Design Goals for Developing Distributed Applications
In my last post (Wide open spaces) we discussed the elegance of using space based architecture platforms based on their…
The Case Against Triage
In an episode of the popular American TV show ER, an alcoholic patient with political connections is moved to the…
Data Darwinism: Market Driven Data Quality
Just trying a little contrarian thought this week … Have you ever noticed how much time and energy goes in…
Is Watson less efficient than a human?
When it comes to computing efficiency, humans beings blow Watson away. As Jonah Lehrer points out, the human brain requires…
Dear Watson: What is life?
Scouring Twitter for Watson stuff, I just came across some deep questions for the machine from @larrylugo, such as:
Good Data: The CFO’s Ultimate Challenge
Consistent, correct data. That doesn’t sound too complicated, does it?
A Judgement of Watson: Mathematics Wins!
Tom Davenport argues in this HBR article Why I'm Pulling for Watson - Tom Davenport - Harvard Business Review that
Data Analysis Using Relationship Graphs
There are four key data visualization techniques used by data analysis pros in the government and local law enforcement. As…
Data Mining Fundamentals: Khabaza’s 9 Laws of Data Mining
Once, the term “data mining” was only used to describe a specific new culture of business people using innovative methods…
Sensemaking on Streams – My G2 Skunk Works Project: Privacy by Design (PbD)
Over the last twenty-eight months I have been quietly running a skunk works effort that I’ve code named “G2.” To…
