Analytics
My Most Popular Posts From 2014
A look at the data from the past year.
Phil Simon
Phil Simon is probably the world's leading independent expert on workplace collaboration and tech. He is a frequent keynote speaker and the award-winning author of 14 books, most recently The Nine.
Analytics
Where Platforms and Big Data Collide
Looking at two of the most important concepts in business today.
Communication
Complacency and Communication
A great deal of one leads to a lack of the other.
Analytics
Building a Platform: Big Data Considerations
Organizations that embrace data and analysis will do far better than those that don't.
Big Data
How Platforms Lead to Big Data
The most successful companies today realize that data is critical to their success.
Platforms
Understanding Contemporary Platforms
How they differ from traditional technology marketplaces like eBay or Craigslist.
Big Data
Data-Based Design: Ignore at Your Own Peril
Highly technical design is becoming more data-driven, faster, and smarter.
Communication
Twitter's New Message: Not Received
Thoughts on the company's 220 characters of pure nonsense.
Technology
Crowdsourcing Healthcare
Let's hope that collaboration and innovation like this increasingly become the rule in healthcare.
Big Data
The Case Against a Data Center of Excellence
Thoughts on a centralized group of data experts.
Big Data
Dataviz, Design, and the Smaller Screen
With less real estate, simplicity has never been more important.
Book Reviews
The Glass Cage
A look at Nick Carr's new book on automation.
Communication
Curing My E-mail Addiction: The Revelation
Recounting the exact time that I realized I had a problem.
Analytics
The Myth of the Big Data Switch
People who believe in immediate returns are sorely mistaken.
Communication
Has E-Mail Peaked?
An excerpt from Message Not Received.
Communication
Thoughts on Simpler Business Language
In search of a different and better professional world.
Platforms
Proprietary APIs: A New Tool in the Age of the Platform
A new arrow in the quiver.
Communication
Early Thoughts on Google Inbox
Is the squeeze worth the juice?
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