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| | | PORTALS AND KM APRIL 13, 2011 Useing Semantic Technology and Machine Learning for Consumer Advice; Retrevo With all the publicity over IBM’s Watson, there has been a lot of discussion about how far computers can go to “replace” people. Of course, I think that is not really the question to ask. It should rather be conceived as how computers can complement people. So I was very interested to learn some about what goes into their services. Congratulations. | | | | | | | | |
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THEORIA CUM PRAXI | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011  Autistic kids – and their parents – deserve to have fun, too
Many parents of children diagnosed as autistic spend a large majority – sometimes all – of their “free&# time trying to make their child “more normal&# or “less autistic&# , and not enough time on letting their child just be a kid. In her book Get Out, Explore, and Have Fun!: How do you do this? MORE >> -
ANECDOTE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011 Yes, m'lady
One of the things we Anecdoters strive for is to meet new people and have interesting conversations. had one of these this afternoon. In the middle of 2010, Danielle DiMasi followed her passion, and forsaking corporate life, struck out on her own and started a business speaking, coaching and training Gen X and Gen Y leaders on business etiquette. MORE >> -
WEB WORKER DAILY | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011  Jive’s Proximal Labs Buy Signals Enterprise Big Data Push
Jive Software, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based based vendor of enterprise social business tools, said it has acquired Proximal Labs , a supplier of machine learning and data mining software. It also shows how deeper analytics is a must-have feature in enterprise social tools. Proximal’s team will join Jive’s engineering group. MORE >> -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011  Future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite
Intute staff have posted about the future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite. JISC funding for these services ends on 31 July 2011 and "no realistic alternative funding model for either service has been identified." Therefore, in consultation with the Informs Advisory Group and JISC, the following ways forward have been agreed. MORE >> -
WEB WORKER DAILY | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011  Knoodle Makes Cloud-Based Training a Cinch
How do you get all your remote team members on the same page? When it comes to online training and learning, finding the right tool — or set of tools — to easily put together a robust presentation can present a challenge. And archive it? And repurpose it? The Knoodle presentations are more engaging than screencasts or audio slideshows. MORE >>
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