Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Data Scientists Encourage Hillary Clinton To Challenge Election Results

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-challenge-election-results_us_5834e3a6e4b000af95ed3a34

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The Time Of User Empathy

 User Experience Research on Web Tech Czar


A holistic methodology of becoming more empathetic toward users:
  • Execution
    • Produce
    • Evaluate
  • Understanding
    • Observe
    • Research
  • Immersion
    • Interview
    • Experience
  • Ideate
    • Prototype
    • Visualize
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesproductgroup/2016/11/11/the-time-of-user-empathy

More about User Experience research - http://www.webtechczar.com/small-business-assistance/customer-experience-the/ux-research

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Shared, Collaborative and On Demand: The New Digital Economy

"The sharing economy and on-demand services are weaving their way into the lives of (some) Americans, raising difficult issues around:

  • Jobs
  • Regulation 
  • Emergence of a new digital divide


http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/05/19/the-new-digital-economy/

Thursday, July 21, 2016

How Facebook Messenger clawed its way to 1 billion users

"Messenger joins Facebook, its acquisition WhatsApp and Google’s YouTube in the billion user mobile user club.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/20/one-billion-messengers

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Big Data, BigQuery

Manage big data with BigQuery and Google Sheets with a free quota, pay for only what you use after that quota.


Sunday, May 29, 2016

Podcast industry ranking for April 2016

Podcasting is a wonderful alternative to music or radio while traveling, walking, or chill'in at the house.

What are the top podcasts?



Monday, May 23, 2016

Why graph databases are so effective in analytics projects


Graph databases relative to relational databases.  Read on...
How are organizations putting graph databases to use?
"Financial services companies are using graph databases to assist them in discovering instances of both internal and external fraud," said Boyd. "In retail, companies are using the technology to help them with purchase recommendations for customers. In logistics, graph databases are being used to plan package routings — and in networking and IT, it is being used in root cause analysis."

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-graph-databases-are-so-effective-in-analytics-projects

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies From Using Analytics Service

Is privacy more important than a human life?
"the latest example of tension between Silicon Valley and the federal government over terrorism and privacy.
Dataminr says it first notified clients about the March attacks in Brussels 10 minutes ahead of news media.
PHOTO: GEERT VANDEN/ZUMA PRESS

http://www.wsj.com/article_email/twitter-bars-intelligence-agencies-from-using-analytics-service-1462751682-lMyQjAxMTE2MzAwOTUwNzkzWj

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Facebook Isn't Just Social Networking; But A Well-Tuned Analytic Wheel of Tools

The wonderful past and current Facebook products:

  • Messenger
  • WhatsApp
  • Instragram

The future technologies:
  • Connectivity
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  • VR / AR (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality)




Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Social Media Trends: Is it Time for Brands to Retire the Hashtag?

"... research shows that including a hashtag in a Tweet distracts people from doing what a marketer actually wants, like visiting a website or installing an app. A Tweet that doesn’t include a hashtag or @ mentions will generate 23 percent more clicks, Re/code reports. The extra distraction hurts, not helps, social media marketers.
Hashtags use in Super Bowl Ads

http://www.skyword.com/contentstandard/news/social-media-trends-is-it-time-for-brands-to-retire-the-hashtag/

Friday, April 1, 2016

Digital Audience Numbers of Social Media Tools

Facebook really does rule the internet!  Here are the supporting charts:

18-34 years old, #minutes / month



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35+ years old, #minutes / month




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-comscore-charts_us_56fc0149e4b083f5c60651c4?jud381xwgrzmvaemi&

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Big Data Is Here, Get Used To It

Agreed - start off 'small' with 'big' data!

“Big data is a collection of data from traditional and digital sources inside and outside your company that represents a source for ongoing discovery and analysis”


http://www.socialmediatoday.com/technology-data/big-data-here-get-used-it 

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Monday, January 18, 2016

21 Amazing Facebook Facts You Didn’t Know

Fact - mobile advertising significantly continues to grow as more consumers utilize mobile devices.

" In 2015, Facebook boasted 22% of WORLDWIDE mobile Internet advertising revenue.That means almost one-quarter of all advertising revenue generated from mobile Internet ads in a single year went to Facebook. (source)


http://www.business2community.com/facebook/21-amazing-facebook-facts-didnt-know-01427915