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We've managed to invent something even worse than open offices If you are sitting in a cubicle or-lucky you!-behind a desk in a space with a door -then the concept of "hot desking" may still be foreign. It was to me, until recently. And, frankly, I'm not too hot on it.

Segway Made an Electric Go Kart That Can Drift We have little desire to take a city tour on one of Segway's mall cop-approved vehicles. Donning the helmet and slowly navigating urban blocks isn't exactly our idea of fun. Taking a city tour in Segway's latest vehicle, however, is absolutely up our alley. That's because that new device is

1,100 Classic Arcade Machines Added to the Internet Arcade: Play Them Free Online Once we could hardly imagine such things as video games. Then, all of a sudden, they appeared, though for years we had to go out to bars - and later, purpose-built 'arcades' filled with video game machines - in order to play them, and we paid money to do so.

Elise Keith of Lucid Meetings discusses the state of technology and meetings Produced and Written by Elise Keith for Nerd Stalker “My goal is to make sure no one ever has to write meeting notes again.” I’m talking with a product manager working to perfect automated call transcription. If find idea both exciting and problematic. The Dream Fully automated transcription is just the first step towards a grander vision. As an AI enthusiast told me, “Notes are just the start. Consider - what if AI could make sure the meeting goes well in the first place? What if an AI agent kept the discussion on track? What if it knew how to help a group resolve a conflict? That day may not be too far off.” He’s painting a vision of a comprehensive augmented meeting intelligence agent. As Ben Dickinson explains : “Augmented intelligence (AI)… is a complement—not a replacement—to human intelligence. It's about helping humans become faster and smarter at the tasks they&

Track Baskets Written by Katie on September 17, 2018. Permalink Would you like a few metal baskets for your books, magazines, toys, or towels? Or, how about for all that soon-to-arrive fall firewood? The metal 'tracks' of these baskets give a visual pattern of small squares when empty and a diagonal pattern when full.

Amazon  introduced a new line-up of Echo devices, Echo companion devices, and  Amazon  smart home devices, making it even easier to bring the features and convenience of Alexa to any room and now, to the car. New Echo devices include: All-new Echo Dot : The easiest way to bring Alexa into your home, now with a new speaker for louder and crisper sound, an updated fabric design, and still only  $49.99 All-new Echo Plus : A simple way to start your smart home with a built-in Zigbee hub, plus an upgraded speaker and a new design, and still only  $149.99 All-new  Echo Show : An all-new design, upgraded speaker, a stunning 10-inch HD display, and a built-in smart home hub, plus all the glanceable features customers love about Alexa for  $229.99 . Read the press release:  www.amazon.com/pr . Echo Auto : Bring the power of Alexa to your car, now available by invitation New Echo companion devices include: Echo Wall Clock :  Connects to your Echo device to visually en

Amazon is about to announce new hardware at a surprise event Remember when Amazon held a "surprise" event last September and introduced a bunch of new Echo devices? Well, it's doing it again this year in what looks to become an annual hardware event.

The event will take place in San Francisco, October 5-12 and is featuring the biggest names in the world of blockchain including Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, Joseph Poon, the founder of Lightning Network, Dawn Song, the Co-Founder of Oasis, and many many more. It will include the SFBW Epicenter, ETH Hackathon, Crypto Economics Security Conference, and friendly debates on important topics along with block parties, crypto happy hours, meet-ups, and educational development workshops. San Francisco Blockchain Week is a week of free educational, consumer, and developer-focused events that aim to push the boundaries of local blockchain innovation, which has been welcomed by the San Francisco community. The goal of this weeklong, immersive experience is to help the industry reach mainstream adoption through fundamental education and development of projects that matter, no fluff. We strive to educate developers, consumers, and entrepreneurs, providing a platform for teams

How to Develop User Intent Through Content Marketing Businesses use content marketing to develop user intent, or the chances that customers further research a company and purchase its products or services. We surveyed 384 consumers of online business content to discover the connection between content marketing and customer purchasing. Most consumers value content marketing, which encourages them to purchase from a company.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American frontier told through the unique and incomparable voice of Joel and Ethan Coen. Each chapter tells a distinct story about the American West.

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Josh Levy and Andrew Wells of Aspirent discuss steps for Analytical Tools selection By Josh Levy and Andrew Wells Data is quickly becoming a company’s most important assets. To monetize this asset, organizations leverage analytical tools that generate insights in order to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. One issue that has plagued corporations for years is the lack of standards and methods around their analytical capabilities, one example of which is deciding which analytical tools to build deep competencies around. How can an organization gain efficiencies, reusability, and build deep common skillsets, if each group is using a different analytical tool? To make matters more confusing, analytical tools tend to proliferate within organizations at the intersection of market innovation cycles and underserved business groups. As the market innovates with new functionality, the business sees these new capabilities that provide deeper or faster analytical insi