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Posts Tagged ‘Technologies’
July 23 2009
by Stephen Marcus
Data: the new landfill
I’m currently out in Seattle at the 2nd Annual Tableau Customer Conference discussing tips and tricks on their software for the interactive visualization of data. Having been a customer for several years, I can honestly say that Tableau is one of the most useful pieces of software I’ve ever run across. Data is becoming a ...
June 15 2009
by Scott Johnson
Bing – the next Huggies?
The search business reminds me a bit of the diaper business. Hugely profitable for the winner, you can’t live without it regardless of economic times, and once you pick a brand you pretty much stick with it. But incumbents are not 100% secure. Prior to 1978, there was no Huggies. Pampers ruled the disposable diaper ...
May 9 2009
by Todd Hixon
Rod Brooks interview: TLH notes from the Nantucket conference
MIT professor, star of movie Fast, Cheap, and Out of ControliRobot started without a plan, just some JPL contracts, ran that way for 8 yearsDid not raise money until we saw external market opportunities At one point had six product divisions Now two divisions: gov and consumer If we had it to do again, we would ...
