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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 …
From Putting People First
To get users to make smarter choices now, show them their future
Design can be used to introduce users to the future now, so they can act in ways that will benefit them in the future, writes Nikki Pfarr, researcher and strategist...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social and Mobile Innovation
In Knowledge@Wharton: New models are at play. Note my recent piece that addresses increasing efficiency for innovation. From a recent conference. Noting that...
From Putting People First
Book: Why We Fail
Why We Fail: Learning from Experience Design Failures By Victor Lombardi 248 pages Rosenfeld Media Why did Twitter succeed while Pownce plotzed? Why has “to Plaxo”...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advances in Tagging
In GigaOM: Tagging is a long time interest. Costs and power requirements have always been a issue. This also relates to an internet of things, where simply finding...
From Schneier on Security
Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet
In July 2012, responding to allegations that the video-chat service Skype -- owned by Microsoft -- was changing its protocols to make it possible for the government...
From Schneier on Security
Has Tor Been Compromised?
There's speculation that the FBI is responsible for an exploit that compromised the Tor anonymity service. Note that Tor nodes installed or updated after June...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GotoGlue and the Personal Brand
An enterprise colleague of mine pointed me to GotoGlue. I much like the idea of having a personal brand while connecting Job Seekers, Organizations and Employers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Mindset in Action at 3M
In the HBR Blogs (requires registration): The methods used by 3M have always been of interest. See also the previous posts. " ... In three recent blog posts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Going Global Faster with Cloud and Mobile
I have been in the midst of looking at how companies use mobile, focused data, cloud and ultimately analytical support. So have developed interest in how all these...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linkedin Review
In Readwrite Web: A good overview of why the author thinks Linkedin is their favorite social network. I agree, because it does maintain a business focus. Second...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Surveillance and Mission Creep
Last month, I wrote about the potential for mass surveillance mission creep: the tendency for the vast NSA surveillance apparatus to be used for other, lesser,already...
From Putting People First
The business case for service design
Service designer Bill Hollins shares his thoughts on why service design makes business sense and argues that more businesses should invest in employing a service...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Norm Messa
Today we visit a career/technical school in the seacoast area of New Hampshire. Norm Messa is the teacher we talk to there. Norm is a second career teacher whoSeacoast...
From Putting People First
User experience is not just design, it’s the key to innovation and growth
Brian Solis met up with Jesse James Garrett (author of The Elements of User Experience and Co-Founder of Adaptive Path) to talk about the state of user experience...
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User experience is more than design – it’s strategy
t’s time that we expand the role of User Experience beyond execution, beyond output, and yes, even beyond design, writes Christopher Grant Ward, Director of Product...
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Putting the customer at the centre of your retail business
Oracle recently conducted some research into the shopping needs and expectations of shoppers in Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US – in an...
From Putting People First
Making the most of ethnographic research
Applying ethnographic methods to digital experiences can yield myriad benefits that go beyond simply validating that something works or identifying opportunities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emotion Sniffing from a Phone
In Fastcompany: This could be a very useful thing to understand how people are reacting to an environment. Pay people to use the idea. And their phone is always...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding Analytical Databases
Interesting piece by Wayne Eckerson. Linking to an upcoming talk. How to get data to advanced analytical methods effectively? The world has changed from the...
From The Eponymous Pickle