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The Users of Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Users of Big Data

On the Human component of Big Data in HBR.  This is not discussed as much as it should be.  How do people interact with the data and the analytics that come from...

Recommender Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Recommender Systems

ACM sponsored Webinar on Recommender systems, the power of personalization.Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM CDT/9:00 AM PDT/4:00 PM UTC Personalization...

Campbell Soup Innovation Center
From The Eponymous Pickle

Campbell Soup Innovation Center

Always interested in the concept of contextually rich innovation centers.   Here is a new one by Campbell Soup / Pepperidge Farm.  Looking for more detailed descriptions...

Future of the Phone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of the Phone

In the Atlantic.   What is the future of the smart phone?  Obvious things like the integration of wallet functions.  But beyond that.  More intelligence and integration...

Retailers Take to Shopper Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retailers Take to Shopper Marketing

In Supermarket News.  The retailer continues to take a stronger handle to the integration of shopper behavior and purchase.   The data and the analytics continue...

Languages of Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Languages of Innovation

Thoughts on a language of innovation.  All innovation exists in a context.  In our innovation centers we started to seek a means to simulate innovation in both...

Retailers Don't Recognize the Solution
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retailers Don't Recognize the Solution

As early as 2000 we actively researched the ability of RFID technologies to solve key retail cost and operational issues.  We expected the solutions to be in place...

Observation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Observation

Ethnographer at PARC speaks:  " ... I spend a lot of time observing ordinary people going about their business — in hospitals, shopping malls, living rooms, even...

Senior Care Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Senior Care Robotics

Eldercare robotics.  A direction pioneered in Japan that that we saw demonstrated at a major manufacturer.  This approach designed for seniors with cognitive impairment...

Making Little Decisions from Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Little Decisions from Big Data

An overview of predictive analytics in Information Management.  Reasonably good overview of analytics today.  It is all about utilizing data we are gathering today...

Kalido and Teradata
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kalido and Teradata

Brought to my attention regarding agile data consolidation, late but worth noting:" ... Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the leading analytic data solutions company, and Kalido...

Social Analytics with Voziq
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Analytics with Voziq

Correspondent Chris Herbert sends along a link to Voziq. ... Monitor the social web for mentions of your brand, competitors and industry- Benchmark how you compare...

Protest  Monitoring
From The Eponymous Pickle

Protest Monitoring

I mentioned Recorded Future's monitoring analysis of the embassy attacks.  Now they have followed with a thirty minute video that examines the approach.   A good...

Transparent Mobile Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Transparent Mobile Computing

From CIO: The ability to have Apps run on multiple mobile platforms.  From Intel:  "...  "With transparent computing, software developers no longer must choose...

The Connected Consumer
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Connected Consumer

Correspondent Gib Bassett curates The Connected Consumer. Which contains a number of items about consumer packaged goods that I had missed.   Worth checking out...

GS1 and VICS Merger
From The Eponymous Pickle

GS1 and VICS Merger

Via Kevin Judd of Fujitsu.Yesterday, September 10th 2012, GS1 US and the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association announced that they haveThe ...

Winning the Show Rooming War
From The Eponymous Pickle

Winning the Show Rooming War

Good post on the growing behavior of shoppers using the retail environment to see and touch products, but then buying them elsewhere or online.   Good examplesGino...

Future Intelligence with Recorded Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future Intelligence with Recorded Future

An excellent case study of the use of Recorded Future for understanding the recent Middle East unrest and embassy attacks.    A use of semantic analysis of multiple...

A Look at Educational Technology
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Look at Educational Technology

An opinionated view.  " ... Education is in some respects one of the most stagnant of all major industries. A farmer from 150 years ago would not comprehend a modern...

Designing API's for Mobile Performance Best Practice
From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing API's for Mobile Performance Best Practice

In CACM by Kate MatsudairaWhile there are lots of informative articles on mobile performance, and just as many on general API design, you’ll find few discussing...
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