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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
Google on designing useful mobile services for Africa
Last week Google announced a suite of SMS services in Uganda. In a follow-up post on the main google blog, the company explains that it is the result of more than...
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Supportive relationships are key to tackling social ills
The [British] government’s new public services reforms focus on rights and entitlements, but, argues Charles Leadbeater in this piece for The Guardian, supportive...
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links for 2009-07-09
Woot : 11 Undocumented Features Of Google Chrome OS Woot has made these lists into an art-form and this one is a classic. (tags: Google Woot...
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The Generation M Manifesto
Umair Haque has a message for the G8: “Dear Old People Who Run the World, My generation would like to break up with you. Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you...
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Book: Social by Social
Social by Social – a practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact by Andy Gibson, Nigel Courtney, Amy Sample Ward, David Wilcox and Professor...
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Service design tools
“Service design tools – communication methods supporting design processes” is an open collection of communication tools used in design processes that deal with...
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Civic apps could redefine the way citizens interact with cities
Will smartphone connectivity become the new measure of civic engagement? Can the app replace the neighborhood association? “While some might feel that engaging...
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Why designers need to focus on focus groups
Today, market research is a $19 billion industry and focus groups are one of the most expensive types of market research. The question is, asks Ravi Sawhney, founder...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting to Wow in Retail
From Knowledge@Wharton: Getting to 'Wow': Consumers Describe What Makes a Great Shopping Experience: The complete report by the retail council. Below an overview...
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Coke Machine Gets Networked and Analytical
This article includes some technical details about how Coke is using RFID and real time networked analytics in its new dispensing machine. The system will allow...
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Crowdsourced Simulation
Had a most interesting conversation with Ken Karakotios. He demonstrated some of his prototype economic simulation models. He is looking for collaborators and...
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SSN Numbers are Predictable
This saw much press yesterday, that a Carnegie Mellon professor has shown how using some fairly simple techniques social security numbers can in many cases be predicted...
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Free is Not
Gladwell in the New Yorker looks at the curious consequences of free: Priced to Sell, Is free the future?. Reviewing
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On Demand Business Intelligence
Good overall report on business intelligence use. I have used a half dozen BI packages over the years. Several were used and then abandoned as needs changed.'...
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Business Analytics and the Thinking Process
Good piece in SASCom magazine on how to link business process solving and analytics. This is the kind of thing that is rarely covered well in universities. You...
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Spinning the web or the role of digital influencers
The New York Times writes about the power of grassroots buzz, exemplified by public relations approaches in Silicon Valley. “Gone are the days when snaring attention...
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Jan-Christoph Zoels at London
Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels was one of the speakers at London’s Media Futures Conference last week, which was themed “beyond broadcast” and explored...
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The Future of Innovation is . . . Together
David Simoes-Brown alerts us on UK’s Nesta Connect about an excellent new collaborative book about The Future of Innovation where hundred of authors give their...
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Innovative service design for all
Re-Public, an online journal focusing on innovative developments in contemporary political theory and practice, has just launched its latest special issue, entitled...
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