Data Mining and Terrorism… Counterpoint
In a recent posting to this Web log (Data Mining and Privacy...again, Jan-04-2010), Dean Abbott made several points regarding the…
Tomorrow’s smartest way to pay
Credit cards used to be branded as the high-flyer’s way to pay, partly because they originally targeted the business jet…
Could Data Governance Help the War on Terror?
In which Jill wags her finger at the silos—ours, theirs, and yours. “Our intelligence community failed to connect those dots,…
What’s ahead for market research in 2010?
Looking back over the last year in market research offers an opportunity to consider just which transformations, new ideas, industry…
Mathematics of an insurgency
Here's a seven-minute TED talk by Sean Gourley, a physicist, on a data analysis of the Iraq war. As Matthew…
Data Mining and Privacy…again
A google search tonight on "data mining" referred to the latest DHS Privacy Office 2009 Data Mining Report to Congress.…
Next Gen Market Research Analytics 2010 and Beyond
Later this week I will be posting the report from the survey conducted among n=855 members of the Next Gen…
Are you thinking through system improvements after the Xmas Terror Attack?
Information Technology in the federal enterprise does not work like it does in Hollywood. Although there are plenty of…
Anti-terror software glitches?
As I was researching my book, Jeff Jonas described for me how a government data failure preceded the 9-11 attacks.…
Building a Knowledge Hub
The web is a huge source of information. It stores facts, thoughts, feelings and intentions of people. It also records…