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Countering Fraud With Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Countering Fraud With Big Data

Obvious application.  Having more data lets you more easily extract outliers and patterns of interest.  Find correlations that don't need to be causation.  This...

Simpler 3D Printing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simpler 3D Printing

3d printing for everyone.  Dremel's device is relatively simple to use.   Will these be as common as computers in the home?  " ... Dremel has announced the first...

P&G Looks for Video Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Looks for Video Innovation

In Adage:  " ... P&G Reaches Far and Wide, Including to NASA, to Cut Video Costs ... Space: The Final Frontier for Marketing Procurement? ... P&G casts wide net...

More About Watson Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

More About Watson Analytics

More about  Watson Analytics, from the recent announcements and presentations. Nicely done by connection Lillian Pierson in Data-Mania.com.  Would still like to...

D2Cincinnati Speaks Digital Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

D2Cincinnati Speaks Digital Marketing

On September 22-23 a number of my former colleagues will be speaking at the D2Cincinnati conference at the Cincinnati HorseShoe Casino.  " ... Bringing together...

Best Practices for ECommerce Conversion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Best Practices for ECommerce Conversion

Interesting piece that covers many of the issues and best practices in ECommerce conversion, with associated statistics.

Lego as a Tool for Serious Thinking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lego as a Tool for Serious Thinking

Remember looking at this long ago.  Not sure how commonly it is used.  Small and useful tools for thinking." ... LEGO Serious Play is a way of using LEGO bricks...

Mining Massive Datasets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mining Massive Datasets

Coursera course from Stanford on Mining Massive Data Sets.  " ... This class teaches algorithms for extracting models and other information from very large amounts...

Lying and Ethics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lying and Ethics

Since I was speaking at a compliance and ethics conference yesterday I have been keenly attuned to the meaning of the terms used by professionals in that area. ...

CPG and E-Commerce
From The Eponymous Pickle

CPG and E-Commerce

In AdAge: " ... Packaged-Goods Marketers Wade Warily Into E-commerce ... Big Brands Stymied by Executional Strategies in a World Where Online Retailers ControlAlso...

Apple and Local Search
From The Eponymous Pickle

Apple and Local Search

The emergence of the Apple Watch will likely start to popularize the use of watch displays by the public.  How will it influence location plays?  In Search Engine...

Identity and Access Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Identity and Access Intelligence

Gave an invited talk at the SCCE Corporate Compliance conference yesterday in Chicago about compliance analytics.  Met a number of new people and saw examples of...

Watson Analytics Announced Today
From The Eponymous Pickle

Watson Analytics Announced Today

( More here later )http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2014/09/16/ibm-offers-a-data-tool-for-the-mainstream-with-watsons-help/" ... Developing technology is one...

Machine Learning for Data Value
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning for Data Value

In Informs Analytics MagazineMachine Learning for Big Data Value.Yes, big data helps unveil millions of facts about consumer behavior and trends. Leveraging emerging...

Macy's Rolls out Biggest Beacon Installation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Macy's Rolls out Biggest Beacon Installation

Location based systems continue to move forward.  In ZDNet." ... Macy's rolls out retail's largest beacon installation  —  Summary: Macy's expects to complete the...

Mathematica Launches in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mathematica Launches in the Cloud

Now you can run Mathematica in the cloud.  " ... In the past, using Mathematica has always involved first installing software on your computer. But as of today...

More Research on History of Cognitive Assistants in Business
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Research on History of Cognitive Assistants in Business

A number of past blog posts here, over a number of years,  have been mentioned in Jim Spohrer's Paper: "More Research on the History of Cognitive Assistants in...

Communities Work Better than Networks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Communities Work Better than Networks

We observed this too, just watching your network grow does not buy you anything.   You also need a community with purpose, alerts and measures.  Says the HBR. ...

Smart Cities as Big Opportunity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Cities as Big Opportunity

In the Cisco Blog.   A pretty common thought.  Consider a city as an internet of many things.  What can be done to improve, enhance and monetize the resulting mega...

MIT CSAIL
From The Eponymous Pickle

MIT CSAIL

Had a reminder of MIT work with AI.  They influenced us, especially in manufacturing and sensor based applications of data AI.  And more about their history and...
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