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Giving Customers the Mobility to Play
From The Eponymous Pickle

Giving Customers the Mobility to Play

I have had the need to give mobility payment options to customers.  As a result have needed to examine options that are available, and I now tried several,  ...

Facebook as an Offline Retail Tool
From The Eponymous Pickle

Facebook as an Offline Retail Tool

In Adage:  A replacement to the common circular?   " ... studies have indicated that online posts can have a huge impact on consumer action away from the platform...

High Performance Computing in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

High Performance Computing in the Cloud

Featured in CN Computing Now:    " ... High performance computing is no longer limited to those who own supercomputers. HPC's democratization has been driven particularly...

Printing Rocket Parts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Printing Rocket Parts

Colleague Walter Riker points me to this SciAM article about the 3D printing of rocket parts.  Another move forward.

Neuromarketing Code of Ethics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Code of Ethics

An intriguing neuromarketing code of ethics.   " ...  Neuromarketing Science & Business Association (NMSBA) has launched today (9th November 2012) a Neuromarketing...

Devices and Software
From The Eponymous Pickle

Devices and Software

O'Reilly talks about Square Wallet and a number of other software developments. I have also been introduced recently to some Apps that interact with health data...

At the VA Center for Applied Engineering
From The Eponymous Pickle

At the VA Center for Applied Engineering

Gave a talk at the VA Center for Applied Engineering today in  Indianapolis on the integration of design and analytically driven innovation.  Also got to see poster...

New Degree of Analytic Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Degree of Analytic Learning

A new degree of analytic learning?    An interesting interview:  " ... Barbara Wixom is an associate professor at University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce...

Failure of Social Strategies
From The Eponymous Pickle

Failure of Social Strategies

Charlene Li on the failure of social strategies.  Why most fail.  Agree with many of the points made here.  It can be hard to make them work disconnected from specific...

Coke Does Social and Photo Sharing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Coke Does Social and Photo Sharing

Coke has launched a photo sharing application about 'happy places'.  Nice idea,  how well it will be picked up will depend on.  I worked on such an app, and depends...

Design plus Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Design plus Analytics

Have been re-reading The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, by Roger Martin.   For background on a talk on innovation I...

Why You Can't Vote Online
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why You Can't Vote Online

In a voting line this morning, which was the first time in memory I had waited more than a few minutes,  I noticed the large number of people using smart phones...

Achieving Smarter Commerce:  IBM and DemandTec
From The Eponymous Pickle

Achieving Smarter Commerce: IBM and DemandTec

I have been following DemandTec (Now part of IBM) since they presented at our innovation centers soon after they were formed.  I was impressed by the deep analytics...

Power Retailers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Power Retailers

In Progressive Retailer.  A near time view of who the power retailers of the future.  Those that operate in mutliple channels.  " ... Manufacturers expect Wal-Mart...

Associative Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Associative Analytics

It has been a while since I took a look at Saffron Technology's blog.      I know several of the people involved, and their tech is solid.  They are now emphasizing...

Analytic Bridge.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytic Bridge.

Have mentioned this a few times, Analytic Bridge pulls together a number of useful online resources for data science that are worth subscribing to.    It is tough...

Digital Anthropology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Anthropology

Have always been interested in how elements of sociology can be digitized and interpreted.  Facebook and Twitter are examples of this can be done today.  But how...

Autonomous Software
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Software

In CACM:  On Mars,the use of autonomous software.  " .... Among the most innovative applications NASA computer scientists have contributed to the mission is Autonomous...

Oracle Presentation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Oracle Presentation

Prep for a presentation led me to this recent Oracle presentation on advanced analytics and in-database techniques.

View of the Future of Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

View of the Future of Retail

Armen Najarian of IBM  points me to video and presentations from the recent Akami Edge customer conference.  General overview here.  Mobile is by definition about...
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