Category: Social Media

“Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society; they are a challenge to it.”

―Clay Shirky,

Category: Social Media

Why I Have Never Visited My Rate My Professor Page

Jun 27, 2018 | Higher Education, Social Media

And why I never will.

My Latest HBR Article on the Benefits of Friction

May 11, 2018 | Analytics, Dataviz, Social Media

In an excerpt from my latest book, I describe how one company used analytics and Agile methods to largely solve a thorny problem.

Big Data and Hype: Where Are We Now?

Dec 6, 2016 | Big Data, Social Media

Checking in on its current adoption.

The Vast Data Sources of the IoT

Jun 1, 2016 | Big Data, Social Media, Trends

Think that only human beings generate a boatload of data? Think again.

What I Learned Writing for Inc.

Apr 25, 2016 | Communication, Social Media

Lessons from my year as a scribe at an über-popular site.

Why is Google resurrecting Plus? In a word, data.

Nov 18, 2015 | Big Data, Social Media

The data wars are far from over.

Why I Despise the Term ‘Influencer’

Nov 16, 2015 | Big Data, Communication, Social Media

The term implies that influence is a binary, not a continuum.

Message to LinkedIn: This Is the 21st Century

Oct 14, 2015 | Big Data, Social Media

Thoughts on the long-awaited fix to an anachronistic app.

Contingency Planning

Sep 21, 2015 | Social Media, Technology

What are you doing to hedge your bets?