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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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Tyranny of Things
In GigaOM: This reminds me of how our devices and software have started to control us. Smartphonesvibrating and a sales forecast changing what we do next. Algorithms...
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Silicon Valley Running out of Innovation
Says Alan Kay, who we met a number of times at Xerox PARC in the day. We used his Smalltalk and Logo languages for AI projects. We respected his thoughts about...
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Thinking Through the Forecast
I just caught this article in the Insiders Group blog and thought I would comment about our demand forecasting experiences and how they can be applied to the midsize...
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Wal-Mart Optimizing On-Shelf Availability
Another example, in Progressive Grocer, of how Wal-Mart is active in analytical methods. " ... A new service from Plano, Texas-based sales and marketing services...
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Big Data Disaster, Get the Data Right.
Stephen Few on the problems with too much analytics before you get the data right. Getting the data right. And visualizing it to make sure you understand it ....
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Super Bowl Neuromarketing Study
Neurorelay summarizes the yearly Sands Research Super Bowl advertisement study. Well done overview of method and results. A few years ago I had a chance to statistically...
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I am a Curator too
I have been playing with Flipboard for some time. On the iPhone and Pad. A very nice, image-oriented way to organize and deliver information. A more sophisticated...
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Friendly Home Printable Robots
From the NSF: This seems to be an overreach based on current capabilities. Though you can't argue with the goal. " ... The U.S. National Science Foundation...
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Brands Getting Creative with Data
In Digiday: short pieces on the use of data by companies. It is always useful to see a number of examples of systems using data. But then all systems use data...
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Stealth Innovation as a Solution
This HBR article suggests it is not. I suggest that stealth is one tool to get innovation done. It creates a startup style atmosphere that does not look to get...
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Starbucks Loyalty Data Use
In Adage: Data pours in at Starbucks, a quarter using loyalty cards. Yet much of this data is not effectively used. Sounds like most of the loyalty systems I...
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Real Time Analysis Requires Business Saavy
I take this further. All Business Intelligence requires some business saavy. Or a close connection with the people responsible for decisions made with the data...
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Tibco Acquires Maporama
I see that Tibco Spotfire has acquired Maporama. " ... a privately-held, cloud-based provider of location intelligence and geospatial analytics solutions ...They...
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Using The Cloud To Your Benefit
Molly Malone of DMI Partners writes, in a guest post:As a technology enthusiast, you’ve no doubt heard of the cloud – cloud computing, cloud-based storage, cloud...
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Tagging
Reminder. All new blog posts, and many older ones are now tagged. Which means that at the end of each post there are listed a set of 'Labels', underlined words...
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Computers that Can Teach Themselves
Machine learning is a favorite topic in AI. We did that in a simple form in what was called case based reasoning. But who directs learning? Can a machine create...
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Black Holes of Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: Some cautionary thoughts about black holes of innovation. " ... Over the past few years, companies let go large numbers of research...
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Predicting Asset Failure
Always good question to ask. How can I accurately predict system failure and prepare for it? Especially when failure is rare? Failures can often cascade. WeNow...
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Compost Analytics for the City
This is a classic example of vehicle routing using analytics. I have worked on problems as disparate as ambulance routing in semi rural counties and routing log...
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