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Teradata Row and Column Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Teradata Row and Column Innovation

Been working with Teradata since using RetailLink to leverage WalMart data.   Now examining the value of this new innovation.   Could it have been used with RetailLink...

Fujitsu Laser Smart Glasses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fujitsu Laser Smart Glasses

Have always been impressed by Fujitsu's technology, since we tested their work in retail.  Now their concept smart glasses shine laser images right into the retina...

Measuring the Ability to Learn
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring the Ability to Learn

In Future of CIO:" ... Metacognition assessment is all about measuring learning effect (acquisition, skills, behavior, understanding). We can measure the results...

Winning People Over
From The Eponymous Pickle

Winning People Over

In many ways, an ultimate goal: In the HBR:  Emotional Intellligence  ... To Win People Over, Speak to Their Wants and Needsby Nancy Duarte

Models of Narrative
From The Eponymous Pickle

Models of Narrative

Upcoming on May 28, 2015 at Atlanta,  GaTech Cogsys,Org conferenceSession on narrative:" ... Narrative provides a framing structure for understanding, communicating...

Faster, More Accurate Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Faster, More Accurate Drones

Have done a little playing around with simple drones.   My impression was that they were hard to control and slow.  Not any more.  Take a look at the videos in....

Bezos Business Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bezos Business Models

Amazon's efforts and financial directions are always interesting.   Have followed several of their most recent technical efforts.  Here from Oracle's Anywhere blog...

Frontier's of Computer Vision
From The Eponymous Pickle

Frontier's of Computer Vision

Pushing the Frontiers of Computer Vision.  A Q&A with Google's Christian Szegedy   Deep Learning pushes the possibilities further. 'Solved' is a big claim." ......

IBM and SAP Team for Talent Management
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM and SAP Team for Talent Management

Seeking smarter HR: " ... So today’s successful HR organizations are looking more and more to advanced HR-specific technologies, and the reason is simple: HR professionals...

Badge Driven People Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Badge Driven People Analytics

Intriguing approach.  Looked at some related methods, but not with badges.‘People Analytics’ Through Super-Charged ID BadgesHumanyze helps companies make surprising...

Winning Popular Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Winning Popular Games

In the WaPo:  Mathematics of a  number of popular games, and thus how to win them.   Or at least increase your chances of winning.  Quite a variety of board games...

Nestle's Digital Acceleration Center
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nestle's Digital Acceleration Center

Via former  Procter colleague Pete Blackshaw: Video about the Second Nestle Digital Acceleration Team (DAT).  Very impressive work. Note emphasis on emerging markets...

Managing Data Clutter
From The Eponymous Pickle

Managing Data Clutter

Some good thoughts on clutter here.  This is being pushed by Big Data promises.  Gets back to my long and hard look at both agile integration of metadata and the...

Idea to Prototype in One Day
From The Eponymous Pickle

Idea to Prototype in One Day

Fast Prototying: We spent some time constructing means to do fast prototyping, integrating methods like CAD Cam and virtualization methods to make that happen.shelf...

Tiny Soft Keyboards
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tiny Soft Keyboards

Tiny wearable keyboards for Wearables.  In the CACM. You still use your finger to choose a key, but where you are pointing is shown magnified on part of the keyboard...

Engineers of Addiction and Engagement
From The Eponymous Pickle

Engineers of Addiction and Engagement

A vast amount of knowledge and data exists that has been gathered by casinos and the makers of casino games.  How can this be used to further utilize game dynamics...

Mind Mapping for Projects
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mind Mapping for Projects

Via BiggerPlate.  My question:   How can mind/concept mapping be used to introduce more structure to early project meetings?   Seems that would be very useful,Mind...

Measuring Digital Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring Digital Experience

In the Cisco Blog:   How do you measure and thus improve digital experience?   Some good detail in a longer article:" .... But, how to do you measure something...

Function and Process
From The Eponymous Pickle

Function and Process

In the APQC Blog:  Good piece about how they can work together.  Had never thought of them at odds, but can see it as described. Thoughtful blog.

Data Science and Journalism
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Science and Journalism

Good CACM overview of the increasing use of advanced data science in journalism" .. The key attributes journalists must have—the ability to separate fact from opinion...
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