May, 2013

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Is the iPad mobile?

Boxes and Arrows

'My Android phone died on the train when I was several stops away from my destination. I should have remembered where I was supposed to get off, but, like everyone else, I rely on technology to offload cognitive processes when I should be using my brain. Wait, I thought, I have both my iPad and my laptop in my backpack. I felt ridiculously conspicuous pulling out either just to check Google Maps.

Design 102
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How Big Are Your Dreams?

Bill Fischer

London Street Art, May 2013 When President Obama recently dared graduates at Ohio State University to be better, to do better, to reject cynicism, he was inviting them to dream bigger, as well. Organizations that dream bigger than others, innovate better than others. A few years ago, I was involved in [.

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Blockbuster idea: Expanding markets by being multi-lingual

Innovation Leader

Hollywood studios aren't always enthusiastic when it comes to embracing a new technology. But a smartphone app from a stealthy startup called myLINGO could help them get more non-native English speakers into theaters, with almost no additional effort. Company co-founder Olenka Polak, who grew up in a household that spoke.

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Blog Begets 100

CorporateIntel

It’s hard to believe this is my 100th post on Corporate Intelligence Radio. I started this blog over two years ago, about the time I committed to writing my novel , which I announced last month. Soon after I started the novel, it became clear that it was going to be a very long time before anyone read a word of it. Initially I was okay with that.

Course 40
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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Information Architecture’s Teenage Dilemma

Boxes and Arrows

'Imagine if you will information architecture as a pimply-faced, malcontent teenager. IA is eager to express and redefine itself. It wants to be an individual yet accepted by its peers. It is simultaneously aggravated and apathetic about its parents, mentors, and role-models. It is a bit of a mess, but a wonderful, beautiful mess with endless opportunity and potential.

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Going Beyond “Yes – and…”

Boxes and Arrows

'My first experience in improvisational comedy was in 1989. I was a freshman at Texas A&M University. Some of the students in the theater department decided to get an improv troupe started and somehow talked me into joining them. In the beginning, I was petrified to perform without a script. Looking back now, I can see just how much improv has taught me and how it informs the decisions I make when working with a project team to create a cohesive user experience.

Project 80

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How VMware Funds Innovation like a VC

Innovation Leader

At the cloud and virtualization giant, more than 60 ideas have been presented over the last year-and-a-half, in areas like R&D, customer service, and field sales.

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Hostile Comments from Division Heads

Innovation Leader

When innovation initiatives aren't exactly welcomed with open arms.A dispatch from the commodities business.