Year: 2009

Analyzing Twitter

Among the mainstream trends I have seen emerging it seems Twitter is…

Editor SDC
3 Min Read

Physicists, models, and the credit crisis, ctd.

Allen Engelhardt, physicist and former quant, provides a thoughtful response to my…

DavidMSmith
5 Min Read

Chrome Experiments: Online Data Visualization

Here are some nice data visualization methods elaborated in http://www.chromeexperiments.com/.I created one using…

Editor SDC
2 Min Read

Could There Be a Correlation Between Search Engine Queries Getting Longer and Blog Post Titles Getting Longer?

Frederic Lardinois opines: This is an interesting trend, and it could be…

ariherzog
2 Min Read

How to Simply Explain Twitter

“It is part text messaging and part blogging, with the ability to…

ariherzog
2 Min Read

Do you have obsessive-compulsive data quality (OCDQ)?

Obsessive-compulsive data quality (OCDQ) affects millions of people worldwide. The most common…

JimHarris
5 Min Read

Underestimating the tails

Collective wisdom about the location of Ground Zero for the credit crisis…

DavidMSmith
3 Min Read

Memo to Steve Ballmer: Just Ask Them!

Dina Bass from Bloomberg reports today that Steve Ballmer is talking smack…

Daniel Tunkelang
4 Min Read

The Down Economy and Data Integration

Vendors, writers and analysts are generating a lot of buzz about the…

SteveSarsfield
4 Min Read

A Proposal Regarding High Tech Immigrants to the US

The topic of H-1B visa's has always been a hot one.  In…

BobGourley
3 Min Read