That’s the question that directs my research.  We have made a great many of assumptions, and produced a number of theories over the years regarding the relationship between technology, work and organizations.  Most of these assumptions and theories have run into a few bumps when information technologies are concerned.
So where are we headed, as our [...]

As someone who has been exposed to a fair amount of research in the management realm, I am often shocked/awed/dismayed by the use of psychological testing in the hiring process. These tests play a statistical game that really should only be played by those understanding the rules.
When I see these new products in the [...]

So I am reading this book on artificial intelligence.  I reckon its an “old school” kind of book… Artificial Intelligence, by Philip Jackson.  Even when my head spins a bit from the mathematico-logical stuff filling the pages, I am struck by the casual and approachable style of the author.  Maybe this makes is a coffee [...]

Image recognition has become a hot topic in the software world, due largely to the major success of sites like Flickr (and Yahoo! Photos), asdf, and asdf.  Slowly, software is being built resulting not only in applications that can “detect” the contents of a photos, but also bots that can “recognize” these contents by way [...]

Image recognition has become a hot topic in the software world, due largely to the major success of sites like Flickr (and Yahoo! Photos), asdf, and asdf.  Slowly, software is being built resulting not only in applications that can “detect” the contents of a photos, but also bots that can “recognize” these contents by way [...]

The WSJ raised some eyebrows today by highlighting some of the techniques tech companies use to maintain different regional price markets for the nearly identical products. Examples include power supplies with voltage limits (Apple and Nintendo) and inkjet cartridges that buddy up only with regionally similar printers (HP). Its only a matter of time [...]