TechCrunch Trends launches, uses R
Dan Levine, Research Analyst at TechCrunch, has just launched TechCrunch Trends. The idea is to provide analysis of the CrunchBase…
Accidental iPhone BI
I admit it -- I converted to Apple. It started with an accidental iPhone purchase. I never intended to buy…
Indicators & KPIs
In a recent Wired magazine article “American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins” (the original was in the Las Vegas…
Total Immersion
We’ve all heard the old adage that to learn a language you have to completely immerse yourself; the same is…
RightNow to acquire Social Software Platform Vendor HiveLive
Today SaaS CRM vendor RightNow announced its intent to acquire HiveLive, a full featured social software platform for ~$6M in…
Top 10 Cloud Computing Vendors
I came across an interesting article discussing and analysing cloud computing vendors. I was interested to see that the top…
Fantasy League Data Quality
For over 25 years, I have been playing fantasy league baseball and football. For those readers who are not familiar…
Machine Learning in R, in a nutshell
Josh Reich has created a concise R script demonstrating various machine-learning techniques in R with simple, self-contained examples. For example,…
Metrics and Numbers You Should Know if You Want to Measure Social Media ROI
In a previous post I talked the importance of understanding that ROI is not only about a financial return but…
Integrating customer preferences
I was talking to an interesting company today – TOA Technologies (review tomorrow) – and as we were talking we…
