Researchers mine millions of metaphors through computer-based techniques
This technique developed at Stanford University is going to revolutionized text searching. The 'proximity-searching machine-learning" technique have potential applications in…
Winter of 1933 and a Story About My Second Favorite Carpenter in History
When Business is Slow, Some of Us Do Our Most Interesting Work - What I learned about the winter of…
In dead bird vs. flow chart, bird wins
So many BI flow charts resemble the view out my hotel window in Las Vegas on the rooftop just below:…
SAS: Great Revenues in a Bad Economy
Jim Goodnight, the CEO of SAS, is happy. Not only did Gartner rank his company as a leader in the…
Declining Business Intelligence Jobs in 2009?
For some time now, I have used Monster job searches to gauge demand for Business Intelligence technologies. What I failed…
Data Mining Research Updated
I’m happy to inform you that Data Mining Research (www.dataminingblog.com) is updated! The blog is now on Wordpress and self-hosted…
Back from TDWI
Last week I attended TDWI in Las Vegas. Normally, by talking to people at conferences such as TDWI, I encounter…
Alternative Dashboards?
After a previous post on early cardboard dashboards, I was offered some alternatives by my Twitter-mates (@timoelliott). Enjoy! Barry (@meneerharmsen):…
Highlights from Berkshire Hathaway’s 2008 Letter to Shareholders
Berkshire Hathaway released Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders on Friday (Feb 27), you can find it here:It's a fascinating…
Here’s how to build on Business Analytics
As I blogged earlier, at the SAS Global Forum this week some SAS speakers drew a distinction between Business Intelligence…
