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TwitPolls: Some Relevance for Enterprise Technologists

May 15, 2012 by Bob Gourley
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Since TwitPolls has already proven its ability to deliver value and since it is backed by a cadre with proven past performance in building things that scale, it is going to become a part of the fabric of the Internet. [read more]

Revealing Human Nature through Social Media Measurement

April 20, 2012 by Lawrence Ampofo
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This recently published article in Nature examined how memes and ideas behave on social media platforms, shedding light on the nature of human behaviour online. In it, the research team claimed that (on Twitter at least) the average online user engages with only a limited number of memes as certain ideas survive, indeed thrive, at the expense of others. [read more]

How BI and Data Analytics Gurus Used Twitter in February

March 8, 2012 by Brett Stupakevich
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The Predictive Analytics World Conference in San Francisco is in full force and it’s time for a Twitter wrap up of all that happened in the past month. If you want to follow the entire Twitter stream, just follow hashtag #pawcon. [read more]

An Analysis of A NASA Dbase Hack-and-Dump

February 8, 2012 by Bryan Halfpap
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Recently, some news of a NASA hack-and-dump passed my twitter deck. I decided after watching a few of my friends re-tweet the news that it might be worth checking out. At least I’d see if I could perform some password analysis on any dumped credentials, or even test out the new Crucialpoint Cloudera Hadoop password cracker on any leftover hashes. [read more]

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What are Advanced Segments in Google Analytics and Why Should You Use Them?

January 22, 2012 by Dominick Frasso
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Photo by David Huang via Flickr

Take the time to get familiar with Google Analytics Advanced Segments and create custom segments that makes sense for your web strategy. I promise you will find actionable data that ensures as a Web Analyst or a SEO, YOU won’t suck! [read more]

Social Media Roundup for January 13

January 13, 2012 by Maggie Fox
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This week Google implemented “Search plus Your World,” a bit of a controversial change to its searches – it integrates Google+ comments into standard searches. Google+ members or those just signed into Google will be able do a regular search of the web as well as their own Google+ network – circles, photos, posts and more. [read more]

Statistics Poetry by Geeks and Nerds

November 7, 2011 by Annie Pettit
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I couldn’t help myself. The creative juices started to flow and poetry spewed out of me like warm icing from pastry bag. And then, one poem let to another and another and the twittersphere united in poetry goodness. Do enjoy, then tweet your own poem about statistics, charts, or research methods. I’ll add it here. Enjoy! Follow @... [read more]

The Social Web as a Customer Support Channel

September 16, 2011 by Michael Fauscette
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"SaaS vendors have a high service level with their customers, of course, so having some public way to update status and maintenance downtimes, is essential. Using social channels for support isn't just limited to software vendors though. The concept of opening up social communication channels to reach customers "when, where and how" they choose, applies across a broad range of industries, BtoC and BtoB." [read more]

How Data Analytics and BI Pros Used Twitter in August

September 6, 2011 by Brett Stupakevich
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"It’s just what you need for your first day back at work after the three-day weekend – all the key Twitter happenings in data analytics and BI for the month of August. This month, we’re looking at the consumerization of collaborative BI, several awards and a new acronym for collaborative BI." [read more]

How Social BI and Data Analytics Professionals Used Twitter in January

February 4, 2011 by Brett Stupakevich
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Welcome to our monthly recap on data analytics and BI professionals on Twitter. This month we’re focusing on two good news sources, a doodler and Social BI / Mobile BI influencers. [read more]

Advanced Analytics: Recap of Forrester Twitter Chat and #FollowFriday

December 18, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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In our recent November Twitter wrap-up, we referenced James Kobielus’ TweetJam on advanced analytics, which occurred earlier this week. We thought we would do a #FollowFriday post on how this virtual event shook down. How to Follow the Entire Conversation View the transcript courtesy of “What the Hashtag” (connection is spotty at times... [read more]

How Data Analytics and BI Professionals Used Twitter in November

December 3, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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Each month we bring you highlights of what happened in the data analytics and business intelligence Twittersphere, along with some key people to follow. This month we have news from experts on how BI “hit the road,” a data mining founder and lots of buzz around social BI and mobile BI. Be sure to follow our list of data analytics and BI... [read more]

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Mining for consumer behavior in Tweets

November 5, 2010 by Themos Kalafatis
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In the previous post we discussed the first steps necessary to understand what consumers write in their Tweets regarding their recent visit to a shopping Mall. In this post we will see how from this information Marketeers are able to understand spending patterns, know what consumers liked about their visit to a shopping Mall and know... [read more]

How Data Analytics and BI Professionals Used Twitter In October

November 5, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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Last month, we started a monthly feature called How Data Analytics and BI Professionals Use Twitter. We covered the news, insight and data found on Twitter and who’s driving the business intelligence information. This month, we thought it would be valuable to share more “who to follow” Twitterers since it’s #FollowFriday and their... [read more]

How Data Analysts and BI Professionals Use Twitter

October 1, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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When most people think of data analytics and Twitter, they think of using analytics to understand the value of Twitter.  But to the data analytics or business intelligence professional “analytics and Twitter” means something entirely different: Twitter is a valuable, real-time source of information on the state of the analytics and... [read more]

Dilbert, Data Quality, Rabbits, and #FollowFriday

August 13, 2010 by Jim Harris
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For truly comic relief, there is perhaps no better resource than Scott Adams and the Dilbert comic strip.  Special thanks to Jill Wanless (aka @sheezaredhead) for tweeting this recent Dilbert comic strip, which perfectly complements one of the central themes of this blog post.   All data quality issues are caused by rabbits... [read more]