Thoughts, musings, and, hopefully, not too many redundancies on the world of business data. If you missed the irony in the previous sentence, you may struggle with my writing style.
I’ve picked up some new terminology over the course of the past few weeks thanks to an intermediate statistics class I’m taking. Specifically — what inspired this post — is the distinction between two types of statistical studies, as defined by one of the fathers of statisical process control, W. Edwards Deming. There’s a Wikipedia [...]
Actually, THAT’s almost a direct quote. Sarcastic as it may be. We were actually competing with a US-Mexico World Cup qualifying match that was being played in Columbus (in some crazy weather…but I’m getting ahead of myself). The US won 2-0, for what it’s worth, and I’m sure Sasha enjoyed the game. I’ll get an [...]
When it comes to business/management books, one of my favorites is First, Break All the Rules. When I first read it, it didn’t strike me as particularly profound. I was relatively new to managing people, and I was being “forced” to read it for an internal class, so my natural reaction was to view it [...]
It hardly seems like it’s been a month since the last Web Analytics Wednesday in Columbus! Maybe that’s because it hasn’t been, but it’s that time again anyway! Come share food and drink with a group of above-average people who are interested in and working with web analytics. A good time will be had by [...]
Three things I know: 1) My wife got the raw end of the deal when she married me, 2) I blog because it keeps my e-mails shorter, and 3) If you have the urge to talk about data usage in business, I'll do so until long after that desire has passed (for you). If you want to know more, check out my About Gilligan on Data page.