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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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Home Control Center
Smartphone as home control center. Ultimately linking purchasing decisions made room by room to online and in-store behavior?
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Augmenting the Catalog
Have been exploring the latest 2014 physical IKEA catalog, with is an already large (320 page plus) slick paper catalog that broadly and artistically explores IKEA's...
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Preparing for Screenless Computing
In Quartz: " ... The spread of computing to every corner of our physical world doesn’t just mean a proliferation of screens large and small—it also means we’ll...
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Counting Deaths
In the WSJ Blog: The consequence of what is commonly call a harvesting effect, in statistical models. Using the data, often reported in the news, of how many...
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Seth Godin on Choke Points
Seth Godin describes the choke point, a clever view of a real challenge: " .... Sooner or later, all big public media companies go in search of a choke point...
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Simulation Training for Gen Y
In CLO Mag: The suggestion that simulation based training works better for generation Y, This can be described as game-based as well. Using interaction and...
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Samsung Smart Watch
I remain skeptical of the small format, but a Samsung Smart phone/watch is reportedly arriving in September.
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Comment Policy Again
A reminder. Comments are moderated here. They must be in English. I will not post anonymous comments unless prearranged. I will not allow a comment with links...
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Why All of this Stuff?
Who am I and why all this activity? Blogging in various forms since 2001. I analyze, write and improve. More about me here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/franzdill...
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US Brain Project Focuses on Memory Ethics
In Nature: Much about the operational aspects of the brain. The ownership of our own neural data. " ... Unsettling research advances bring neuroethics to the...
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Building the 21st Century Grocery Store?
Interesting, but too much 'California' in this article. Submit that there is is still no efficiency here, and cost will prevail. " ... The Good Eggs "farm-to-fridge"...
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Marketing and Augmented Reality
Have long been interested in the use of Augmented Reality for marketing, both in the store and in mobile. Still early in its use, but it is evolving quickly now...
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How Big Data is Reshaping Marketing
In the coming weeks I will be passing along some of the excellent work by correspondent Phil Hendrix. Here is a set of slides on How Big Data is Reshaping Marketing...
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Getting to the Reality of Behavior
In Research: (On Wisdom of Crowds and Theory of Group Behavior)Why research needs to go beyond the individual’s perspective to get closer to the reality of behaviour...
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Storytelling and Screenwriting
I was recently introduced to a book: Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, by Blake Snyder. Which led me to some questions. Have recently...
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Data Mining Conference
Via Cacm: A data mining conference whose outcomes will be interesting. Have followed and attended the KDD for years. Will seek to report information that emerges...
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Retail Digital Client Management
A client brought this to my attention. Multiple screens in one for retail experiences. Aimed at decreasing advertising costs and better targeting marketing campaigns...
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Analytics on Location
In IEEE Computer Now: None of this seems very new. But there is certainly lots of new data to feed the methods. " ... Companies have long been using analytics...
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Becoming a Brand Specialist
Some interesting thoughts on specialization and the data required to manage them. How does this apply to other current hype areas, like Hadoop, Big Data or Predictive...
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