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Bendable Screens
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bendable Screens

In a broader study of how interactive screens could be used, we looked at bendable screens to improve shopper interactions, using packaging and other modes of communication...

Alternative to Amazon and Wal-Mart
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alternative to Amazon and Wal-Mart

Hard to see how this would work ... selling things that Wal-Mart and Amazon do not.  But Fab is an attempt.  " ... "We’ll be pivoting towards a new model that we...

Social Shopping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Shopping

In GigaOm:  A mobile strategy for social shopping.  I took a short look at Modcloth some time ago.  Worth taking another look.  " ... what makes Modcloth unique...

Embracing Wallowing in the Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Embracing Wallowing in the Data

Michael Hurst has an interesting post:   About his team's agile approach to complex data and the need to be  'wallowing in the data'.  He is skeptical about the...

HealthCare Data Secure in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

HealthCare Data Secure in the Cloud

Conversations I have had on this topic indicate considerable fear of the cloud, especially in heavily regulated domains.  Here some useful thoughts on the subject...

Google Glass to be Ad Free?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Glass to be Ad Free?

IN Technology Review:  Suggests that Google Glass aims to provide an ad free environment.  It is hard to believe that glass, or likely copycats, will not eventually...

Neuromarketing Legal and Policy Issues Whitepaper
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Legal and Policy Issues Whitepaper

A Press release writes about a white paper that covers the legal and policy issues around neuromarketing.      Have not read it yet, but sounds like a useful piece...

Lean Logistics in the Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lean Logistics in the Supply Chain

Topic: Lean Logistics in the Supply ChainDate: Tuesday, April 30, 2013Time: 8:30 AM - 2 PMLocation: LeanCor Supply Chain Group HQ, 7660 Turfway Road, Suite 200Event...

National Digital Public Library
From The Eponymous Pickle

National Digital Public Library

Just launched.  A new open source library of US resources has launched in Beta.  The DPLA.  Some have been talking about how decrepit US copyright laws will influence...

Analysts in the C Suite
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analysts in the C Suite

Interesting piece, but honestly we were in the C Suite many years ago.  And the denizens of those spaces understood that complex information (their investment portfolio)...

Big Data Jobs and Interactive Visualization
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data Jobs and Interactive Visualization

Tableau Public has posted an interactive visualization of big data jobs around the US.    Covers 3881 jobs,  classified as  Data Analyst, Data Architect, Hadoop...

Google Creative Labs and Storytelling
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Creative Labs and Storytelling

In Adage:  In particular I like the statement that the storytellers can also influence the product.  Essentially innovation via design.   Closing the loop.  ...

Analytic Bridge Articles
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytic Bridge Articles

Once again Vincent Granville links to some excellent online articles.    In particular an article about how excel will be able to process billions of records from...

Risks in Supply Chains
From The Eponymous Pickle

Risks in Supply Chains

Indeed, this was one of the key issues that were included in consulting I did in supply chain management and design a few years ago.  " ...  Supply chain experts...

Remembering Secrets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Remembering Secrets

In Wired:  A discussion of the recording of your secrets in the Siri concierge system.  And questioning how long these communications are being held.   What are...

Data Held Hostage
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Held Hostage

From Stephen Few.  He makes some good points about the Big Data craze:" ... The Big Data marketing campaign distracts us from our greatest opportunities involving...

Metaio makes Hardware
From The Eponymous Pickle

Metaio makes Hardware

Well  known German Augmented reality company Metaio opens a hardware innovation and development  facility in Dallas:Metaio Opens New Office to Ramp up Augmented...

A Cautionary Data Tale
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Cautionary Data Tale

Colleague Wim Vandevelde from Brussels passes along this note and link, make sure you have your models straight:" ... How biased selection and pre-processing of...

Applied Visual Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Applied Visual Analytics

Attended the Tableau Software's roadshow this morning to get an overview of Tableau 8.   Nicely done update,  especially with the ability to do more complex operations...

UC Analytics Summit 2013
From The Eponymous Pickle

UC Analytics Summit 2013

" ... Analytics Summit 2013  will be held on May 31, 8:15AM-5:00PM at the University of Cincinnati. Analytics Summit 2013 is the premiere analytics event of the...
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