We live in an era in which it's not terribly difficult for companies to ape many of their competitors' products and services, especially digital ones. For relatively small amounts of money (compared to years past), an organization can more or less mimic another's raison d'être and even specific functionality. As for design,
We have entered the era of big data, but many questions remain unanswered. For instance, who owns all of this information, anyway? If you take a photo and post it on Facebook or Twitter, does it still belong to you? If you create a presentation with Google Docs, does Google
"Most” organizations are embracing big data. For instance, a 2013 Gartner survey found that 64 percent of enterprises were deploying or planning big data projects, up from 58% the year before. Those numbers simply don't fit with what I’m seeing, and I suspect that I'm hardly alone. (By way of
Upselling isn't exactly a new creation of capitalism. Whether it's extended warranties at Best Buy or your credit card company offering you some type of enhanced protection when you dial the call center to investigate a charge, most of us have had the experience at one time or another. Consider
Every week, it seems, I overhear someone at my gym talking about another fad diet. Cabbage-this or berry-that is supposed to magically make the pounds disappear. Perhaps there are legitimate success stories with these diets. Still, it doesn't take a nutritionist or personal trainer to realize that, for the most part, losing
As I write these words, AMC is gearing up for the final eight episodes of its award-winning show Breaking Bad. In the press leading up to the premiere, show creator Vince Gilligan has been giving plenty of interviews while concurrently keeping a lid on how the show ends. Gilligan has
While we're hearing more and more about the term, Big Data didn't happen overnight. The data deluge could not have happened without the following taking place:
@philsimon on the buying and selling of information.
@philsimon on future data storage needs.
@philsimon on innovation from a very unlikely source.
