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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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Amazon Mechanical Turk Resource Center
After hearing little from Amazon's Mechanical Turk system for some time, I just received a note that they were establishing a resource center. This is an attempt...
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BPM in Retail
Microsoft's presentation on the use of Business Process Management in retail. Well done. BPM should be used much more than it is. It is the simplest form of...
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Neuroscience of Illusion
Teller on the Neuroscience of illusion in Wired. There is something to learn here for the merchandising arts. " .. exploiting gaps in human perception ... " . Via...
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Multitasking a Myth?
A NYT piece on the science of concentration says that concentration, once broken, can take twenty minutes to re-establish. Overviews some of the findings in the...
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Exxon Station Locator
It has been reported that ExxonMobil has released a new station locator using the Google API. It has also been pointed out that the service does not have a form...
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Netezza and Pi Solutions
Certainly an interesting objective here: "... Pi Solutions and Netezza jointly sponsored a free web seminar focused on how true item-level profitability analytics...
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Netezza and Green Business Intelligence
Piece from Insurance Networking News, includes 8 tips to green your business intelligence strategy ... a mention of Netezza, BI appliance innovator: " ... the BI...
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New Communications Forum Presentations
A link to presentations from the New Communications Forum meetings. About social media and their implications.
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Clear Thinking With Digital Data
Jonathan Salem Baskin writes about digital data and having a clear vision about how the data is ultimately used. It is about the data, but it is also about the...
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Data Advantage
An article just pointed out to me from Consumer Goods Digital: The Digital Advantage. Good overview piece on using data for category management. Specifically a...
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Hand Scanning at Giant
A short piece in the Washington Post on the use of scanning devices at Giant grocery stores. " ... A total of 250 Giant and Stop & Shop locations carry the scanners...
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Most Reputable
Although I have always been skeptical of 'best' lists of any kind, a new list mentions a number of companies that I have had minimal and extensive experience with...
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McDonald's McCafe Underway
A big coffee launch is coming at McDonalds. " ... The master of the McBlitz is about to outdo itself with its long-awaited national campaign for its new coffee....
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Business Analytics for the Enterprise
A good overview of business analytics and optimization for the enterprise by IBM. Helps to understand their definition of this space. Well done.
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Google, P&G and New Customers
A Harvard Business conversation starter piece: How P&G and Google approach new customers. Also includes some useful comments on the topic. The obvious is stated...
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What Good are Mashups Anyway?
Interesting piece on the nature of mashups. Oddly I have seen less about the idea of late, but think its a good concept. " ... A new breed of Web-based data integration...
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Corporate Avatars?
When I first read this piece I was confused. Is a visual representation of a person OK to represent a company? I had read Byron Reeves: Media Equation .... which...
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Business Intelligence in Downturns
CapGemini recording on the value of BI in business downturns. Notable mentions of operational optimization using BI and allied analytical methods. By Stephen...
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CACM Launches Website
I have reported on this a number of times during its test, but now The Communications of the ACM has formally launched their new web site. The Press release here...
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