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Cheap Thrills: Why I Still Love Print
Before I became a technology marketer, I worked as a theater producer. My partners and I ran a small, professional theater company in Berkeley (99 seats, Equity waiver), where we quickly learned the power of PR. Back then, as today, one review by a powerful reviewer could make or break your production. [...]
Seven Things That Suck About the iPad
I’m a BIG fan of the new device. But that doesn’t stop me from whining and complaining. The iPad wants to be much more than what it is. And the more one kvetches in the networked world, the more, I believe, that Apple will listen. That’s why God invented early adopters.
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A Place of One’s Own (On the Social Web)
The world is changing. We are moving from a site-centric world (site in the old sense of the word) to a network-centric world. But it’s a new world with lots of uncertainty. How does a business deal with the fact that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn have such a great presence in the network-centric world? Ignore them? That would be wrong — just as wrong, in fact, as it would be to ignore the largest players in the real world of real estate. But a safe bet would be for businesses to invest in a little real-estate of their own, and grab a piece of the American dream. There’s a nascent market of “enterprise 2.0″ companies (I am with one of them) ready to respond to the market, and already the market is beginning to see the value. I’ll share more as I move along — I’ve been on the job (officially) less than one week. But it’s one of the most interesting and exciting markets that I’ve competed in for quite some time. It’s a great place.
Call Center Robots Will Answer the Most Annoying Questions
A Minneapolis company called Subjex is claiming a big first in artificial intelligence: a service that enables call centers to replicate the human voice — in text — for complex conversations with human beings…. I like the bits [in the press release] about “redundancy questions,” and simulating a call center’s “best employee.” How about the system’s ability to answer annoying questions? Much has been written about the dangers of robotic technology. But one of the big plusses is the capability of doing things that the best employee cannot — or simply will not — do.
AI Digest: 9/9/09. Hiring Spree at Robot Company.
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: hiring spree at robot company; Koreans build massive robot; augmented reality apps roundup.
AI Digest: 9/3/09. Robot Army Audition
Daily links on AI, IA, and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: robot army audition; augmented reality glasses; robots help kids with cerebral palsy.
AI Digest: 9/1/09. Life Through a Lens.
Daily links on AI, IA, and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: life through a lens; robots fill jobs in Japan; caregiving robots in the US.
AI Digest: 9/1/09. iRobot Snags Army Contract.
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: iRobot army contract; another way to think about augmented reality; ant-size microbots.
The Networked Body
I had an out-of-body experience a few weeks ago, reported here on Twitter. Background: Before my Monday flight from San Francisco to Minneapolis, I had picked up copy of Fast Company at the airport. Had just enough time on the flight to read most of the magazine, and I really [...]
AI Digest: 8/30/09. Virtual Mirror for Trying on Glasses.
Daily links on AI, IA and the place where social tech meets the two. Today: a virtual mirror for trying on glasses; the cultural branding of augmented reality; Singularity University completes first summer session.
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