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I have long explained to people the value of the data corporations collect. I have seen first hand the value of large pools of correlated, linked, behavior generated data and as Tim O’Reilly points out in his post so does Google.
My favorite definition of Cognitive** is:
Having a basis in or reducible to empirical […]

Google releases Google Maps for Symbian Devices. Just more Fuel for my earlier post about the ideal combination of Nokia and Google. It is probably my wishful thinking but it has a great deal of potential.

I was thinking about the Nokia acquisition of NavTeq and Google phone. I asked myself what if Google was going to use Nokia for the handset in place of HTC. The more I thought about it the more I thought the combination would be a great one. Google the King of the services and Nokia […]

I have finally closed on my RFP for feed management. It only took me 10 months, that’s about right for an IT project. I have to say the set up was easy and straight forward.
I look forward to the day when Google analytics is merged with FeedBurner. Google will soon have a […]

I have in the past written about Google Reader. It has received a needed update that has taken it to a whole new level. I have been of late getting tired of the river of news format, and have secretly hoped Google would do something about it. I tried tags and reading a […]

A simple example of a quantitative approach to estimates. There are many more examples from the likes of John P. Craven using of Bayes’ theorem of subjective probability (pg. 104) and Google.
Quantitative Research defintion via Wikipedia
Quantitative research is the systematic scientific investigation of quantitative properties and phenomena and their relationships.
Yeah, just give me the […]

As the understanding of the web matures, new unique perspectives of the web are going drive innovation. In the beginning having the web was the driving force of innovation (The Bubble was a side effect), and by all measures that type of innovation is still going on today. Now after more than a decade […]

I really like the Google finance visualization. On the other hand Google analytics could be greatly improved. Coda Hale did a great analysis and offers some suggestions. Google has a talented team of people who did the Finance visualization, I agree with Coda Hale, have them do Google analytics.
When I first saw Google […]

It seems to me, if eBay believed in its payment service they would want to compete head to head. I think it is telling that Google offers links to competitive services. For example, if you search for an address on Google you get links to Google maps, Yahoo maps and MapQuest. If you […]