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Google Is Not An Oracle – Yet

April 18, 2014 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

I predict our predictive future is closer than we think and that Google and others will get scary good at it. Why? Because we are willing to share everything.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: data, predictive analytics, Real estate, search, technology

Truth: Some Apps Simply Shouldn’t Exist At All

April 14, 2014 By Jeff Turner 7 Comments

Fearing this might just be a publicity stunt designed to gain attention, despite the founder’s claims otherwise, I wasn’t going to write about this today. Providing this idiocy with more attention, even negative attention, might just help the founders raise the funding from Silicon Valley they are apparently seeking. But I decided to write anyway.

Filed Under: Commentary, Technology Tagged With: bad ideas, technology, values

The Shortest Distance To Trust Is Not Through Technology

March 21, 2014 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

We love our technologies. And why shouldn’t we? Technology has transformed daily life and made much of what we do today vastly more efficient than we could possibly have imagined. Our mobile technologies have become extensions of our brains, always at hand to assist us in accessing information and providing feedback on the world around […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: face-to-face, social media, technology, trust

Klout, IQ and Reification – Why Trying To Measure Influence Is Dangerous

August 27, 2012 By Jeff Turner 18 Comments

“Klout matters to employers.” When I read that bold headline in Todd Bacile’s post,  Florida State University class using Klout to determine student grades, I had a visceral reaction. Why? First, because Klout really only matters to a very small percentage of employers in a niche of the business world, and second, because I wouldn’t […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Social Networking Tagged With: behavior, klout, science, social media, technology

Enabling User Generated Photo Galleries – SlideChute

March 28, 2012 By Jeff Turner 8 Comments

Add User-Generated Photos to Your Site This post is a test a new service/tool from the mind of Gregarious Narin and his team. It is called, SlideChute. The concept behind this tool, still in beta, is simple… it enables users in a community to upload photos to be included on a page or a post. It […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: apps, chute, iphone, Photos, technology

Should You Buy The New Lytro Camera? Probably Not.

March 23, 2012 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

I’m A Sucker For New Technology. Playing with a new gizmo brings me an incredible level of joy. This is true even if the technology proves itself not quiet ready for prime time. So I ordered the revolutionary Lytro, the first consumer focused plenoptic camera, also known as a light-field camera, without a single moment […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: camera, lytro, plenoptic, review, technology

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