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A Virtual Agent Who Thinks Like Me
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Virtual Agent Who Thinks Like Me

Recently have seen the emergence of mirror style systems, where a system can look like me and I can use that idea to market and advertise.  But suppose I had aNot...

Morphology and Emergence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Morphology and Emergence

An area we examined. Has potential application to non quantified but constraint specified problems. problems. For those who are interested in the principle of “emergence...

Grocery Delivery Options
From The Eponymous Pickle

Grocery Delivery Options

Have recently been asked to look at grocery delivery capabilities.   We saw these as common components of the future home, but they have not developed as quickly...

What CIO's Need to know about Prediction
From The Eponymous Pickle

What CIO's Need to know about Prediction

Good thoughts about the topic.  Not much difference between classic forecasting, analytics, or the use of Big Data. Caution and careful testing in comparison to...

Linking Multiple Services to Advice
From The Eponymous Pickle

Linking Multiple Services to Advice

via Jim Spohrer" ... Probably the most interesting related business idea is Adam Cheyer's (co-creator of SIRI)  (http://viv.ai) which is trying to what you are...

New Gamification Blog
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Gamification Blog

In IEEE Computing Now, a new effort of very broad application.  Look forward to following this.Gamification:  Inspired by Games Blogby Joann Hoffman and Wanda Meloni...

Storyboard Approach to Big Data Insights
From The Eponymous Pickle

Storyboard Approach to Big Data Insights

Plan to take a further look at the idea.  " ... Big data by itself is just a worthless collection of numbers and characters. To make big data work, you need to...

Drone Code Project
From The Eponymous Pickle

Drone Code Project

aIn CWorldThe Dronecode Project will unite thousands of coders to build an aerial operating system for drones ... Drones have just found their new best friends:...

Google Lets Devices Commune
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Lets Devices Commune

In NetworkWorld:" ... A new Google project aims to create nothing less than an open standard for the entire “Internet of Things,” which the company’s Chrome team...

Cognitive Advising Veterans
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cognitive Advising Veterans

Finally got a bit closer look at this effort.  A good example of an advisory system.    Announced this past July.  " ... IBM and USAA announced Wednesday that IBM...

Infrastructure for Data Driven Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Infrastructure for Data Driven Science

A very good direction,  working with infrastructure is often more complex than it should be.Laying the groundwork for data-driven scienceNSF announces $31 million...

Biologically Inspired Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Biologically Inspired Design

Attended a talk today in the Cog Sci Institute on the status of work being done at Ga Tech on Biologically Inspired design, or Biomimicry.  Given by Prof.Ashokhttps...

Seeing More Bad UX
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeing More Bad UX

It seems like I have been experiencing increasing numbers of bad user experiences lately. ComputerWorld writes about the bad UX in Apps.  New standards need to...

A History of Boston Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

A History of Boston Computing

Part one of an article on the early history of computing technology in the Boston area.  As the piece suggests, it's often forgotten after the emergence of personal...

Re examining Analytics 3.0
From The Eponymous Pickle

Re examining Analytics 3.0

In the HBR.  by Thomas Davenport.  This 2013 article suggested that analytics 3.0 would put us in an era of data enhanced analytics offerings.  Worth re reading...

Drone Photography
From The Eponymous Pickle

Drone Photography

BBC examples of stunning drone photography.  Shows how the point of view is being extended  into the third dimension for still photography.  Impressive shots.

Internet of Things Heating Up
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet of Things Heating Up

In Knowledge@Wharton:  Good overview of the current state of the IOT.  " ,,, Stories about the Internet of Things — everyday objects that have been upgraded toUpdate...

Future of Cognitive Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Cognitive Computing

A video view of the future of cognitive computing in Japan.   With an emphasis about the cognitive interaction between people and devices.   In the retail and food...

Multi Sided Platforms
From The Eponymous Pickle

Multi Sided Platforms

Was unaware of this classification.   Here a working paper on a choice model for this approach.  " ... There is growing interest in the economics of multi-sided...

Skills and Practical Considerations  for Data Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Skills and Practical Considerations for Data Science

On the must have skills for the data scientist.   A pretty good overview, including some information about where to get more detail.   I will emphasize:  Either...
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