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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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Target Team With Facebook
In AdAge: Always looking for ways that big social media can leverage their participants, and this one is interesting. In particular how online can drive in store...
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Sending Scent
A long followed idea. We did actual experiments in the space. Can digital scent signatures be transmtted and reconstructed? We found out no at the time. ...
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Scraping Tweets to Gather Data
In GigaOM: As one who frequently fumbles about for specific information in a Twitter stream, this looks good. " .... A new beta version of ScraperWiki makes I...
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PARC Future View
We visited them frequently in the early days of having an information technology research group. In recent years I have heard less from them. Here they are asked...
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Mobile BI Applications
Key steps for Mobile BI applications, a process I am now studying. But it is not only about the devices to be used, but what the decision process is.
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When Elevators Phone Home
In GigaOM: This has been described before as the internet of things. But what are the most interesting that this network can do, beyond the obvious? Networking...
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Wikipedia Change Map
In ArsTechnica: An open source map of changes to the Wikipedia. Had we been successful in building an enterprise wikipedia inspired knowledge map, this could...
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Origami and Math
In the BBC: Better Origami and the intricate relationship of form in nature and mathematics. " ... Paper folding isn’t just an art, it can help fit everything...
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On the Death of Statistical Practice
Excerpted from Steve Miller in Information Management:I’m still reeling from the provocative but important new book, “Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform...
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Accepting Mobile Payments
A good overview of mobile payment alternatives. I have utilized a few of these, as a person who takes this kind of payment infrequently.
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Associative Memories for Complex Data
Saffron Technology provides a new whitepaper (some registration required). I worked with Saffron, and they have unique views of complex data that are worth examining...
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Gamification of Internal Process
Most examples of gamification have been external facing. Using them to improve engagement with a site, or increase loyalty. Have always been interested in how...
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Implications of Mobile Replacing Desktop
If we start asking employees to bring their own devices, that will increasingly be a mobile device. What are the general implications of this direction? Security...
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When Cars Talk
The broad idea is machine to machine communication. Here the example used is how cars on the street will talk to each other and react to data in their environment...
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D-Wave and Quantum Computing
In the NYT: Mentioned it here a number of times that we have had some encounters with the folks from D-Wave. Seems they are getting some better press these days...
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Linkedin Contacts
I loaded up Linkedin's new Contacts App. A very simple idea. It combines streams from Linkedin, your phone contacts, mail contacts, calendars, Evernote, etc...
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Top Ten Global Brands
An overview of global brand choices. Expected ones like Coke. Colgate, Nescafe and Pepsi. Less known in the US, but common brand globally Maggi. A brand from...
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Optimizing Packaging
In CGT, an overview of the characteristics that make a difference in packaging. From Manufacturing to Supply Chain to Shelf. " ... With stores stocking innumerable...
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Smarter Productivity in the Modern Office
A very good Wharton article on the measurement of productivity in the current world of knowledge workers. I have lived through this age, and have many times seen...
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