Industry Analyst Art or Fiction: Questionable Technology Predictions
I recently wrote about how technology vendors attempt to skew analysts’ and influencers’ research from the edit and review cycles controlled in…
Data Science: Equality at Last!
Despite the vast literature around Big Data, the “Data Agents of Change” are still a mysterious bunch. They are called…
Industry Exposé: Technology Vendors Skew Analysts and Influencers
In my more than a decade of writing on the trends and direction of the technology industry, occasionally I have…
A Fool and Their Data are Soon Parted
In Fear & Loathing in the Ad Technology Stack (3/8/11), TOTSB posted about the latent dangers of having a tag…
Today’s Biggest Success Tip: Predictive Analytics Using Big Data
Are you looking to change your life? Are you looking to change your life? If you answered "Absolutely!" then prepare…
Style your R charts like the Economist, Tableau … or XKCD
As we noted last month, the new Themes feature in ggplot2 helps you customize the design of R charts to…
Lessons From Our Cyber Past: History of Cyber Intelligence
By AlexOlesker By AlexOleskerOn Thursday, September 27, the Atlantic Council hosted a stand-out panel discussion on the history of all-source cyber…
What Obama Didn’t Say About Big Data…
By now, I trust that many of you have read all there is to read about last night’s debate between…
TechAmerica Foundation Publishes Guide on Big Data for Governments
The TechAmerica Foundation is a non-profit (501c3), non-partisan resource and voice for the US technology industry. They have a tremendous…
Tips on Accessing Data from Various Sources with R
Jeffrey Breen (the man behind the Twitter airline sentiment analysis example) recently posted a collection of slides with some great…