How to spend less time on Twitter and get more work done
If you are interested in using Twitter, can’t spend too much time and often wonder “Now What” after sending an…
A business intelligence parable
Once upon a time there were two technology companies, both operating in the Corporate On-Line Analysis market. On was called…
Create animated graphics with R
In a post last week, I wondered whether it was possible to create animated data charts with R. I think…
#4: Here’s a thought…
An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on SmartData Collective reveals the following nuggets:The future is now…
Speed up backtesting with parallel computing
The video from last month's high-performance backtesting webinar is now available for replay. It's well worth checking out, especially for…
Tweets, Viruses and Bubbles
Twitter seems to have some design flaws which may be the result of its developers not thinking enough about security…
Why it’s a Good Thing That Google’s Data Fetish Drove Away Its Top Designer
Full disclosure: I am long Google.Here are a few of the headlines regarding Doug Bowman’s departure from Google:Google’s Data Fetish…
Stuck in First Gear
Big investments were made in recent years in IT. IBM, Oracle/Siebel and SAP lead the market and were successful not…
Do We Really Need More Data?
Stephen Few had another of his great posts on his Visual Business Intelligence blog - Do We Really Need More…
