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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
Baking behavioral nudges into the products we own
Maria Bezaitis, PhD and Principal Engineer of Intel’s User Experience Ethnographic Research Lab, discusses the Real World Web and how internet-enabled sensors will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wearables in the Enterprise
Will wearables be widespread in the enterprise? Well not too many years ago I could not have imagined hand held computer-phones there. An interview with Bill...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning from Extreme Consumers
In Experientia: " ... Traditional market research methods focus on understanding the average experiences of average consumers. This focus leads to gaps in our...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Forbes Sells Majority Stake to International Investors
This was of interest because I had a very small connection to Forbes. 'To accelerate growth they say ... '. I liked their coverage of technical and management...
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[Book]: Nursing Research Using Ethnography
Nursing Research Using Ethnography: Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing Mary De Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN (Editor) Pub. Date: 08/28/2014 372 pp.,...
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Learning from extreme consumers
Learning from Extreme Consumers by Jill Avery, Michael I. Norton Teaching Note, 9 pages, January 2014 Traditional market research methods focus on understanding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Neuroscience
Short BBC piece that barely covers the topic. Less about mind reading than it is about behavior understanding in context.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Bundles
Amazon is Bundling. It has been talked about and tested for a while, and I received an offer yesterday. To pay a fixed monthly price for full online access to...
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Oracle Social Intelligence and Linkedin
In CWorld: It is interesting that Linkedin is leveraging these kids of analytical techniques against the data that we are openly opening providing here. Should...
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Jibo the “family robot” might be oddly charming, or just plain odd
The “world’s first family robot” is based on efforts to elicit emotional response in humans—a powerful idea, but one fraught with challenges, writes Will Knight...
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Book: Enchanted Objects
Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things by David Rose Scribner (July 15, 2014) July 15, 2014 320 pages [Amazon] In the tradition of...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Dissection
A six-hour video of a giant squid dissection from Auckland University of Technology. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Migrating to the Cloud
In EETimes: " ... IBM is limbering up its cloud storage. Already committing $1.2 billion to establish for-rent datacenters in every country that needs them, today...
From Schneier on Security
NASDAQ Hack
Long article on a sophisticated hacking of the NASDAQ stock exchange....
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Reflections on 'Learn to Program With Python'
This past June, I designed and taught an introductory programming course through Girl Develop It! Ottawa called Learn to Program With Python. It was a two-part...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Value in Content Marketing
In Clickz: Includes a step by step look at what this means:" ... A new study shows marketers can't tie business value back to their content marketing tactics.Definition...
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Judging Risk is Difficult
Why we underestimate risk." ... In hindsight, many risks seem obvious. And when we do take the time to evaluate potential risks, there is often not much that is...
From Putting People First
Financial consumer protection: 5 lessons from behavioral research
In its new Focus Note, Applying Behavioral Insights in Consumer Protection Policy, CGAP (a unit affiliated with the Worldbank) presents a summary of the growing...
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Improve the travel experience at airports
Over the past years the Amsterdam agency edenspeakermann_ collaborated in a European cooperation that aims to create a seamless air travel experience for passengers...
From The Eponymous Pickle