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Tag: 05.17.13
Conflicted About Big Data
“We’re still early in Big Data, and enterprises rightly suspect that Big Data isn’t some magic pixie dust that immediately yields insights into how much to charge, where to market, etc. Big Data can help, but it’s not The Answer.”
Netflix Might Be Getting All Of The Hype, But Here Come Amazon Pilots
“Amazon hasn’t matched that buzz with its slate of pilots, despite the presence of prominent actors such as Jeffrey Tambor, who stars in ‘Onion News Empire’ — and ‘Arrested Development’ — and John Goodman, who stars in the Garry Trudeau-created pilot ‘Alpha House.'”
The Ring Machine Goes Bye-Bye, And (Almost) Everyone Says Good Riddance
“Mr. Gelb suggested that the machine had become a scapegoat. ‘One of the reasons the “Ring” has been criticized so much is people disagree with his approach, not the machine,’ he said, referring to Mr. Lepage. ‘The machine is a victim, not entirely innocent.'”
Will People Ever Pay For Music Again? [VIDEO]
“Palmer believes we shouldn’t fight the fact that digital content is freely shareable — and suggests that artists can and should be directly supported by fans.”
Why Is Gray’s ‘Elegy’ Such A Powerful Meditation On Death?
“A recent edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations draws from 15 stanzas and reproduces 13 of them whole.”
What Will Big Data Do For, And To, All Of Us?
“All cops carry smartphones and tablet computers to access the web-based prediction program while on patrol. They are encouraged to spend time in the marked zones whenever possible. Clark can tell many stories about how his officers have caught burglars and thieves red-handed in the predicted zones.”
Interactive TV: Wonderful – But What About The Robot Overlords?
“The new smart TVs, like the smartphones and tablets that have shaped them, are meant to seem like devoted servants, concerned with our welfare, eager to anticipate our needs — happy to collect and digest information we are, or imagine we are, too busy to collect and digest ourselves. It is all a bit flattering.”
Was Artist Josef Beuys A Serial Liar Who Loved Totalitarian Ideas?
Beuys “was obsessed with Steiner’s occultism and his racial theories — and with the abstruse ideas of a Germanic soul, a German spirit and a special mission for the German people.”
The Kennedy Center Changes Its Award Process – Somewhat
“You still have the same three white males who are going to make that decision. If you keep doing the same thing, you’re going to get pretty near the same outcome.”