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September 2006

MyHeritage.com: Facial Recognition & Geneology

by Pete Abilla on September 27, 2006

family history research

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Israeli startup, MyHeritage.com, has a really interesting facial recognition technology that is part of their Geneology, Family History, and Family Tree suite of products. Today, I decided to try it out to see how well it worked. First, I uploaded a picture of [...]

Compare & Contrast: Utah Venture Capital

by Pete Abilla on September 26, 2006

venture capital utah, private equity utah

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Curious about the local venture capital market in Utah, I decided to learn more about the two firms that I know a little about: Wasatch Venture Fund and VSpring Capital — I know some of the guys that work there. Wasatch Venture Fund [...]

Black Dolls, White Dolls

by Pete Abilla on September 25, 2006

white doll, black doll, experiment

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Since my wife and I will be adopting an African American baby, she and I have been learning about adoption, the “primal grieving” that some adoptees go through, and also about transracial issues, since I’m Filipino, my wife is White, and our kids [...]

Lean Consumption & Walk-in Clinics

by Pete Abilla on September 22, 2006

walk-in clinic at wal-mart, healthcare

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Wal-Mart and other retailers are opening clinics to capture the walk-in market. Bloomberg reports: To capture walk-in patients who will buy drugs and other merchandise, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Duane Reade Holdings Inc., CVS Corp. and Walgreen Co. are opening clinics mostly run by [...]

Information Technology at Toyota

by Pete Abilla on September 20, 2006

information technology at toyota

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Toyota is all about the customer. We hear a lot — and I’ve written a lot on this blog — about the Toyota Production System, anglicized in the United States as Lean, but we haven’t known much about the role of Information Technology [...]

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