Book Review: Googled by Ken Auletta
Midway through Ken Auletta’s Googled: The End of the World As We Know It, I found myself fascinated reading about…
The Now Economy
Welcome to the now economy! What does that mean? It means customers want relevant, up-to-date information and a clear understanding…
The World’s Weirdest Group Hug: U2, Big Pharma, Broadband Cable Providers, Youtube & Me!
I live in Pasadena, a sunny Southern California city known for hosting the annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade, and…
Are people more willing to pay for digital goods on mobile devices?
Mary Meeker’s presentation this year on Internet trends was all about mobile. Inasmuch as data-heavy research report from a major…
Don’t do list for 2010
This time of the year everyone is thinking about a fresh start. On my recent vacation I wrote 2009 in…
2009 Retrospective
It's that time of year again, you know, the time to look back at the year and think about all…
Why the web economy will continue growing rapidly
Here’s the really good news for the Web economy over the next decade. Consumers are spending more and more time…
A Very Good Year
SmartData Collective began life in the fall of 2007, under the sponsorship of Teradata, joining the other “collaboration” sites that…
Early Indications December 2009: Yet Another Predictions Issue
In this last week of 2009, it's scary to think that it was a full ten years ago that the…
BI Reports, Data Quality, and the Dreaded Design Review
One of many discussions I heard over Thanksgiving turkey was, “How could the government have let the financial crisis happen?”…