What Does Data Quality Technology Want?
During a recent Radiolab podcast, Kevin Kelly, author of the book What Technology Wants, used the analogy of how a…
Smart phones: Privacy being undermined (or ignored)
Disturbing report from Wall Street Journal explaining what private data is being passed when you are using various applications on…
Six Simple Survey Opportunities to Drive Engagement
There are endless opportunities to gather customer insight, feedback and strengthen relationships with your recipients – some of the most…
Information-Driven Business
The concept of information overload is permeating every business that I deal with. At the same time, the global…
Advanced Analytics: Recap of Forrester Twitter Chat and #FollowFriday
In our recent November Twitter wrap-up, we referenced James Kobielus’ TweetJam on advanced analytics, which occurred earlier this week. We…
Programming languages, ranked by popularity
In a presentation to the Chicago R User Group last night, Drew Conway used his new Infochimps package in R…
Reaction Times Do Make a Difference
Even though the winter solstice is days away for the Northern Hemisphere, many of us have already been hit hard…
What’s behind your Tree?
Considering the number of target customer selection projects I do, Direct Mails appear to be a very popular communication and…
Why Google Wave failed and Social Business Intelligence won’t
A few people have mentioned that the new collaborative features in Yellowfin have a stong Google Wave feel about them. …
Data Driven Journalism
Last night at the Bay Area UseR Group meeting, Peter Aldhous, San Francisco Bureau Chief of New Scientist Magazine, gave…