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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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Big Data, Smaller
In Wired: Dremel vs Hadoop in big data exploration and leverage. Good read. " ... Dremel is a way of analyzing information. Running across thousands of servers...
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Tesco Linking Loyalty to Facebook
More innovative things from the big retailer: " ... Savvy online shoppers will have the chance to earn double Clubcard points by using Facebook to like, share and...
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On the Cost of Logos
I have watched as large enterprises have re-done their branding over the years, in part by an urge for new creativeness, and even motivated by outside threats.a...
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About Mobile Data and Analytics Delivered
In GigaOM: It is making us reconsider many aspects of the interaction between people and process. Further, it should make us think about where the analytics will...
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Analyzing Voice Emotions
Related to work we did trying to understand how people react to new products. A form of non conscious, neuromarketing analysis. But now proposed via a smart phone...
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Principles of Data Visualization
In Information Management: Reasonable thoughts about the topic. Better this than many of the infographics I have seen that muddle the information in the data...
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SAP and Intelligent Data
SAP makes plans to turn Big data into intelligence. Something we all hope to do. Some new releases from the ERP giant: " ... Using its BI market share leadership...
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Innovation and Research in China
We were involved in early research done in China with retailers and universities in China. Notably with BJ Hualian, who ultimately used some our methods to develop...
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SNCR Publishes the Social Mind
From SNCR, of which I am a senior fellow:Professionals Spend 40% of Time Online Interacting in Peer Communities according to the Society for New Communications report...
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How Big Data Became so Big
In the NYT: Largely obvious thoughts, but some very good links to a number of sources, including the report called Big Data, Big Impact from the World Economic...
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A View of Sector Inventory Performance
A very informative piece in SC Digest, that surveys inventory turns by sector. A must for supply chain data trend understanding. " ... So, let's take an example...
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Wave and Pay via Cheap Chips
Cheap printable chips have always been mentioned as solutions for making RFID ubiquitous. Now a cheap chips example for the 'wave and pay' revolution, that isIn...
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PureFlex Expert System for IT Operations
I worked on several large scale expert systems applications during the AI drive of the 1990s. One of the areas we specifically examined was the configuration of...
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Retail Mobile Payments Networks
In CWorld: Continued progress in retail payment networks. " ... More that a dozen retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven have joined forces...
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Big Data and Optimal Pricing
From TDWI: Optimal pricing is a classical problem, used in retail in some form since the 1960s. Having more data can make it more accurate and useful.
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Product Linkage with a Social Game
A kind of linkage we explored as far back as the introduction of SimCity. Now Johnson & Johnson links products with The Sims. A good example of product - game...
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Business Expert Press
Just brought to my attention. The Business Expert Press. Which publishes short, inexpensive, practical and accessible books on key business topics. In E-book...
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Passive Quality Recruiting Networks
This GigaOM piece made me think more broadly about how social networks can be passively recruited. It used to be that it was always better to get more about you...
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Khan Academy Computer Science
The much talked about Kahn Academy now has a Computer Science Curriculum. With code examples: " ... All of the code in the Khan Academy Computer Science platform...
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