Continuously Crossing Channels while Crossing the Continent
Oscar night and here I am blogging, did you see that Sandra Bullock? Was that couture or was that couture? …
The Surgeon, the Survey and Survival
Statistical analysis is a venerable approach in medical research. It is one way to find causes of conditions that are…
No Wait in Kuwait – But Some Weight
I am in Kuwait today and am completing a four week international seminar tour ending in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,…
Social business is not “just” about communicating better!
I heard this statement recently from an analyst, "social media for business is really just about communicating better". Huh? Traditional…
Predictive Analytics: 8 Things to Keep in Mind (Part 4)
Theme 4: Statistical techniques and tools are not likely to provide competitive advantage I read this interesting post from Sijin…
Understanding Social Personas
In which Jill reveals her secret. (Okay, one of her secrets.) There are some things that only a few good…
The influence of open source on general BI
Until recently, open source solutions were most popular within various developer communities but remained on the fringe of general business…
NoSQL overview for all us “SQL” folks
Brian Aker of MySQL fame gave a 10 minute lighting talk about about the NoSQL movement at the Nov 2009…
Your Movements Speak for Themselves: Space-Time Travel Data is Analytic Super-Food!
It doesn’t matter who you say you are! Where you are (space), when you’re there (time), and your movements over…
Google and Transparency
Let me preface this post with a clear disclaimer: I work at Google, but the views I express on this…
