Phil Simon
Pedagogy and definitions around higher ed’s trendy new discipline are anything but consistent.
Category: Big Data
“To be able to see the details of variations in the market and the beginnings of political revolutions, to predict them, and even control them, is definitely a case of Promethean fire.”
—Sandy Pentland
Category: Big Data
The Beauty of Structured Data
When it comes to survey design, Stephen Covey is absolutely right.
Thoughts on Reaching 500 Google Scholar Citations
Reflections on achieving a professional milestone.
Why I Often Answer Analytics Students’ Questions With Questions
Thoughts on the Socratic method, critical thinking, and providing too much guidance.
Message Not Received: Chinese Version
Good news on book number seven.
The Case for Data Lakes
Data is more complicated than ever. One-stop shopping sounds pretty good.
Understanding Data Lakes
Thoughts on an increasingly popular way of storing information.
Why Analytics Today Are More Democratic
It’s no longer 1995.
The Relationship Between Infrastructure and Analytics
Think that the two are unrelated? Think again.
How Analytics Can Improve Collaboration
How can we improve things? Let me count the ways.