Data is still the new currency. A few years ago I wrote a blog post about Open Networks and how that impacted the companies that produced consumer generated content (CGC)….
Open Networks & the Global Data Supply Chain
Data is the new currency. More and more, companies are turning their attention to creating new ways to generate consumer generated content (CGC). If you are successful, you can increase…
What is business intelligence? Ambiguous interpretations.
So many of our business goals are driven by data. In the digital world, we have a seemingly unending supply of people, tools and services dedicated to “business intelligence”. So,…
Analytic Dashboards: User Experience and Cues
A great dashboard creates more questions than it answers. It pushes business decisions into new directions and helps to validate previous work. So, what makes a good user experience when…
Analytic Dashboards: When to use a scatterplot.
I get many questions about how and when to use certain types of visualizations. Scatterplots are a unique and powerful tool to visualize data and when used correctly, can identify…
Which social platforms drive the most sales? (Source: Shopify)
Interesting thing to note is segmentation and how the categories of posts drive specific conversion rates among the channel sources. Full post: http://www.shopify.com/infographics/social-commerce
From Source to Supplier: Twitter monetizing it’s data stream.
Late Friday night, DataSift announced that Twitter would not be renewing its contract with them. This is not surprising. But it does set a series of events in motion that…
Semantic Color Choices For Visualizations
Semantic. What does that mean? With regards to technology, when something is semantic it describes or identifies itself. When you are talking code, a tag may describe itself, such as…
A new era of intelligent, lightweight ‘dashboards’
Dashboard development has become novel in the last 5 years. Everyone has a dashboard that is branded “easy”, “intuitive” or “custom”. I have interactions with clients and the number one…
How different are lyrics today than 30 years ago? A wordcloud.
So i had a thought. How different are song lyrics today from days gone by. I love the 80’s. I think the movies, the music and everything except the clothes…