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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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Midsize Insiders
Some of my blog posts will start to appear in Midsize Insiders. Quite an interesting group of other bloggers as I have read them so far: " ... Insiders are independent...
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The Need for Thank You
In the HBR: In a long career, before search became common, and I had become a rumored expert, I was often asked to do a simple online search. Later their admins...
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Augmented Reality Tricks for Dieting
What if we used augmented reality to scale what we eat to its caloric content? A simple idea, that might work in an era of Google Glasses type Augmented Reality...
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Facebook and Jobs
Wharton looks at Facebook's social jobs App. A competitor to Linkedin's focus? " ... the company’s “Social Jobs” app will allow users to search approximately...
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Retail Space Usage
In Progressive Grocer. A recent exploration of a Fresh Market made me take a closer look at allocation of space and the implications of the approaches being used...
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Navigating the Big Data Challenge
From Brain: Good overview of the challenge involved. Starting with a concise statement of the problem: " ... Today's decision makers have no trouble finding It...
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The Pain of the Interface
In Technology Review: All UIs are a pain to use. Especially the new ones. I read this as I am about to select a new one.
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IBM Provides Ecosystem Financing
An interesting piece just received about how IBM is provide financing for its clients. Quite a broad opportunity to drive opportunities for growth.' ... IBM recently...
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Starwood Tweets Aloft
The Starwood Aloft hotel chain has started their agency review process using Twitter. Recall when they had a virtual presence in Second Life? My its been a...
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VSN Strategies
Colleague Jim Tenser has a blog called VSN Strategies. " .... James (“Jamie”) Tenser is an author and consultant to the retail and consumer products industry....
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Designing Great Visualizations
Tableau provides a paper on data visualization. Requires Registration. " ... This paper traces the history of visual representation, from early cave drawingsthe...
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Open Colleges and the Teachers Apple
A link just sent to me. An interesting blog that addresses changes in the education industry. " ... A decade ago, electronics and cell phones in the classroom...
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Ask Your Director of Analytics
In Forbes: What should the questions you ask your director of analytics? If you have such a person. Not the usual things, more about the business aspects. That...
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How Google Does Analytics
Gib Bassett sends along this piece from Bernard Marr. About Google's use of data and analytics to do decision making. They sound very industrial engineering "...
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Moores Law Becoming Irrelevant
Has the ever increasing drumbeat to computing and data manipulation become irrelevant? The folks behind ARM say that as processors proliferate, efficiency will...
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Mixed View of Self Checkout
A good overview of the phenomenon. My own decade long observation has seen the idea grow quickly. Some companies are embracing them, others are backing off...
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Motivating People With Money
Have read Dan Pink's recent book Drive, which I enjoyed very much. Now a new method where he offers access as a reward to help promote the book. Another step...
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Retail Compliance Checking
I have mentioned the application of retail activity compliance intelligence gathering with a company called Storeflix. Aimed at letting store employees use smartphone...
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Wearable Computing
A slide show on the next generation of wearable computing. Lots new that is underway. Applications for work, play, retail and social interaction.
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