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This is my continuing series on emerging technology trends and libraries. This week's trend is all about conversational systems. What is a Conversational System? For starters, there are a TON of names and related technology that goes along with … [Continue reading]
Facebook recently held a Facebook Community Boost event in Topeka, and I attended. It was an interesting day and a half of learning about using Facebook and Instagram for a business or organization. I mostly attended Instagram sessions, but also … [Continue reading]
One way I keep up with emerging trends is to actually try things out when I hear about them. Sometimes, that means creating an account in a new service. Sometimes it might mean buying something (an Amazon Echo is on my wish list). Here are 3 things … [Continue reading]
This is the 3rd post in my series about emerging trends and libraries. So far, I have covered the Internet of Things and Smart Machines. This time, we’ll kick smart machines up a notch and focus on Smart Cities. What's a Smart City? Here’s the … [Continue reading]
Last time, I covered the Internet of Things. Now it's time for Smart Machines. What's a "Smart Machine?" Here's a good definition, from TechTarget: A smart machine is a device embedded with machine-to-machine (M2M) and/or cognitive computing … [Continue reading]