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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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Predictive Maintenance
In O'Reilly. Nicely done introduction. Uses Cortana Intelligence Suite.Predictive maintenance meets predictive analyticsDanielle Dean introduces the landscape...
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Supply Chain Lessons
Via Matt Waller. Practical thoughts.Seven Supply Chain Lessons from a Former Walmart CEOby Alexa CheaterInheriting an organization facing one of the toughest retail...
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How to Build a Slack Bot
I was intrigued by the idea of constructing an 'intelligent' bot in Slack. Have used Slack already for some time., Here is a nicely done example. Using a Python...
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Marketing Your Personal Data
A old idea, but new ways of making it happen. Digi Me: " ... started out in 2009 as an innovative tool that enabled users to gather their social content. We won...
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Facebook's Plans for Virtual Reality
A considerable push it seems. The public is not quite ready, but the influence of a Facebook could steer that.
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Other Social Channels
Many of the posts in this blog are referred to on twitter at https://twitter.com/franzd Lately the topics most covered are: Analytics (using a very general definition...
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Mistakes Managers Make with Analytics
In the HBR. Very good points. Have seen all of these in action. Some aspect of them come up with every engagement. Choosing one, not considering the needs and...
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Pivoting to Digital
A look mostly at large company examples. In Knowledge @ Wharton: " ... How Industrial Firms Can Pivot to Digital Business Models In the fourth article of the...
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Creatives Shouldn't Worry About AI
In one way it is like fearing the typewriter or telephone. But will this latest evolution be fundamentally different? I see no indication of that yet. It is...
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Watson Personality Insights
Just today I happened to be reintroduced to Personality Insights on the Watson Developer Cloud. Had taken an earlier look. Basic version is free to work with...
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Game Based Learning
An obvious space for the idea, would like to see it taken further. See my long term coverage of gamification and serious games at the links below. We even had...
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Wolfram Alpha Sidebar Assistant
Been away from it for a while, but now you can put add-ons for Google Drive as a Wolfram Alpha Assistant sidebar. Free, A sometimes forgotten interactive AI...
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Being a Change Agent via Analytics
Like the simplicity angle .... How to be a change agent using analytics By Lisa BodellWhat does it mean to be a change agent in business today? When I spoke to...
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Technology and Skills
In Medium: A look at how technology is influencing our skills. Technology has always moved skills to new places. Retraining takes time and experiences. So...
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Working with Emerging Market Data
Working with emergent market data, some useful rules of thumb. In the HBR. " ... Emerging-market data can be challenging to work with due to significant data...
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Supply Chain Metrics in Household and Beauty
Good report out of SupplyChainInsights.Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: A Focus on Household Products, and Beauty Companies – 2016" ... Report Details: This report...
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Encyclopedia of Interaction
An update on this work, which I first examined in 2011. Still apparently a free resource. The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. ... from the...
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Defending the Power Grid
Further applications to other kinds of monitored networks, IOT applications. Detecting Cybersecurity Threats by Taking the Grid's Pulse By Peter Fairley: "...
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Future of 3D Printing
Good forward looking article in CACM on the future of consumer 3D printing. " ... Bill Decker, chairman of the Association of 3D Printing, agrees the consumer market...
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