All processes have a bottleneck, a rate limiting step, something that stops them from going further faster. It is really important to know what the bottle neck is, because unless you open the bottleneck you will never get any better. Let’s take the mobile computer as an example. I am sitting on a train writing […]
The Perfect Employee
One of the biggest growth sectors for computer games is 30 to 40 year old women. This surprised me a little; I always thought it was spotty teenagers. Then somebody pointed me at Farmville. It all fell into place. This fact has huge ramifications for the gaming industry. If you are female, in your mid […]
Are you Asking the Right Questions?
Google have been playing around with their data. They have found out that they can predict the likelihood of a flu outbreak in a particular geographical area. They do this by counting how many times people search for “flu” in that location. It seems that if a friend or relative goes down with a bad […]
The Problem with Analytics
We have become obsessed by analytics or “the application of computer technology, operational research, and statistics to solve problems in business and industry”. Analytics uses databases and algorithms in an attempt to resolve problems. Analytics uses infographics to present data. This is not the same as analysis or “the process of breaking a complex topic […]
Bored at Work
Facebook gets more hits than Google. There is a social media revolution going on. I can communicate with millions using Facebook, I can Twitter to thousands and if you really need to see me, how about a bit of YouTube? It is all about engagement and communication. Which are, oddly, two of the biggest challenges […]
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