Big Data: Where the Opportunities Are!
I am often asked which industries offer the best potential for application of a Big Data solution and I have…
Data Visualization and BI Tools Selection
Data Visualization plays a very significant role in the world of Business Intelligence (BI). By efficiently identifying trends and patterns,…
R Script Creates a Map of Worldwide Email Traffic
The Washington Post reports that by analyzing more than 10 million emails sent through the Yahoo! Mail service in 2012,…
Big Data Analytics: The Four Pillars
Big data analytics is being offered as the key to addressing a wide array of management and operational needs across…
Animated Data Visualization
Animation for the sake of catching the viewer's eye without adding information can quickly become an annoyance. However, when used…
Stop Words for Social Media Analytics
Word Cloud is an important visualization technique in social media dashboards. In a glance, the stakeholder can see what their…
6 Innovative Dashboards
Dashboards can be dull. Four or six charts laid out in a grid. All data, no explanation or logical flow.…
R Script Tracks Bookies’ Favorites for the Next Pope
Tired of manually running a python script to scrape the latest bookmaker odds on the next Pope, R user AJ…
Tufte Shares Wisdom for Data Presenters
For a famous person, Edward Tufte is adept at avoiding the papparazzi. You probably know this iconic Tufte teaching picture.…
Social Data on Chinese Microblogs and the Oscars
The annual Oscar awards was once more the focus point of many social media platforms, especially evident in the US.…
