Archive for Technology
This Week in Digital: November 4, 2011
Remember, remember, the 4th of November. Why? Because it’s Friday and I’ve got another round of “This Week In Digital” for you. The Shirt Off Their Back It seems like every time a news story breaks about a company’s use (or lack of use) of Twitter or Facebook, it’s a lesson “What Not To Do”. [...]
St. Louis emotions show during World Series Game 6
Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals World Series Game 6 was probably the most exciting game in Major League Baseball history. The game was an emotional roller-coaster. We decided it would be fun to do a quick analysis of the tweet-stream flowing into STLTweetsduring the game time. The graph below plots the “relative emotion” in 5 minute [...]
The Problem With Choice
Choice Paralysis. The problem the big new entertainment media solutions like Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, HBO Go and others have is simple: Choice Paralysis. Here’s a story: Most of my home media is on a home server that has a variety of clients (Xbox 360, Boxee, XBMC, Apple TV, PC) strewn about the house connected to [...]
3 Things I’m Looking For at CES 2011
The Consumer Electronics Show, also known as the world’s largest trade-show, is January 6-9th in Las Vegas, NV. I’ve followed CES closely for as long as I can remember but this year will be different… this year I’ll be attending. Please excuse me while I explode with excitement. While this is my first CES, I’m no stranger [...]
Did you pull that number out of a hat?
After the #SMCSTL meeting last night, I’ve been asked several times where our most-influential ranking came from. Unlike Bullwinkle, we did NOT pull that number out of a hat. The algorithm, obviously can’t be fully revealed for many reasons: People would try to game it It’s in flux as we add/remove/tune parameters I talk like [...]
