We’ve rolled out a feature this week, probably the most significant feature of the HAT dashboard, both web and HAT iOS app. The SHE Feed….. Backtrack, what on Earth is SHE? SHE is the Smart HAT Engine. The part of your HAT that does computation and analytics. The part of your HAT that can analyse all your data privately with pre-trained analytics… Continue reading Me, Myself and AI
Sexual harassment is real, if there is a victim
Last night I was at a dinner and a lovely old gent in his 80s whom I respect dearly leaned over and asked me — what do I think of all this sexual harassment news — overhyped? real? He was genuinely concerned and interested. In his day, as he puts it, putting his hand on a woman’s knee to… Continue reading Sexual harassment is real, if there is a victim
Personal data as an asset class: creating a more valuable digital citizen
In my last 2 posts I talked about how the fight for privacy is a fight for scraps and what we really want to fight for is economic power by being more superior digital citizens with our own tech capability which we can have with HATs. This post talks about the data inside our HATs and why it’s… Continue reading Personal data as an asset class: creating a more valuable digital citizen
Provocation
The Royal Society/British Academy Report on Data Management and Use: Governance in the 21st Century Available here: https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/data-governance/ My response to the Royal Society/British Academy’s invitation to submit a provocation paper : “If you were Chair of a Stewardship Body, what would be your priorities, 1) short-term? 2) medium-term? 3) long-term?” I write in response to… Continue reading Provocation
The nation of the Internet (2): Stop fighting for privacy. Start fighting for economic power.
(Cont’d from The nation of the Internet part 1) The Internet is a rather strange nation, and quite different from what we are used to. For one, in this Internet nation where the digital persona is citizen, almost all Internet services are commercial, so the moment we step into the connected digital world we are… Continue reading The nation of the Internet (2): Stop fighting for privacy. Start fighting for economic power.
The nation of the Internet (1): the fight for privacy is a fight for scraps
The Internet has grown into a digital nation. Almost all of what we do offline, we are now doing online. We shop on Amazon, interact on an Apple/Android smartphone, search and browse on Google and socialise on Facebook/Whatsapp. Every nation need citizens. The Internet has created this too. Every time we get online, we generate… Continue reading The nation of the Internet (1): the fight for privacy is a fight for scraps
Making my HAT smarter – the next episode
With the 7 products in the HAT tech suite complete and in beta, (DataBuyer with conditions set to release end of the month), I do feel we now have reached a new normal, technology-wise. Looking back, we spent a good part of the time building the HAT so that it can store personal data… Continue reading Making my HAT smarter – the next episode
DataBuyer – the last of HATDeX tech suite, finally released
After a few months of building, I’m finally able to write about it. The HAT platform will be releasing its retail data-buying service – the DataBuyer – on beta tomorrow (currently viewable on test mode at databuyer.hubat.net). DataBuyer is built on DEX (the data exchange service), both are part of HATDeX suite of tech products and… Continue reading DataBuyer – the last of HATDeX tech suite, finally released
Today we begin the journey to change the Internet
Today we begin the scale up journey of the HAT platform. 110 people at the Shard, this time a rather different set of people. A third from investment capital firms, VCs, captains of industry, startups, government, charities and NGOs….. quite a different crowd from last year, when the HAT project was officially handed over to… Continue reading Today we begin the journey to change the Internet
Industrial Strategy: my comments
Innovation Caucus – Industrial Strategy Response: my contribution The Innovation Caucus (http://innovationcaucus.co.uk) will submit a response to the Industrial Strategy (see green paper here). As a member of the caucus, here is my contribution to their questions. Which challenge areas should the Industrial Challenge Strategy Fund focus on to drive maximum economic impact, and why?… Continue reading Industrial Strategy: my comments
Irene C L Ng 