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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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Private Label Brands Hold Ground
An indication that private label brands are holding their own after a slow recovery. " ... While private labels have existed for some time, the recession proved...
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Query-less search
An examination of query-less, or parameter-less search in Google Operating System. And the mention of a Google patent in the space. And its ultimate integration...
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Visualization Books: Incomplete
The Economist looks at a number of information and data visualization books. What they look at is good, but is very incomplete. Largely based on infographics,...
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Crowds vs Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: It should be remembered that innovation is often be an act of going against the crowd. Creative people do go against the crowd" ... At...
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Compliance Success
My long time friend and correspondent John Sopko, was featured in the NYT this week concerning his government compliance work. Nice to see our government trying...
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Peapod and Virtual Event Shopping
Peapod's use of lunch truck style vehicles to sell items at events. The approach also reminds me ot the Schwan's model in suburban communities. We experimented...
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Multiple Definitions of Big Data
Via Gib Bassett. Multiple definitions are discussed, seven in all. I like concise definitions, but this is a look at all the ways that big data is being used today...
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This Blog
Around this time of the year I like to post an item about this blog and its origins and purpose, so I repeat my post of 2008:This blog was established an in internal...
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When they Say No
A post from Beverly Jones, via ThreeJoy on what to do about professional rejection. What to do when they say no. This is rarely discussed, but it is inevitable...
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Pantene's Twitter Program
An interview about what they are calling Pantene's Powerful Oscars Twitter Program. Had missed the details of this, but the article is a good case study of the...
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Search in an Augmented World
In SEO a number of interesting implications for search in an augmented reality world. Some obvious things here. How do you add other dimensions to the search...
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Sensor Life Logging with Saga
In Technology Review: Using your smartphone sensors to monitor and record your every move. Some interesting learnings that could be applied to other sensor...
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Detecting Access Fraud
Brought to my attention, Fraudlogix, a system that detects access fraud, resulting from artificial lead generation. The included behavior analysis that separates...
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Humanoid Robotics
Kurzweil on Samsung's humanoid robot. The visual map aspect of the intelligence of the device is intriguing. Geography and knowledge need maps. I have often...
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Apple Hires Luxury Brand CEO
What could this mean? Speculation, but interesting connection: " ..... Apple has hired Paul Deneve, until Tuesday the CEO of French luxury brand Yves Saint...
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Involve Employees in Strategic Planning
Fairly obvious. Well worth thinking through. Involve your employees as early as possible. Use analytic methods to understand the implications for decisions...
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Search Enigma
I have noticed that there is lots of hype in search and data mining spaces. Intellectual property claimed that really adds to nothing at all. So I am always...
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P&G Global Demand Sensing
More on P&G's activity in the demand forecasting realm. Note the significant use of the word 'sensing', as we gain more sensors in the world, this capability...
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Douglas Engelbart, Inventor of the Mouse, has Passed Away
We had the opportunity to meet with Doug Engelbart many times. He told us of the difficult time he had getting people to appreciate the mouse user interface. In...
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