How the Numerati are killing baseball
An Utley homer: The computer probably called for the pitch 3 inches to the right. Optimization may be terrific for…
A free book on Geostatistical Mapping with R
Tomislav Hengl of the University of Amsterdam has published new book, A Practical Guide to Geostatistical Mapping. It's jam-packed with 291…
Stupid Executives Should Be Fired !
April 1, 2010 A potential risk is lurking for opportunistic organizations losing sales. That is, there is a danger for…
LinkedIn Says Bye Bye to Market Researchers
Is the market research industry really interested in next gen innovation and quality? For those of you who haven’t heard…
A broad look at Klipfolio’s v5.4 release and operational dashboards
Klipfolio announced their v5.4 release of Klipfolio Dashboard today – a desktop dashboard focused on providing operational Key Performance Indicators…
Advanced Analytics
A major item organizations grapple with is the concept of advanced analytics. They want it, but have little idea how…
The AlloSphere
It's been blogged about before but I can't resist repeating it. A TED talk from a year ago that is…
Basking in a dashboard’s warm glow
When some people look at dashboards, they want to see patterns but not reasons. “They don’t want to read the…
Looking at Trees to Understand the Forest
David Simon (of The Wire fame) has sucked me into another brilliant television series with Generation Kill. It is the story of…
Mundaneum: the proto Web
Here's a fun and interesting piece from Triplecanopy about Paul Otlet, the Belgian information scientist who attempted to build an…