Book Reviews
Superbloom
A belated look at Nicholas Carr's timely new book.
Tag: Social Media
Posts on this topic examine how we connect with others over Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the like.
AI
Lessons From My Accounting System's Sudden Crash
A case study in how not to run a software company and the current limitations of AI.
AI
How Fancy Text Helps Me Identify Spam
Here's a simple way to weed out these bots and clowns.
AI
Power, Prestige TV, and Packages
The forces I describe in The Nine continue to collide. Get used to it.
Higher Education
Why I Have Never Visited My Rate My Professor Page
And why I never will.
Analytics
My Latest HBR Article on the Benefits of Friction
In an excerpt from my latest book, I describe how one company used analytics and Agile methods to largely solve a thorny problem.
Dataviz
Why I Barely Tweet Anymore
From ten times per day to ten times per month.
Big Data
Big Data and Hype: Where Are We Now?
Checking in on its current adoption.
Big Data
The Vast Data Sources of the IoT
Think that only human beings generate a boatload of data? Think again.
Communication
What I Learned Writing for Inc.
Lessons from my year as a scribe at an über-popular site.
Big Data
Why is Google resurrecting Plus? In a word, data.
The data wars are far from over.
Big Data
Why I Despise the Term 'Influencer'
The term implies that influence is a binary, not a continuum.
Big Data
Message to LinkedIn: This Is the 21st Century
Thoughts on the long-awaited fix to an anachronistic app.
Social Media
Contingency Planning
What are you doing to hedge your bets?
Social Media
The Foolishness of Relying on Social-Media Numbers
A little yarn about just looking at specious statistics.
Social Media
When Partners Break Bad: Lessons From the ADP-Zenefits Fiasco
Think that this can't happen to your company? Think again.
Book Reviews
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
A look at Jon Ronson's excellent new book.
Big Data
Facebook: The New King of Data Brokers?
Thoughts on the sale of user information.