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Monday, June 16, 2014
Analytics that improve your game
Got game? Analytics can help you get it, whether your sport is tennis, golf, or baseball. The trick is tracking your swing. Read more here.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Location, location, location moves to the cloud
Location, location, location. That's the answer always offered for the three key components of real estate.
When it comes to managing information on the business end, the same formula for success calls for a SaaS solution that allows information from all other sources -- lead generation, CRM, website activity, and mobile apps -- to come together to yield optimum insight and predictive analytics.
Read more in
Case Study: SaaS for Home Sales
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
From the army to the big city, 3D printing can be a real game changer
3D printing has great practical potential for the supply chain, as shown by the US army. Jerry Castanos saw its military application on his tour of duty in Afghanistan. That inspired him to open his own 3D printing business in New York City, 3D Heights, which offers 3D printers, related accessories, and lessons in using them. His goal is to be "the first" successful 3D printing retail store in the city. I spoke to about the confluence of his army experience with supply chain management and the uses for 3D printing.
Read more in
Car with 3D printed metal body photographed by Ariella Brown at the Javits Center |
Read more in
Army to Big City: 3D Printing Reshapes the Supply Chain
A soft sell for sensors
Wearables go where no devices have gone before when designed to fit wherever one wants them on the body. Fitting the device to the body, rather than the body to the
device: that’s what defines the technology developed by MC10. This privately held company partners with
well-known brands, like Reebok, to bring its technology into the consumer space.
I spoke with Elyse Winer, Manager of Marketing &
Communications at MC10 about the company’s innovative products. Read about it in A Soft Sell for Sensors
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
How to manage editors, Russell Baker style
In Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!
(p.129), Rebecca Eaton includes a facsimile of a note on New York Times stationery that Russell Baker wrote to her regarding his scripts for introducing Masterpiece Theatre on January 10, 1997.
It says:
(p.129), Rebecca Eaton includes a facsimile of a note on New York Times stationery that Russell Baker wrote to her regarding his scripts for introducing Masterpiece Theatre on January 10, 1997.
It says:
Dear Rebecca _[Note: Baker didn't use the Oxford comma, so there's something for those who oppose it to point to.]
These can be cut, sliced, pared, slashed, canned, pruned, trimmed, condensed, abridged, curtailed or sheared, if you want me never to speak to you again.
Yrs
Russell
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
The quantified swoon, or how readers fall for Mr. Darcy
Personally, I've never had a crush on Mr. Darcy -- in book or film form. But I see I'm very much in the minority here. You just can't argue with data.
I wrote about the kind of data Oyster Books and similar services pick up on their readers a little while back in Reading & Being Read by E-Books
Now Oyster is sharing its data to track readers' fascination with Mr. Darcy. Here's the infographic that was shared by Huffington Post:
I wrote about the kind of data Oyster Books and similar services pick up on their readers a little while back in Reading & Being Read by E-Books
Now Oyster is sharing its data to track readers' fascination with Mr. Darcy. Here's the infographic that was shared by Huffington Post:
Related posts: http://uncommoncontent.blogspot.com/2013/06/jane-austens-heroines-from-extroverted.html
Friday, April 11, 2014
When seconds can mean the difference between life and death
MARVLIS presents geographic and EMS call data plotted on a map |
n emergency situations, response time can make the difference between life and death.
Since it deployed the Mobile Area Routing and Vehicle Location Information System (MARVLIS) in 2008, Jersey City Medical Center EMS says it has better-than-average response times and markedly improved survival rates. MARVLIS combines geographic information system technology, wireless communications, and a global positioning system to produce real-time information that enables emergency response teams to get to their destinations faster.
Read more inAnalytics Speed Up Response Times for EMS
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