Monthly Archives: August 2010

This Is Your Brain On Marketing

Do you sometimes meet people who claim that marketing doesn’t affect them? Introduce them to British illusionist Derren Brown, who tricks his friends by bombarding them with clever suggestions and wordplay, and his antics might change their tune. Derren Brown … Continue reading

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This Is Your Brain On Marketing

Do you sometimes meet people who claim that marketing doesn’t affect them? Introduce them to British illusionist Derren Brown, who tricks his friends by bombarding them with clever suggestions and wordplay, and his antics might change their tune. Derren Brown … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Product Search: 1991-2010

Though Pikis represent an interface to product search that you may not have seen before, you’ve encountered modern product recommendation if you’ve ever made a buying decision online (and almost everyone has). If you’ve browsed books on Amazon, rented a … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Product Search: 1991-2010

Though Pikis represent an interface to product search that you may not have seen before, you’ve encountered modern product recommendation if you’ve ever made a buying decision online (and almost everyone has). If you’ve browsed books on Amazon, rented a … Continue reading

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How Your Use Of A Piki Revolutionizes Shopping And Manufacturing

As Pikimal makes leaps and bounds towards a public launch, we’ve hired a statistician and bought a ridiculously expensive piece of software to achieve our vision for what takes place behind this clever interface. What vision is this? It is … Continue reading

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How Your Use Of A Piki Revolutionizes Shopping And Manufacturing

As Pikimal makes leaps and bounds towards a public launch, we’ve hired a statistician and bought a ridiculously expensive piece of software to achieve our vision for what takes place behind this clever interface. What vision is this? It is … Continue reading

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The math behind the Piki

We’ve talked previously about how the internet is a mess when it comes to researching products and choices, and also how people’s choices are influenced by the presentation.  To put it another way, the problems inherent in human decision-making have as much to … Continue reading

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