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Netflix game gets exciting:  BellKor
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Netflix game gets exciting: BellKor

This is fun. A month ago, I asked whether the Netflix competition was over. After BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos merged the solutions of many players to break the 10...

Obsessively Recording and Sharing our Vacations
From Apophenia

Obsessively Recording and Sharing our Vacations

At Blogher yesterday, the issue of "addiction" emerged in the keynote. A woman in the audience noted that she twitched for the first day of vacation because she...

Indian Design for All newsletter features German design
From Putting People First

Indian Design for All newsletter features German design

The Design for All Institute India has published a special issue of its newsletter together with IDZ International Design Centre, Berlin. Guest Editor is Prof Birgit...

Benedict Singleton on socio-technical assemblages
From Putting People First

Benedict Singleton on socio-technical assemblages

Benedict Singleton is in the later stages of a practice-based PhD on service design at Northumbria University. In his research he uses “critical, self-directed...

AP Intends to Embed Spyware in Articles
From The Eponymous Pickle

AP Intends to Embed Spyware in Articles

This will not make the AP popular on the Web, in the NYTimes. Though I rarely do, I will make every effort not to link to AP articles. ' ... Each article

Why I Enjoy The CACM Again
From Return 42;

Why I Enjoy The CACM Again

It wasn't too long ago that often I picked up an issue of the Communication of the ACM (CACM) I had to think about John Lennon's line "lift my head, I'm still yawning"...

SIGIR 2009: Day 2, Morning Sessions (Anchor Text, Vertical Search)
From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR 2009: Day 2, Morning Sessions (Anchor Text, Vertical Search)


Is Anyone at Google Wearing This?
From Return 42;

Is Anyone at Google Wearing This?

Is it only me who thinks this is funny?(T-Shirt by Porous Walker)

Nearly perfect RFID at Metro
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nearly perfect RFID at Metro

Worked with Metro retailer on their impressive tagging efforts. Their innovation stores were a testbed for these capabilities. A report below on recent efforts...

The Ownership of Geolocation Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Ownership of Geolocation Data

Good discussion of the ownership of location data in retail.

On Wisdom of Crowds
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Wisdom of Crowds

In Mind Hacks: Outlines some articles and research on the psychology of crowds and the fluidity of identity. ' ... recent research shows that people tend to cooperate...

links for 2009-07-24
From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-07-24

An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum Bezos apology is wonderful, and a great leadership example that is to be welcomed...

links for 2009-07-24
From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-07-24

An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum Bezos apology is wonderful, and a great leadership example that is to be welcomed...

An Experientia celebration in style
From Putting People First

An Experientia celebration in style

(Article contributed by Experientia editor Erin O’Loughlin:) On the 23rd July 2009, Experientia celebrated its fourth anniversary in style, at the stunning Villa...

A Semantic View of the Organization: Kyield
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Semantic View of the Organization: Kyield

I have looked at a number of approaches to try to combine the knowledge within a complex organization and result in improved innovation and communications. We examined...

Google Latitude now on IPhone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Latitude now on IPhone

The Google latitude location sharing application is now available for the IPhone. Can't say I have ever tried this kind of location sensitive social capability...

Visual Intelligence in Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visual Intelligence in Marketing

Attended a talk by Don Hoffman entitled: Visual Intelligence in Marketing. He is the author of the book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See. The premise...

IBM and the Internet of Things
From Putting People First

IBM and the Internet of Things


TEDGlobal:
From Putting People First

TEDGlobal:

Anthropologist

Artificial Brain Ten Years Away?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Brain Ten Years Away?

From the TED conference: ' ... Professor Markram said he would send a hologram to talk at TED in 10 years. A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be...
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