Author: Joan Carbonell
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Google Glass: Murder by night and with malice aforethought
Google has recently announced that it is discontinuing its Google Glass project. Those famous glasses that projected information onto the glass itself. And that had a camera to see and record what you were doing. It is not the first time I talk about this product. It was a good example of failed innovation. Especially…
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Clash of the Titans Over Artificial Intelligence
It seemed to be a lost battle. It’s been many years since Google came to dominate the world of search. It did something that, even after all the time that has passed, still seems incredible: It put the entire internet into a single search engine. And in doing so it blew up every other search…
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Two Deaths Foretold. Lessons Learned
It is often surprising how two very similar situations can end up with totally different outcomes. In this case the observer is the same. The difference in the user experience depends on how the provider acts. I have recently encountered two similar situations: two products that I use that are going to be discontinued. The…
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Digital Kit: Bureaucratizing Digitalization
It is striking that when searching for “Kit Digital” in Google, no ads appear for companies that offer services associated with these aids. Similarly, almost everything that appears on Twitter about #kitdigital is institutional advertising. There are very, very few companies that use that hashtag to advertise and get new projects. People are going to…
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Technophiles vs technophobes
What do we humans do the first time we have a conversation with an artificial intelligence that comes within our reach? I don’t think I’m the only one who, within two minutes, is already trying to get it wrong and put it on the spot and have a few laughs with friends by making a…
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“Run over” by an Artificial Intelligence
Just 2 weeks ago, I gave a talk on “digital skills” to university students. The basic objective was to make them understand that either you keep up with technology or you will get run over by it. And I actually gave quite a few examples on the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. There were many other…
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Social is becoming less and less social
Social is supposed to refer to relationships between humans. And social networks are the result of establishing such relationships. People connecting with people. Platforms that allow people to tell whatever is on their minds. And other people can read it, listen to it, see it. And give their opinion. With hearts, thumbs or, if you’re…
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On the Treasury, the Judiciary and the security of your business
I know this is not the first time I have spoken about this. And, probably and sadly, it will not be the last. News in the press these days: A hack through the judiciary steals data of half a million taxpayers from the Treasury. The Information Services speak of an unprecedented data leak that also…
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We ignore the abstract, but the concrete stings
There are concepts that are used and abused to a point where the mind stops seeing them. Like those ads that you ignore on the side of any website. One such concept is “digital transformation”. It’s not that it’s not important. It’s just that it sounds so abstract that it doesn’t do anything for us.…
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Don’t wait until you are in pain to ask for a diagnosis
It’s not common, but sometimes it happens. Still, it never ceases to amaze me when it does. It is normal for a computer system to have points for improvement. Many times, quite a few points of improvement. Some are even in the ICU. But I rarely come across a system where there is no obvious…