The Foolishness of Relying on Social-Media Numbers
A little yarn about just looking at specious statistics.
Tag: Rants
On Visualizing Data and Laziness
There’s just no excuse today for making customers hunt and peck to find relevant information.
Advice to Startups: Stop Using the Word ‘Platform.’ Please.
Why simplicity and questions are far better stratagems.
Communication Failures at the Collision Conference
It’s obvious that most technology professionals have a long ways to go.
Arrogance vs. Ignorance
Thoughts on which is worse.
Using Basic Data to Foil Tax Scammers
Thoughts on how little the IRS knows about Data 101.
Fleas, Dogs, and Why I’m Sticking with LinkedIn
Thoughts on Freemium and onerous terms of service.
Maybe I Am a Social Media Expert
Reevaluating a term that I truly despise.
The World of No
Are all “no’s” created equal?
The Case for Indifference
Why having big ears isn’t always a good thing.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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