When you’re building business insights solutions, it is very important that you provide the context behind a metric. After all, a number without context is just a… Read more “A metric without context means very little to anyone except the author. #analytics #bigdata #mobilebi”
Category: Analytics
Have or want a Masters degree? You need to think about this. #analytics #bigdata
Part of my process of doing the opposite is because of what the business books teach in your master’s program at the university. Shortly after I graduated from college,… Read more “Have or want a Masters degree? You need to think about this. #analytics #bigdata”
Tracking the CNN Fear & Greed Index in my app now. Pure-awesomeness
Business Insights is not just about tracking your personal business metrics, but it is also about combining them with publically available metrics too. I can easily load… Read more “Tracking the CNN Fear & Greed Index in my app now. Pure-awesomeness”
One company raised over $579m to build something like this. #analytics #bigdata
You read news story after news story about some startup that just raised huge piles of digital cash to grow their business. I’m familiar with it because… Read more “One company raised over $579m to build something like this. #analytics #bigdata”
How many UI/UX designers do you need to create a mobile app? I have access to thousands. #android #iphone
In my previous company, I had two amazing app designers. Whenever I had some wild idea in my head, I would go to them and they would… Read more “How many UI/UX designers do you need to create a mobile app? I have access to thousands. #android #iphone”
How many monkeys does it take to create a dashboard? #bigdata #analytics #bi
Serious question. How many people are involved in creating a dashboard for your organization? Probably a few out of information technology to get the requirements and several… Read more “How many monkeys does it take to create a dashboard? #bigdata #analytics #bi”
Took me only 15 minutes to build this and it works on #Windows #iPhone #Android
Exactly, you have been sold a bill of goods from the big data analytic companies. Yes, you truly can input your data, set the security and deploy… Read more “Took me only 15 minutes to build this and it works on #Windows #iPhone #Android”
Invite others to share your data insights and create a team. #mobilebi #analytics
How do you share the data insights you create? Publish a PDF and send it in email? Copy and pasture a URL into an email? Gosh-forbid, you… Read more “Invite others to share your data insights and create a team. #mobilebi #analytics”
Are dashboards dead? Yes. #analytics
I was reading a blog posting about are dashboards dead and I have to agree. For 10+ years, I’ve been building dashboards for customers only to see those… Read more “Are dashboards dead? Yes. #analytics”
2 hard things to do when creating a software product
Whenever you create an app, two things are really hard. First, the name of the product and second is the logo. You would think it would be… Read more “2 hard things to do when creating a software product”