Making publication-ready tables with xtable
When you use R at the command-line, the textual output is limited by the medium: one monospaced font, with no…
Social Networking, Downtime, Speaking, and Farg
As an independent technology consultant, writer and now cartoon character, my schedule affords me more flexibility than most people. On…
Bing Maps Continues To Innovate
Take a moment to check out this video which shows some of the content that Blaise presented at TED today.…
Analytics at Work
Hot off the presses jumps Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results, the new book by Thomas Davenport, Jeanne G.…
Once Again: Unsubscribe Best Practices
Now that the holiday blitz has passed and email frequency has returned to some normalcy, eMarketers everywhere are sorting through…
Maybe you’re just not that into your data?
This Sunday is February 14—Valentine's Day—the annual celebration of enduring romance, where true love is publicly judged according to your…
Embracing Socialytics
Socialytics. I love this word – it perfectly captures what it is — analysis of social media. I’ve only heard…
Memo to Jaron Lanier: What about snow?
See that slight clearing in the sky above Manhattan? When I woke up yesterday in Montclair (NJ), the sky was…
And the winner of Superbowl XLIV is…Google
The winner of the advertising Superbowl that took place on Sunday, February 2, that is. This is not just my…
Google Buzz: Email is social Web–and getting more so
Reading about Google's new social network service, Buzz, on TechCrunch. Basically, it's like importing social networks into e-mail, that is,…
