In a thought provoking interview with CNET published this past week, Fitbit designer Gadi Amit explores the use of wearables in everyday applications – and introduces the notion of “wise” devices that provide just the right information, when and where we need it. Beyond the fact that Amit’s firm is designing wearables for unique markets…
The small data movement continues to gain followers. In fact, just in the past couple weeks we’ve seen articles in a wide range of publication including Ad Age, CITEWorld (smart data!), InformationWeek India, RetailWeek, and the SmartData Collective, as well as new opinion pieces on the problems with big data in the New York Times and…
I started programming in 1980. In 1990 I finished my master’s degree focusing on machine learning. In 2000 I spent a year at McKinsey developing economic models for online advertising. In 2010 I co-founded Offerpop, which is now the leading social marketing platform for Facebook and Twitter. You could say I have been around data, and…
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