Platforms
Understanding Contemporary Platforms
How they differ from traditional technology marketplaces like eBay or Craigslist.
Tag: Facebook/Meta
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants about Zuck's disturbing company.
Analytics
The Myth of the Big Data Switch
People who believe in immediate returns are sorely mistaken.
Platforms
Proprietary APIs: A New Tool in the Age of the Platform
A new arrow in the quiver.
Big Data
Facebook: The New King of Data Brokers?
Thoughts on the sale of user information.
Big Data
Big Data and Privacy: Have We Reached a Turning Point?
Maybe Zuck was wrong after all.
Big Data
Book Review: Dataclysm
Thoughts on Christian Rudder's text. Two words: Buy it.
Analytics
To Store or Not to Store
Strategy without execution is meaningless.
Analytics
Thwart the Trackers
Easily control who sees what you do online.
Platforms
The Invisible Cloud
Thoughts on the continued evolution of cloud computing.
Social Media
Fleas, Dogs, and Why I'm Sticking With LinkedIn
Thoughts on Freemium and onerous terms of service.
Platforms
Evernote's Platform Struggles
As the company is learning, building a platform is much easier said than done.
Big Data
Big Data and Cloud Computing: Not Just for Big Companies
Some thoughts on two of my favorite subjects.
Big Data
Visualizing a Viral Facebook Photo
An interesting way to look at a photo blowing up.
Platforms
Thoughts on Ballmer, the Consumerization of IT, and Platforms
Complaining seems to be a tell-tale sign that you're facing irrelevance.
Interviews
Tech Cocktail Week Interview
A talk about writing, my books, and whether it's better to work for a small company.
Big Data
On Big Data, Privacy, and Transparency
When you can't get away from the very thing that it ought to be getting away from.
Faves
Maybe I Am a Social Media Expert
Reevaluating a term that I truly despise.
Platforms
On Android and Frenemies
Has Google inadvertently empowered its rivals–and created new ones?