The Whizbang Weekly

  • Pomodoro and Productivity Tools – Why not more integration

    I have taken a short break from building my AI Bot due to work.  Sometimes priorities take over.  Which led me to wanting to make a quick note.  I have been using many productivity tools over the years: currently I use OmniFocus more than others.  I have tried Things 3, Todoist and other apps.  All…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Executive Guide to Cognitive Computing Part 5

    Recommended Strategic Planning and Considerations for Cognitive Computing Projects In order to proceed one must start to define the use case (business problem) and more importantly what is the question or questions that need to be answered.  As mentioned earlier cognitive computing is a new focus on knowledge or information automation vs. Process automation that…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Executive Guide to Cognitive Computing Part 4

    Five Dimensions that Cognitive Computing will evolve in Public Sector programs As Cognitive Systems get deployed into Public Sector programs they will continue to evolve over time due to the nature of algorithmic programming and natural language processing of information.  Cognitive systems are dependent upon a feedback loop and as such these dimensions will have…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Cognitive Computing in Public Sector

    Challenges to Cognitive Computing in Public Sector The challenge in today’s world of improving or innovating government programs is that we have a broad array of information and process automation to co-ordinate.   Another major challenge of being in a data driven world is that information can be wrong, false, incorrect, out of date or inaccessible. …

    Campbell Robertson

  • What is Cognitive Computing and Why Should Program Executive Care ?

    What makes up Cognitive Computing Cognitive Computing is comprised of three main functional areas.  Which are: natural language processing, machine learning and hypotheses testing.  All three functions of cognitive computing combine to provide greater flexibility.  This helps address a broader array of business problems in public sector. Business problems that could not have been solved earlier.  Natural…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Contextual Computing

    Campbell Robertson

  • Can new ECM technology ease the complexity of document declassification

      Hidden complexity in document declassification  The explosion in digital records has made declassification a challenge, but recent document-leak events, including WikiLeaks, have heightened the pressure to ensure that all government documents and records being considered for declassification are managed securely prior to release. Typically, only the agency that creates classified information can declassify it.…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Access to information under pressure

    In 2013, over 704,000 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests were submitted to the United States Federal government, and roughly 95,000 remained backlogged at the end of the 2013 fiscal year. According to FOIA.gov, many requests were answered in an incomplete form and were usually missing information. Almost half of those requests were considered incomplete…

    Campbell Robertson

  • Update and Observations May 2014

    I have been meeting with government and healthcare organizations over the past few months and it apparent that there is a general frustration with existing work based technology and applications.  I have discussed this earlier; that we are technically “rich” in our personal lives and technically “poor at work. ERP, HRMS and CRM systems that…

    Campbell Robertson