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Social media marketing for researchers: How to promote your publications and reach the right people

Social media marketing for researchers: How to promote your publications and reach the right people

Published by Joni on April 16, 2017

Today the Social Computing group at Qatar Computing Research Institute had the pleasure of listening to the presentation of Luis Fernandez Luque about social media marketing for researchers. Luis talked about how to promote your publications and personal brand, as well as how to reach the right people on social media with your research. Luis is one of the most…

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The balanced view algorithm

The balanced view algorithm

Published by Joni on April 16, 2017

I recently participated in a meeting of computer scientists where the topic was “fake news”. The implicit assumption was that “we will do this tool x that will show people what is false information, and they will become informed.” However, after the meeting I realized this might not be enough, and in fact be naïve thinking. It may not matter…

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The strategy algorithm

The strategy algorithm

Published by Joni on April 11, 2017

Introduction The purpose of the strategy algorithm is to present a simple, parsimonius, and proven method for successful creation of a corporate strategy. In corporations, the problems usually do not relate to lack of resources or options, but to complexity of having in fact too many choices. This can lead to illusion of superiority which is not a short-term problem…

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Using flow principles to introduce addiction to mobile or Web app

Using flow principles to introduce addiction to mobile or Web app

Published by Joni on April 7, 2017

Introduction Flow is a well-known concept in psychology, invented by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and published in 1975. It describes the state of losing yourself to a task; basically losing the sense of time and being just very immersed and focused on what you are doing. While many professionals (including myself!) would kill to have flow 100% of the time, because it…

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User feedback: A startup perspective
Startups! Are you using a ‘mean’ or an ‘outlier’ as a reference point?

Startups! Are you using a ‘mean’ or an ‘outlier’ as a reference point?

Published by Joni on March 30, 2017

Introduction This post is about startup thinking. In my dissertation about startup dilemmas [1], I argued that startups can exhibit what I call as ‘reference point bias’. My evidence was emerging from the failure narratives of startup founders, where they reported having experienced this condition. The reference point bias is a false analogy where the founder compares their startup with…

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Miten startupit voisivat oikeasti ratkoa ongelmia? Näkymättömän alaluokan merkitys

Published by Joni on March 30, 2017

Johdanto Luin mielenkiintoisen artikkelin: http://miter.mit.edu/the-unexotic-underclass/ Teesinä on, että startupit keskittyvät yhteiskunnan kannalta “vääriin” ongelmiin. Ne keskittyvät joko eliitin ongelmiin (korkeasti koulutetut kosmopoliitit) tai eksoottisiin kolmannen maailman ongelmiin, joihin usein luovat lumeratkaisuja kestävien ratkaisujen sijaan. Sen sijaan alemman keskiluokan ongelmat jätetään huomiotta: esim. työttömyys, uudelleenkouluttautuminen, sotaveteraanit (USA). Tätä kohderyhmää kuvataan näkymättömäksi “alaluokaksi”, koska startupeille he eivät ole olemassa. Miksi näin on? Kirjoitin…

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Experimenting with IBM Watson Personality Insights: How accurate is it?

Published by Joni on March 30, 2017

Introduction I ran an analysis with IBM Watson Personality Insights. It retrieved my tweets and analyzed their text content to describe me as a person. Doing so is easy – try it here: https://personality-insights-livedemo.mybluemix.net/ I’ll briefly discuss the accuracy of the findings in this post. TL;DR: The accuracy of IBM Watson is a split decision – some classifications seem to…

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