The Future of Email is Social
I was recently approached by IBM to me write a white paper discussing the future of email.
Analytics Projects Are Like Skiing Through Moguls?
View this video to see why analytics and business intelligence projects can be like skiing through a mogul field! (fast…
Unlocking the Potential of ‘Big Data’ in the Market Research industry
Companies who wish to unlock the potential of ‘big data’ are eyeing up opportunities in areas such as market research,…
Predictive Policing with Big Data
Police Departments nationwide have been using data and statistics to drive policing since the 90s in an approach founded by…
Target, Pregnancy, and Predictive Analytics, Part II
This is part II of my thoughts on the New York Times article "How Companies Learn Your Secrets".
The Uncanny Valley of Big Data
Three articles in recent weeks have touched on an important issue related to Big Data and predictive analytics: sometimes, the…
Data Discovery Tools Are Pitch-Perfect for Pro-Ams
I recently read Seth Godin’s We All Are Weird, a book about marketing and the way society is changing. Being…
How the Consumerization of Data Leads to Additional Quality of Life Improvements
In the third post of our series about how people everywhere can use data and tools to make the world…
What Lessons Can IT and Analysts Learn from the Cinema Industry?
With the upcoming motion picture Academy Awards on February 26, this made me think about lessons and observations about what…
Analyzing Enterprise Text? Don’t Use Sentiment Out of Context
Broadly Applied Sentiment Analysis May Lead to Unrequited Love Enterprise text is similar to social media data in that in…