for Digital Coupons
Kroger is promoting a partnership with Unilever in which shoppers can browse an online catalog of exclusive coupons and download offers identified by their loyalty...
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Generational Privacy Views
In The Japan Times, privacy honcho Bruce Schneier talks about the generational gaps in the perception of privacy.
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On Network Influences
In MyVenturePad, Good article on the subject: Influence research: what are the real influence networks within Twitter and social media? Via Stan Dyck. Pointers...
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GIS Becomes Mainstream
Good interview with the president of ESRI on the mainstreaming of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I agree, much has changed and there is a bright future:...
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Shopper Path to Purchase
ARF Chief Research Officer Joel Rubinson posts about shopper path to purchase: ' ... Understanding
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More on Coke Smarter Soda Machine
More details about Coke's smart Freestyle cola machine, now in test. ' ... The smart-machine collects extremely detailed information about drink choices (the dispenser...
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Retailers and Mobile Commerce
From Storefrontbacktalk, an excellent overview of the use of mobile commerce by retailers and the potential privacy and standardization 'minefields'. ' ... the...
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Influential Logos
Roger Dooley looks at the non-conscious influence in corporate logos. He mentions the infamous P&G logo and satanism that started back in the 70s. I experienced...
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Obsolete Tech
An interesting PCWorld piece on forty obsolete technologies and technology related processes. Directionally it is useful to understand both what is new and what...
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Army Suggests that Field Manuals be Wikis
From Slashdot: In some ways this is not surprising. The US military is very good at standardizing input. And yet, a Wiki is a means of doing this in a very non...
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Can't You be Original?
Got a recent e-mail that made me think ... asking me why I almost always use a link to an external source and comment on that instead of writing original pieces...
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Not Interested in Lugging Another Device
People like me who read a lot but are not interested in buying, maintaining and lugging yet another device are interested in multipurposing our smart phones aswrites...
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