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Supply Chain Planning Garbage in Equals Garbage Out
From The Eponymous Pickle

Supply Chain Planning Garbage in Equals Garbage Out

Very interesting piece, which addresses a problem we often encountered, and was too often not addressed well enough.  Every enterprise should have a handle on cleansing...

AI Reasoning about Photographic Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Reasoning about Photographic Data

In Engadget.  How do I make sense of the knowledge in a vast set of images?  In real time?    Its called visual media reasoning.  DARPA and others are supporting...

AI Revolution
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Revolution

An interesting view that plots aspects of intelligence and progress.  The AI Revolution: Road to Superintelligence - in Wait But Why

How Workers Learned to Love their Robot Colleagues
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Workers Learned to Love their Robot Colleagues

In the WSJ, requires registration:I was struck by how this article is addressing the same issue we have dealt with before, how do workers deal with the systems...

Harnessing the Color of Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Harnessing the Color of Data

All data visualization uses color to show pattern and emphasis in visuals.  Now Vizexplorer says they take it a step further.  I am exploring beyond that.  ...

Race to Build a Quantum Computer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Race to Build a Quantum Computer

A Good Non technical article in the Atlantic.  It does have some real applications in difficult enterprise problems.  See my previous writing on the topic.  Article...

Architecture Solutions, Business Process and Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Architecture Solutions, Business Process and Analytics

Brought to my attention by Michael Fulton, former chief cloud architect at P&G,  the company CC&C.  Fascinated by the potential integration of focused architecture...

Industrial Robotics in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Industrial Robotics in China

Hard to believe that China has labor shortages.  But the article says:   " .... A brave, new world of robots is on the rise in China  ... Demand for industrial...

Correctness of Classification Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Correctness of Classification Models

A nice, short, all the basics piece on classification models, from DSC.  Quality and correctness measures emphasized.    A very classic and common machine learning...

The Uses of SmartPhone Beacons
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Uses of SmartPhone Beacons

A slideshare on the effective use of beacons.    " ... Movintracks:  We have chosen the top 5 stories from June, 2015 to get your creative juices flowing. These...

Computers in Film
From The Eponymous Pickle

Computers in Film

I am a long time student of how technology is presented in film.    In Computerworld, a list of a number of movies that, as it says, (mostly) get it right and computing...

Recycling Online Content
From The Eponymous Pickle

Recycling Online Content

This came up recently as I searched for years-old mention of  technology in email posts.  Some good thoughts on the process.

CPG Needs Consumer Trust
From The Eponymous Pickle

CPG Needs Consumer Trust

In Supermarket NewsCPG execs: Consumer trust is key industry value, challengeBuilding consumer trust is a core value for more than 60% of business leaders in the...

Visualizing Survey Results
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visualizing Survey Results

A very common need.  But how do you do a simple thing?  It turns out you do it simply and cleanly.  It is too common to try to add too many things, make too many...

The Grocery Automat
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Grocery Automat

An ATM-style, robotic grocery store could be coming Des Moines, Iowa, might be the first market to test a standalone grocery store that is a cross between "an ATM...

Zapaday: A Calendar Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

Zapaday: A Calendar Store

Interesting concept, calendar as a forward looking event monitor.  I worked with Recorded Future, which had some similar intent, but is more analytical.  Some calendar...

Connected Products
From The Eponymous Pickle

Connected Products

In CGT: A natural outgrowth of the Internet of things.   New kinds of connections and opportunities. .  " ... To help IT and non IT leaders in manufacturing justify...

Smart Cities and their Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Cities and their Data

A look at the new Smart City, and its implications.  In the CACM." ... The flood of information could also create new challenges, according to Pete Beckman, director...

Supporting Cooperative Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Supporting Cooperative Research

In the CACM: Cooperative research always makes me think of our local Zakta effort.   Social and visual.  Worth taking a close look at as it continues to evolve.

Building Better Loyalty Programs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Better Loyalty Programs

Have noted that loyalty programs in general are looking very stale these days.  Nothing new or very engaging.In K@W:  Consumers today often belong to a host ofThis...
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