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I see that comments on posts are increasing.  Spam has decreased now that you need to register. This decreases time needed to manage this blog.  I still approve...

Data Science Books for Key Value Topics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Science Books for Key Value Topics

Detailed piece on two new books on favorite topics: Time Series and Anomaly detection.  based on my long experience in the enterprise, these were the most important...

Making All Ads Shoppable
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making All Ads Shoppable

In Adage: L'Oreal USA Moves to Make All Types of Ads -- Online and Off -- 'Shoppable' ... Deal with Powa Could Allow Direct-Response Tags on All Ads, Promotions...

End of Apps via Connections?
From The Eponymous Pickle

End of Apps via Connections?

As we know them.   by Paul Adams" ...The experience of our primary mobile screen being a bank of app icons that lead to independent destinations is dying. And that...

Is the BBC’s ‘Micro Bot’ the Silver Bullet
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Is the BBC’s ‘Micro Bot’ the Silver Bullet

It’s been all over social media and online news the last couple of days - BBC to give out one million 'Micro Bit' computers to get kids coding. I’m a little skeptical...

The Algorithms of Robo Journalism
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Algorithms of Robo Journalism

In the NYT. If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?LET me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you’re reading. Maybe you’re...

Changing Face of B2B Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Changing Face of B2B Marketing

In Thinking with Google.  Worthwhile examination.   " ... There have been interesting shifts in B2B in the past two years. What's changed? To find out, we surveyed...

Following Tableau 9 Beta
From The Eponymous Pickle

Following Tableau 9 Beta

This week attended an overview of Tableau 9,0  Nicely done global streamed user meeting.  I have yet to try the Beta myself. Impression based on the presentation...

HPC News Roundup for Friday the 13th
From insideHPC

HPC News Roundup for Friday the 13th

As we pack our bags for a series of Springtime HPC conferences, it's time to clear the decks and point to some notable news items from this week that didn't make...

Nominate Your Students for the Paul Baran Young Scholar Awards!
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Nominate Your Students for the Paul Baran Young Scholar Awards!

Please help the Marconi Society identify outstanding Young Scholars. The Marconi Society was established in 1974 to honor Guglielmo Marconi, the Nobel laureate...

Rule Based Expert Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Rule Based Expert Systems

It is still possible to effectively build rule based expert systems.   I see that LPA has just established a new information and Download page.  Includes some good...

Pi Day of the Century, and a Piece of Pi for You.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pi Day of the Century, and a Piece of Pi for You.

Tomorrow is the Pi day of the century.  It is 3/14/15,   More events and ruminations about the event and the inspirational, though irrational number at the Wolfram...

Interview: SGI’s Jorge Titinger on HPC Teamwork and other Lessons from Soccer
From insideHPC

Interview: SGI’s Jorge Titinger on HPC Teamwork and other Lessons from Soccer

In this Purematter video, SGI CEO Jorge Titinger discusses the role that his experiences as a professional soccer player has had in both his professional development...

OCP Improving Datacenter Design Through Shared IP
From insideHPC

OCP Improving Datacenter Design Through Shared IP

"Facebook had the forethought to create the Open Compute Foundation and share IP from designing a highly efficient computing infrastructure at an extremely low...

Dr. David A. Horner Named Director of DoD Modernization Program
From insideHPC

Dr. David A. Horner Named Director of DoD Modernization Program

Today Dr. David A. Horner was named director of the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and...

Video: Satoshi Matsuoka on the Outlook for HPC in 2022
From insideHPC

Video: Satoshi Matsuoka on the Outlook for HPC in 2022

In this video, Satoshi Matsuoka discusses the 2022 outlook for supercomputing as he accepts the IEEE Computer Society 2014 Sidney Fernbach Award. He received the...

More on Apple ResearchKit
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Apple ResearchKit

Now everybody can do their part to advance medical research.Medical researchers are doing some of the most important work in the world, and they’re committed to...

Traditional TV Watching Falls
From The Eponymous Pickle

Traditional TV Watching Falls

In the Washington Post, reporting on Nielsen  studies:" ... Traditional television watching is declining faster than ever as streaming services become a mainstream...

The Aloft Butler Brings you a Toothbrush
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Aloft Butler Brings you a Toothbrush

Finally a closer look at the hospitality robotic butler at the Aloft in Cupertino.  I remember when there was a version of the Aloft in Second Life that I 'stayed'...

Data and Goliath Makes New York Times Best-Seller List
From Schneier on Security

Data and Goliath Makes New York Times Best-Seller List

The March 22 best-seller list from the New York Times will list me as #6 in the hardcover nonfiction category, and #13 in the combined paper/e-book category. This...
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