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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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Seven Rules of Interpersonal Relationships
These are fairly obvious, but worth some further thought.-
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IBM to Acquire SPSS
Big news in analytics world. The article says to do better predictive analytics. In the enterprise SPSS and SAS have been heavily used since the 6os. Quite an acquisition...
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Disney Ad Research
In the NYT: Lab Watches Web Surfers to See Which Ads Work. How they are using eye tracking and other biometric techiques to understand how ads work. As always...
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Business Intelligence in Manufacturing
New overview paper in business intelligence issues in manufacturing by MAIA. Covers much of the typical context of BI for manufacturing. Not prescriptive but good...
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Say Everything
Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters by Scott RosenbergA history of blogging to date with interpretation along the way. I...
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Theory of Games and Economic Misbehavior
By George Dyson in the Edge. The historian of science takes on math models of economies. A bit dense in its historical references, but makes you think.
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Much Less Mail
US postal service reports the largest drop in mail volume in hundreds of years. Not unexpected, but the statistics here are interesting. Paper mail, like many...
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Can Knowledge Hurt Innovation?
From HBR, Can knowledge hurt innovation? ' ... A meeting I had recently with some folks at Gillette highlighted an important issue facing the would-be innovator...
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Wal-Mart Retooling Privacy Policies
Wal-Mart is in the process of retooling its privacy policies to include mobile and online data. In Storefrontbacktalk. Where they talk about the implications.
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AP Intends to Embed Spyware in Articles
This will not make the AP popular on the Web, in the NYTimes. Though I rarely do, I will make every effort not to link to AP articles. ' ... Each article
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Nearly perfect RFID at Metro
Worked with Metro retailer on their impressive tagging efforts. Their innovation stores were a testbed for these capabilities. A report below on recent efforts...
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The Ownership of Geolocation Data
Good discussion of the ownership of location data in retail.
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On Wisdom of Crowds
In Mind Hacks: Outlines some articles and research on the psychology of crowds and the fluidity of identity. ' ... recent research shows that people tend to cooperate...
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A Semantic View of the Organization: Kyield
I have looked at a number of approaches to try to combine the knowledge within a complex organization and result in improved innovation and communications. We examined...
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Google Latitude now on IPhone
The Google latitude location sharing application is now available for the IPhone. Can't say I have ever tried this kind of location sensitive social capability...
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Visual Intelligence in Marketing
Attended a talk by Don Hoffman entitled: Visual Intelligence in Marketing. He is the author of the book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See. The premise...
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Artificial Brain Ten Years Away?
From the TED conference: ' ... Professor Markram said he would send a hologram to talk at TED in 10 years. A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be...
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Planning Under Uncertainty
Good Piece in Knowledge@Wharton: Eyes Wide Open: Embracing Uncertainty through Scenario Planning. Given our uncertain times, a technique that needs to be more...
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Creativity Centers
The Power Of Design IDEO redefined good design by creating experiences, not just products. Now it's changing the way companies innovate ... Also here about creativity...
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