Weekend warriors rejoice: sensors to improve your game
Yes, it’d be fair to say I have vacation on the brain. This week’s active info post: “Over the years, I’ve highlighted many interesting, and even oddball, usages of sensor technology, from cow...
View ArticleAmerican Idol and Twitter teach us about Elections — active information
In the strange but true category… “A paper in EPJ Data Science asserts that analysis of social networking data can be used to accurately predict societal events, such as election outcomes. The authors...
View ArticleManagement, change and big data — active information
In my most recent active information post, I highlight management implications of effective big data usage, as articulated in HBR article by McAfee and Brynjolfsson. An excerpt: As investment in data...
View ArticleData wants to flow — active information
Why, oh why, didn’t I come up this point: “Organizations that capitalize on big data stand apart [because] they pay attention to data flows as opposed to data stocks.” I highlight this concept, and the...
View ArticleGet data responsibility out of IT? Bad idea.
Recently, I dusted off my soapbox to respond to Thomas C. Redman’s post Get Responsibility for Data Out of IT: “As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data,...
View ArticleData analysis issue, or data collection issue?
The research explored in my latest active information post caught the attention of my inner retailer, figuring out why customers do the things they do: “…Sifting, cleansing and connecting disparate...
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