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Investing in Loyalty
From The Eponymous Pickle

Investing in Loyalty

Convincing the CFO to Invest in Loyalty by Len LlagunoIn my previous articles, we talked about the biggest struggles for loyalty finance professionals along with...

AI and Quaiity of Life
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI and Quaiity of Life

Consumers believe Artificial Intelligence will enhance quality of life but simple use cases still required to build trust, finds Strategy Analytics

Seeking Digital Identities
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeking Digital Identities

Who are we?   In Quartz:".... Microsoft thinks blockchain tech could solve one of the internet’s toughest problems: digital identitiesElitzer isn’t alone in his...

Reviews.com Examines Roomba Vacuums
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reviews.com Examines Roomba Vacuums

If you have read this blog for any time you know I am a long time follower of Smart Homes.  I also managed the technical aspects of Procter & Gamble's Home andKayla...

Update on Hololens
From The Eponymous Pickle

Update on Hololens

Micorosft's update on  AR work.  Always looking for practical business examples.   A bit thin on new applications covered.  Here covered: Driving collaborationFord...

Shoppers Allocating Research, Shopping Time
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shoppers Allocating Research, Shopping Time

Good piece in Thinking with Google:   How do provide true assistance that is seen as value?  Good embedded statistics.Holiday shoppers want more help in a hurry...

What is Watson and How is it Used Today
From The Eponymous Pickle

What is Watson and How is it Used Today

Have now been involved in a number of AI and expertise delivery projects over the years.   In recent years much of the conversation starts with Watson.   And solution...

Amazon Key Starts to Deliver
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Key Starts to Deliver

Amazon starts to test another novel supply chain solution.  Easier than direct drone delivery?  Akin to some of the lock box solutions we tested.  But also radically...

Blockchain Taking over the World
From The Eponymous Pickle

Blockchain Taking over the World

Good introductory piece arguing the universality of the approach, starting with Bitcoin.  In CACM.Why Blockchain is Taking Over the World   By Logan Kugler You've...

Crowd Sourced Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Crowd Sourced Research

We did something related by giving knowledgeable people the ability to compete, in a gamelike way,  in finding solutions to a sub task.   It was often hard to define...

How Much Data do you Need for Deep Learning?
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Much Data do you Need for Deep Learning?

I have been many times involved with the question for many kinds of analytic methods.    100 datapoints is too few for something that's expected to precisely predictive...

Chronophobia: Fear of Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

Chronophobia: Fear of Future

Not sure I agree,  based on Pew,  people will say they dislike the future, yet they continually pay, as much as they are able, to participate in that future.  Chronophobia...

Marketing and Augmented Reality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing and Augmented Reality

Good piece, examination of technology and statistics on the topic.How Augmented Reality Will Enhance Marketing Campaigns    By Mark van Rijmenam In Linkedin Often...

Baidu Does Many Accents: Deep Voice 3
From The Eponymous Pickle

Baidu Does Many Accents: Deep Voice 3

Further developments in the many voices required to make global work.   Can we learn user experience requirements this way?Baidu’s new system can learn to imitate...

Alexa Epicurious Cooking Skill
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Epicurious Cooking Skill

Am a avid cook and fan of the Epicurious (EPI) Conde Nast cooking sites.  They have asked me to test their Echo based skill.  Just started that.   Not encyclopedic...

Alexa Gadgets for Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Gadgets for Games

Intriguing, especially if game developers get involved.  Could the voice personalization be used to recognize players?  Different players in a household participate...

New Algorithm for Stream Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Algorithm for Stream Data

Almost every business deals with streams of data.   Determining patterns in a stream is essential, one of recent clients makes most of their profit in it. here Best...

PRI Journal of Retail Analytics  3Q 2017
From The Eponymous Pickle

PRI Journal of Retail Analytics 3Q 2017

Find this publication by PRI very interesting and worth following.  What, nothing is being called AI here?The most recent edition of the Journal of Retail Analytics...

Wal-Mart Pushes Virtual Reality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Pushes Virtual Reality

When we started our own innovation spaces we also aimed to engage startups like Wal-Mart's Store No. 8 is doing.   The emphasis on VR is interesting.   While it...

Dash Cams and Autonomous Driving
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dash Cams and Autonomous Driving

Had thought before there is some connection between autonomous driving and cameras understanding the context.   Gathering data for autonomous operations.  HereComma...
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