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  • Data is King

    Back when I was in college studying Political Science I spent a lot of time (or at least a lot more then I expected going into the program) studying statistics and data.  In retrospect that was a good thing.  Knowing how to get reliable data from focus groups, how to write a survey and avoid bias…

  • Facebook working on Search, Google still MIA on Social

    I’ve written several times before about the ongoing merger of Search and Social and I expect it’s something I’ll write on a good deal more over time because I think it’s one of the biggest industry changes we’re facing and has the potential to fundamentally change the way people find information online.  Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg…

  • Science, Jazz, and Education

    So I’ve been in New Orleans for the last 5 days for a mini-vacation and for the most part I’m in love with this city.   The food is amazing, there’s live music everywhere, and I haven’t had this much fun in ages.  It got me wishing that there was a way I could be based…

  • Development without Constraints

    A co-worker just shared this video with me, it’s all about the Content Repository API for Java, a new-ish standard for building databases that’s gaining market share in Europe. The standard is open sourced and you can store anything and access the data however you want. The system supports strong typed data, as well as…

  • Socializing your SEO

    Originally posted on the Involver Blog at http://blog.involver.com/2012/06/28/socializing-your-seo-2/  Socializing your SEO I have written here before about the interactions between SEO and Social Media, and it’s a topic I expect to write quite a bit more on over the next several years.  At root, both SEO and Social Marketing are designed to do the same thing…

  • Security Culture

    Most websites today run on non-secure connections (http instead of https) most of the time – and that’s just fine. Browsing pictures of cheeseburger-craving cats doesn’t require a secure connection because the user isn’t sharing any sensitive information. Even e-commerce sites usually only use secure connections for the actual transactions- no one cares what shoes…

  • Facebook vs Google: What Will It Take To Win?

    (Originally posted on the Involver blog: http://blog.involver.com/2011/07/25/the-battle-between-facebook-google-what-will-it-take-to-win/ In past blog posts I’ve written about the challenges of figuring out when it’s right to cross the chasm and make the leap into unknown territory. Knowing when the right time is, can of course be a challenge. Jump too early to a new platform and you risk sinking…