Chief Digital Officer
A recent study from Gartner suggests nearly one in five business leaders expect to recruit a chief digital officer by 2014 and about 17 percent foresee appointing a chief data officer within the same time frame. The development of the CDO position today is akin to the development of the chief information officer position a decade […]
Digital Safety Nets: When our Devices Know More about Us then we Know about Ourselves
At the end of January, Facebook announced they would partner with the suicide prevention group Save.org. The goals of the partnership are to research the online behaviors of suicide victims in the days and months leading up to their deaths in order to identify and detect patterns of potential suicides. If successful, the research will identify […]
Digitization of Everyday Things: Wells in Africa
An AP story from earlier this week highlights the work Scott Harrison and Charity Water is doing to to install sensors in wells in Africa so water flow can be monitored remotely. With declining sensor prices, expect to see more sensors deployed to monitor charitable work in hard-to-reach places.
The Second Digital Decade’s Impact on Food Service
Today I had lunch with a friend whom I haven’t seen in several years. We met in a part of the city I rarely visit so I wasn’t familiar with the restaurants. Our phone conversation setting up our lunch plans went something like this: friend: “What are you in the mood for…” me: “I don’t know, […]
Digital Decade: Using Data to Set Ticket Prices
Last week I began looking for tickets for the weekend NLDS series between the Nationals and the Atlanta Braves. The Braves of course were subsequently knocked out in the elimination Wild Card game against the St. Louis Cardinals and now the Nationals are playing the St Louis Cardinals in St. Louis. But in looking for […]
File Under Digital Decade: The Evolving Role of Video
I caught the recent story of a man arrested for drug possession in Orlando. Apparently police monitoring a live video feed sent officers to the scene who then made the arrest. In the accompanying video, one of women being interviewed about the role of video cameras says something interesting. When asked if it is acceptable […]
Gaming Makes Digital Push
Two noteworthy pieces of new yesterday regarding the move of gaming to the digital decade. First, Sony announced they would be acquiring Gaikia, the streaming video-game service. The second article was on EA’s full move to digital.
Is Big Data a Bubble?
Much has been written about big data (insert air quotes) over the last 12 months and articles are now regularly showing up in mainstream publications (also see: Six Provocations for Big Data, IBM‘s Big Data landing page, and a couple of NYT articles from the past few months here and here). During a panel during The TV of […]
Digital Decade – a few articles
A few articles related to the move to a decade defined by digital data. Digital Ad targeting a second article on Digital Ad targeting An older article on how digital data can linger.
The Danger of Data Overload
Came across an older article from the McKinsey Quarterly on the danger of data overload on the effectiveness of executives.
