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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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Datawheel to Visualize Open US Data
This looks to be a very good idea. Automatically generated visualizations. In Datanami: New Platform Visualizes Open U.S. Databy George LeopoldFederal agencies...
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Lifelogging Pauses
Gordon Bell was a big proponent, but has stopped doing Lifelogging. Has the ubiquitous smart phone taken over for the approach? Only if you automated periodic...
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New on IFTTT This Month
A number of new channels on IFTTT this month. For those that might want to sculpt out the operation of their smart home (or even smart office). Including from...
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MIT Media Lab Changes Software Default to Encourage Open Source
MIT pushes free and open source, in Medium:The MIT Media Lab is part of an academic ecosystem committed to liberal sharing of knowledge. In that spirit, I’m proud...
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Spectral Clustering and Decision Process Improvement
Good, detailed piece in DSC on motivation for Spectral Clustering. Not a method we used in the enterprise, never getting beyond K means and forest methods, but...
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Machine Learning Empowering the Smart Phone
Makes sense, we are already seeing voice integration and the gathering and assembly and analysis of sensor data. Better virtual assistants for given contexts should...
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Improvisation and Virtual Onboarding
We experimented with this, but it was never implemented, perhaps for cultural reasons. Found it to be be fascinating approach, especially the process involved....
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Technical Revolution in the Ear
In Co.DesignThe Next Big Tech Revolution Will Be In Your EarExperts in UX, AI, and product design weigh in on the next big modality in computing. ..
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Industry 4.0
Interesting characterization of industry from the beginning to the Industrial Internet, mentioned here previously, we were members of its inception. See tag links...
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Who Does the Analytics?
This came to light in a recent project. .... and no one was willing to consider both alternatives.Human or Machine: The Most Important Question in AnalyticsTom...
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Metcalf's Law
A bit of research led me to look further at the background of the empirical Metcalf's Law:Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunications network is...
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Look at the Dark Side of Metcalf's Law
The problem with the increasing size of your network, statistics:Bain & Company:" ... Telecommunications networks in general—and the Internet in particular—have...
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Internet of Things Needs Another Decade
In Computerworld: Disagree with the broad premise. Applications have existed in RFID, process control and beyond. It continues to evolve and requires attention...
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A Menu Collection
An example of crowdsourcing and identifying complex data. Or consider a menu a kind of expertise presentation.Help The New York Public Library improve a unique...
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Big Data Isn't Enough
Colleague Martin Lindstrom's recent book: Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends, was recently covered in a Fortune article. " .... It can’t give...
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Blackberry Radar for Goods Security
Worked on related ideas for the supply chain enterprise a decade ago that used tagging and communicating capabilities to track trucks. There are suppliers that...
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Goals, Art and Engagement of Visualization
I was struck by the question: " ,,, Is the ultimate goal (of data visualization) communication, or engagement? ... " . My answer is that it should be clear communications...
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Bots as the Path Forward
Out of this weeks developer conference, some more useful thoughts. We saw this early, but did not have the sensor or AI capabilities to make it work. But areWhy...
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Caution with False Patterns
A favorite topic of mine, and a nice piece on caution about finding patterns in data. Our brains are wired to find patterns, for survival and efficiency. Worth...
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