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Conversational Analytics Using AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Conversational Analytics Using AI

An obvious thought, place bot style AI into a conversational interaction about doing analytics for given problems and data.    The caution is still that we still...

Open Source Dashboards to Organize Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Source Dashboards to Organize Data

Check out Astronomer (not related to the physical science)SIX OPEN SOURCE DASHBOARDS TO ORGANIZE YOUR DATAAstronomer believes that every organization can benefit...

Bots and AI Predictions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bots and AI Predictions

Nicely done piece in Venture Beat.  Lots more links there.  I am sure that most of the systems that implement 'AI' we interact with will be in a Bot form.  Watch...

Amazon Prime in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Prime in China

Will be interesting how this plays out.  I will be particularly interested in how it creates new channels to China. Amazon Prime arrives in China to further challenge...

Thinking Google's AI Engine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking Google's AI Engine

A look at what Google has in AI engines.   Have talked to some people lately about the difference between machine learning and AI.   To me machine learning means...

Quest for a Topological Quantum Computer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quest for a Topological Quantum Computer

In the CACM.  Pointing to a Nature article.  Was part of a group that looked at potential practical applications in complex supply chain applications.' ... The...

Digital Ads Overtaking Traditional
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Ads Overtaking Traditional

Digital Ads to Overtake Traditional Ads in U.S. Local Markets by 2018By Suman BhattacharyyaIf there was any doubt that the future of local advertising is digital...

Email Introductions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Email Introductions

Good advice for email introductions.  I remember someone offering this advice to me. The Wrong Way to Introduce People Over Email  by David Burkus

Health Data Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Health Data Machine Learning

" ... Identifying Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Machine Learning FrameworkDr. Ming Li from Sun Yat-sen University CMU Joint Institute of Engineering...

Google Fiber Pauses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Fiber Pauses

Many think they have stopped this moonshot, and they say that in their official blog in a rather round about way.  Was harder than they thought.  In the Google...

How Do We Enhance Human Intelligence?
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Do We Enhance Human Intelligence?

Where is Human Intelligence (HI) going with augmentation?   Been trying for a long time, still quite a way to go.   'Starting to identify', is a good embedded phrase...

Supershoppers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Supershoppers

Google takes a look at the characteristics of supershoppers, with interesting statistics.

Madefire Telling Stories
From The Eponymous Pickle

Madefire Telling Stories

Brought to my attention at the recent Microsoft announcements regarding 3D image delivery.MadefireA New Storytelling EraExperience StoriesMadefire is undertaking...

Supply Chain at McCormick
From The Eponymous Pickle

Supply Chain at McCormick

On supply chain and planning at McCormick.   Not an uncommon approach.  More in the article:In Consumergoods: " ... Fast-forward to today, and ensuring McCormick...

Smarter Health Devices
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smarter Health Devices

An example of how predictive weather data might be used to make devices smarter.IBM Is Using Weather Data To Help Predict Asthma AttacksIBM is entering into the...

Hidden Treasures of Procurement
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hidden Treasures of Procurement

Was involved in procurement at a number of different levels in the enterprise.  This Bain & Co article on the topic.   It is a gold mine of possibilities.    AUnearthing...

A Conversation with David Bunnell
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Conversation with David Bunnell

A visionary of the personal computer.  I remember reading of his work long ago.David Bunnell (1947-2016): A RemembrancePC MEMORIES, HOW I CREATED THE PCA Conversation...

Judea Pearl on Engines of Evidence
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Judea Pearl on Engines of Evidence

A favorite researcher on the topic.  How do we understand how evidence models results?  In the Edge: Engines of Evidence,  A Conversation With Judea PearlA newThe...

Staples Tests Echo Competitor
From The Eponymous Pickle

Staples Tests Echo Competitor

Seems like an unexpected direction, but is not.  Also I like the fact that this could open interactions to the workplace.  'Easy Button', though no longer in their...

Computers as Furniture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Computers as Furniture

Interesting suggestion, that we are not all that interested in the evolving capabilities of computing.  Its furniture, we need it, but the details are unimportant...
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