Counteracting Our Obsession with Speed
In the quest to get as close as possible to the speed of light for faster decision making, it appears…
Cyber Summit 2012: Big Data, Small Presentations and Rock and Roll
Last week Cyber Summit 2012: Leading the Way in the Age of Big Data took place in Banff (October 1-3). Last week Cyber…
Do not make the biggest survey mistake!
Engaging, not boringS Engaging, not boringSurveys are supposed to provide organizations with information about the needs of their customers and…
Data Science: Equality at Last!
Despite the vast literature around Big Data, the “Data Agents of Change” are still a mysterious bunch. They are called…
A Fool and Their Data are Soon Parted
In Fear & Loathing in the Ad Technology Stack (3/8/11), TOTSB posted about the latent dangers of having a tag…
Style your R charts like the Economist, Tableau … or XKCD
As we noted last month, the new Themes feature in ggplot2 helps you customize the design of R charts to…
What Obama Didn’t Say About Big Data…
By now, I trust that many of you have read all there is to read about last night’s debate between…
TechAmerica Foundation Publishes Guide on Big Data for Governments
The TechAmerica Foundation is a non-profit (501c3), non-partisan resource and voice for the US technology industry. They have a tremendous…
Building Online Influence With Content Curation
Social media influence is measured by the quality of your content. But what if you can’t always come up with…
Predictive Analytic Strategies to Out-Predict the Competition
Predictive analytics is a method to study the past and, using a combination of sophisticated math and creative visual communication,…
