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Big Data Ducklings
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data Ducklings

In Teradata Mag:   " ... Ugly Duckling or Black Swan?  Big Data gives businesses the periheral vision to detect and respond to catastropic events before it is too...

Reacting to Robot Colleagues
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reacting to Robot Colleagues

The world of robot colleagues.  Which also leaves open the world of robot bosses as well.  How much autonomy this permits us will likely vary,   Technology review...

Good Article on the Sony Attack
From Schneier on Security

Good Article on the Sony Attack

Fortune has a three-part article on the Sony attack by North Korea. There's not a lot of tech here; it's mostly about Sony's internal politics regarding the movie...

Cost of a World Without Ads
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cost of a World Without Ads

Ad Age looks at a world without Ads.  Responding to the emergence of new ad blocking technology.  Which sounds like a relief, but    " .... Ad Age Imagines a World...

Demystifying Self Service Data to Gain  Insight
From The Eponymous Pickle

Demystifying Self Service Data to Gain Insight

Looking at the state of service Business Intelligence. Time to insight is an interesting concept." .... Based on a concept of centralized data analysts, traditional...

Loyalty Cards Driving Savings
From The Eponymous Pickle

Loyalty Cards Driving Savings

New looks at changes in loyalty plays.  The number of loyalty plays per household is interesting," ... Food retailers look to loyalty card programs to drive sales...

Interesting Links 28 September 2015
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 28 September 2015

Still a lot of news going on about New York City's plans as well as other places also looking at adding more computer science education. It seems like more andCode...

Mobile Water Data Sampling Startup
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Water Data Sampling Startup

Great local startup story.    In the Cinci Enquirer  " .... This month, Jacob Shidler, now 31, found himself launching an iPhone app, being involved in a NASA flyover...

Teaching Robots Social Skills
From The Eponymous Pickle

Teaching Robots Social Skills

Akin to common sense, a tough challenge.   Specifically using the normally intensely numerical approaches of machine learning is particularly interesting.  An application...

Informed Estimation as Common Sense
From The Eponymous Pickle

Informed Estimation as Common Sense

Infoq:  A good article on techniques of estimation.  With a number of good examples.  I have found that many people who work with numbers have developed their own...

Jack Dongarra to Keynote Intel HPC Developer Conference at SC15
From insideHPC

Jack Dongarra to Keynote Intel HPC Developer Conference at SC15

Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee will keynote the first-ever Intel HPC Developer Conference, Nov. 14-15 in Austin, Texas. "The Intel HPC Developer...

IDC Presents an Update on ROI with HPC
From insideHPC

IDC Presents an Update on ROI with HPC

Earl Joseph from IDC presented this talk at the HPC User Forum. "This study investigates how HPC investments can improve economic success and increase scientific...

Privacy is UX
From Putting People First

Privacy is UX

UX strategist and researcher Alex Schmidt argues that in a world full of security breaches, snooping, and third-party data aggregators, you should know where your...

Dislike in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dislike in Retail

What does a dislike button mean in retail?Facebook indicated last week it was close to testing a "dislike" button, or at least one that expresses empathy, to sit...

Responsive Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Responsive Design

Was unaware of the precise definition of responsive design, but OK, worth thinking about:10 Ways Responsive Design is Critical to the Customer Experienceby Melissa...

Digital Sampling Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Sampling Analytics

Good idea.  I recall some ideas like this being mocked up, this formalizes the capability. I would want to take it further into an IOT dimension. Startup takesTwo...

Ubiquitous Voice Weekly
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ubiquitous Voice Weekly

Just discovered, Ahmed Bouzid, @Didou publishes the Ubiquitous Voice Weekly: News on Voice Interfaces, from Siri to the Amazon Echo  Nicely done about a topic I...

Global Competition for Profits
From The Eponymous Pickle

Global Competition for Profits

In McKinsey:   Having been part of a global enterprise, the dynamics of global profits have always been interesting.    A radical change in progress" .... The world...

Facial Neuromarketing Lab
From The Eponymous Pickle

Facial Neuromarketing Lab

Facial methods are expanding.  In PRWeb:  " .... G&R has recently opened a neuro-marketing research lab focused on facial electromyography (“fEMG”) and its applications...

Google Improves Voice Search
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Improves Voice Search

Voice interaction continues to be of interest.  Another channel of interaction that can produce more personal engagement.  Accuracy is important.In CWorld: Google...
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