A Little Too Literal (or, How to Teach Innovation)
Spoiler alert: It can’t be taught … What are you, somebody's lawyer? - Jim Dempsey, ca. 1984
The UI for which You Will Shave Your Head
Researchers from down under in Australia want to bring the user interface up on top -- the top of your head,…
Information-Driven Business: How to Manage Data and Information for Maximum Advantage
After submitting my final draft to Wiley at the end of last year, my wait is finally over! I have…
What does it mean to be an expert?
It’s an interesting question.In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the notion that one needs to have worked 10,000 hours at something…
Council to Counter Web Content Generators’ Growing Clout?
It’s not just job-threatened journalists who are worried about the rise of low cost content generators like Demand Media and…
The Idea of Order in Data
As I explained in my previous post, which used the existentialist philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre to explain the existence of…
Tablet PCs: The Coming Revolution
K-Mart recently announced that it is selling Android powered Tablet computer with 256MB of RAM (same as iPad), 2GB of…
Building the Business Case for Behavioral Targeting
It is often said that building (or proving) the business case for (site-side) behavioral targeting has been a lot harder…
Search with Slashtags: Taking Blekko Out for a Spin
If you’re a search engine junkie like me, you’ve probably heard about Blekko, a search engine that has been percolating…
