2009 Retrospective
It's that time of year again, you know, the time to look back at the year and think about all…
Why the web economy will continue growing rapidly
Here’s the really good news for the Web economy over the next decade. Consumers are spending more and more time…
A Very Good Year
SmartData Collective began life in the fall of 2007, under the sponsorship of Teradata, joining the other “collaboration” sites that…
Early Indications December 2009: Yet Another Predictions Issue
In this last week of 2009, it's scary to think that it was a full ten years ago that the…
No Shortcuts: Invest in Learning – There’s no Free Lunch
In addition to the natural tendency to assume that you do not to ask for directions, i.e., training or knowledge…
What I’ve discovered about Twitter
Over the last weekend I noticed a Tweet from analyst colleague Esteban Kolsky (@ekolsky) about a interesting project. The idea,…
Blogs I Read: UXmatters
According to Wikipedia, user experience is “the overarching experience a person has as a result of their interactions with a…
Google in talks to acquire Yelp?
The rumors hit the street yesterday that Google is in talks to acquire Yelp. Google has made it no secret…
Anatomy of a bad search result
In a post last week, Paul Kedrosky noted his frustration when looking for a new dishwasher using Google. I thought it…
Want a new information superiority idea? Read an old book
Newspapers and blogs around the globe have been carrying an amazing story of technological arrogance and organizational ineptitude regarding security…
