What’s the ‘Big Data’ Deal?

Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Database, Strategy • Written by Asim Siddiqui on April 4, 2013

Lately there has been a lot of buzz around the words ‘Big Data’. It was all about just ‘data’ in the past and then all of a sudden there is a lot of talk about ‘Big data’. So what has changed? In my opinion – nothing.

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The Knowledge Graph, Google Humanizes Search

Google Search, Google Tools, Innovation, SEO, Start Your Engines • Written by Janet Barrett on May 29, 2012
The Knowledge Graph YouTube screenshot

In its constant quest to take technology to the next level, Google’s most recent service, the Knowledge Graph, is designed to enhance the user’s search experience even more. According to Google, it’s “a “graph”—that understands real-world entities and their relationships to one another: things, not strings.” This video gives a brief synopsis of how it works:   

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Imagine Museums of the Future

http://www.rom.on.ca/exhibitions/special/hockney.php

I had a chance to visit some museums over the holidays and was pondering the challenge that they have to maintain relevance in today's hectic noisy society.

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Dare to Think Different

Creativity, Ideas, Innovation • Written by Melanie on November 2, 2011
Dare to think different!

Ideas can often be stalled or not let outside the box by the risk averse. Sometimes, but certainly not always, these are left-brained individuals. However, if left and right-brained thinking works together, either in the capacity of one individual or leader, or within a team; or if a left brained leader has a skew of right brain risk and creativity, innovation can be inspired.

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Connecting to Customers

Fractal artwork

As a Math Geek and artist I'm really fascinated by the infinite wonder of Fractals. First of all, the artwork that can be created using Fractals is gorgeous. I just stumbled on Jock Cooper's Fractal Art animation gallery while I was looking for examples to post. Not only are they gorgeous, but they are a great example of how social media networks spread. 

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