[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on July 13, 2010 at 12:36 am #16899

It was a great night for Spain and those that worked hard to prepare the team for neutralizing Germany and controlling the Dutch Boys. During the World Cup it was great to watch Paul the Psychic Octopus predict winner after winner. Basically winning a coin toss 7 times in a row is not a reason to start believing in magic or super powers but it did make me think of what the future will hold in the

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KWright@topcoder.com on July 17, 2010 at 9:12 am #100266

For prediction 1) I would love to see training information with similar quality to clinical trails placed in data warehouses and exposed to the public through an API. Findings via independent analysis or research competitions could yield great insights. If professionals are getting useful information from the data, they are likely to contribute themselves creating a virtuous cycle. Everyone is the best at poker among their friends until they play on the internet, play the best in the world and get crushed. Hopefully expert analysis and guru advice can be put to a similar test in the public domain.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on July 17, 2010 at 9:29 am #100268

Prediction number 9-

A tufte compliant API will have live feeds of Six Sigma tools in a youtube like montage with Kanye West music.

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KWright@topcoder.com on July 17, 2010 at 9:37 am #100269

I deserved that, but take the marketing energy and $ and put it behind something useful. You will be surprised with what you can get when you open up a challenge to the masses.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on July 17, 2010 at 11:18 am #100270

Kevin,

I agree and my post was not in jest. If the fitness crowd was like the CS or IT community we wouldn’t have Tony Little!