Category: IBM
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You Ask, I Answer: Meaningful Engagement Social Media Measurement
Tony Dunn asked, What are some unique tips, scripts or tools to measure “meaningful interactions”, vs using typical engagement metrics like impressions, clicks, likes, etc? (beyond counting replies or comments) This is partly in reference to Facebook’s algorithm change, but also speaks to a much deeper measurement issue lurking within social media. The answer? Use…
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IBM THINK 2018 Attendee Planning Guide
IBM THINK 2018 promises to be one of the largest, most rewarding technology conferences on the planet, in Las Vegas in March 2018. Getting the most out of this massive show requires advance preparation. For first-timers (and forgetful veteran attendees of other IBM events), here are a few suggestions to enhance your THINK 2018 experience.…
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What I’ll Be Sharing at IBM THINK 2018
IBM THINK 2018 is only a half-dozen weeks away, the largest gathering of technology, business, and development in the entire IBM ecosystem. It’s a mashup of shows like Interconnect, Amplify, Vision, and World of Watson and promises to bring hundreds of thousands of our data-minded tribe to Las Vegas. I’ll be speaking at THINK at…
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Incentives, Solutions, and Machine Learning
Traditional economic wisdom about solving problems and incentives says: We get what we pay for. As a logical corollary, we don’t get what we don’t pay for. This is known as opportunity cost. We focus on what we want, and leave behind the things we judge less important. At a small level, this is an…
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What I Learned at World of Watson
At the beginning of this week, I detailed the things I wanted to learn while at IBM World of Watson. I hit a good chunk of my list; some stuff immediately dropped in importance as I learned more, expanded my domain knowledge more. While I’ve summarized individual days of the conference here, here, and here,…
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My Top Takeaways from IBM World of Watson Day 3
IBM World of Watson has been a marvelous whirlwind of learning, announcements, and insights. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning so many different ways to manage data and analytics and wanted to share my top takeaways from day 3 of the event. Advanced Watson Analytics I enjoyed a session on some of the more advanced features of…
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My Top Takeaways from IBM World of Watson Day 2
IBM World of Watson has been a marvelous whirlwind of learning, announcements, and insights. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning so many different ways to manage data and analytics and wanted to share my top takeaways from day 2 of the event. Watson Can’t Create Large Scale Works… Yet I learned the answer to one of the…
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My Top Takeaways from IBM World of Watson Day 1
IBM World of Watson has been a marvelous whirlwind of learning, announcements, and insights. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning so many different ways to manage data and analytics and wanted to share my top takeaways from day 1. The Evolution of Analytics If you recall, I once posted about the hierarchy of analytics, about how we…
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What I Want to Learn at IBM World of Watson
This week, I’m off on an educational journey, attending and speaking at IBM’s World of Watson conference in Las Vegas. While I’ve got a few things to say about the rise of the citizen analyst, I’ve got far more to learn than share. What topics are on my mind? Here are four areas of focus…