Technology - productOps Blog

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence - Part 2: AI Winters and Expert Systems

There was a lot of hype and inflated expectations as to what expert systems could achieve which led to a lot of investments and new companies formed. Eventually, the promise was underwhelming compared to the hype.

Technology

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Part 1: Beginnings

Why is there such interest in AI and how is it really impacting our life? In this series, I want to present a more optimistic view of AI that could benefit us rather than destroy us.

Case Study

Building A Smart City Platform

Simply, the LOUD solution improves the quality of life of its citizens. It helps local companies reduce the number of noise violations, city management the ability to make data driven plans for the future, and consumers the power to make more informed choices based on a city’s noise profile.

Technology

Growing Up With Alexa. Are We There Yet?

Alexa needs to gain our trust, in the accuracy of her responses and her use of our private information. She needs to know us. And in order for her to mature, she will need to know herself.

Technology

The next AI winter is coming, and that’s great

AI is hitting a wall because it has to. The boom was never going to deliver all the goods that were promised. And this is because AI is about the most difficult technical problem there is.

Technology

AR You Ready for the Future? Part 1: Getting Started with ARKit on iOS

We at productOps are using augmented reality as a means of elevating mobile apps from the informative to the experiential. This blog provides a quick glance at ARKit, its engaging features, impressive visuals, and widely applicable toolkit.

Events

Reaching Into The Future With Experience Design

Kuniavsky’s presentation reinforced for me the fundamental importance of this aspect of the research/discovery phase, and the importance of getting out of the day to day of design work and sharing ideas with like minded creatives in a public forum.

Agile

The Comedy of Agile

What does improv comedy have to do with agile development? Far more than you might think… Alex Lamb joined productOps in 2017 and specializes in software design, architecture and development with an emphasis