Standardizing Data Migration
In the motion picture industry, studios separate responsibilities for creating content from responsibilities for distributing content. The people who make…
Data Visualization: Why (1 of 2)
Between business requests and breathless vendors, I am getting caught up in the growing tide of interest in "data visualizations"…
CES Showcases Content Anywhere. Here’s a Real-World Reality Check.
So, I’m writing this blog on the 12th of January, 2010. Who knows, really, what day you’re actually reading it.…
Netflix zip-code data: How about political overlay?
I've been enjoying exploring this New York Times chart on Netflix rentals, zip code by zip code. The top rental…
Playing in Traffic
I am inspired by the article by David Fisher, Director of the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency, titled Performance Management…
On Holiday in Snowy Sheffield
I have a confession to make: I didn’t check my e-mail once between going on holiday on the 23rd December…
Bay Area User Group: R-Powered Web Apps
For those in the San Francisco area, tomorrow night's Bay Area R User Group meeting -- to be held at…
Disappointed for MySQL
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Like many I was disappointed, yet not surprised, that the EC formally logged their…
Hyper-local
The recent rumors around Google acquiring Yelp (which of course have subsequently fallen through) and my recent use of several…
Is 2010 The Year Asia Cuts the Apron Strings?
It has been many years since I last worked in China and a couple of recent announcements led me to…