Category Archives: Social Data

What Brands Can Learn From Pinterest’s Privacy Updates

Posted on July 7, 2015 by

In the midst of all the complexity and fear about data usage and privacy, it’s nice to see an example of disclosure done well. A couple of weeks ago, Pinterest announced Buyable Pins, which will enable their users to buy products directly … Continue reading →

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Seeing through the customer’s eyes: the emerging science of photo analytics

Posted on May 27, 2015 by

I recently had the opportunity to moderate a panel at Oracle Data Cloud Summit 2015, and to deliver a speech at SDL Innovate. The themes, respectively: “Listening to the Customer’s Voice,”and “Unlocking the Value of Social Data.” But it’s not just … Continue reading →

Posted in Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, content marketing, content measurement, Crisis, digital ethics, Photo Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Real-Time Enterprise, Sentiment Analysis, Social Analytics, Social Data, Social media measurement, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

What the end of the Twitter-DataSift partnership means for customers

Posted on April 15, 2015 by

Disclosures Let’s get this out of the way right up front. DataSift is a client of mine at Altimeter Group. I am closely connected to Twitter via my role as a board member of the Big Boulder Initiative, of which … Continue reading →

Posted in Analytics, Big Boulder Initiative, DataSift, Facebook, Sentiment Analysis, Social Analytics, Social Data, Social media, Social media measurement, Twitter, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

SXSW15 Redux: What happens at SX spreads everywhere

Posted on March 19, 2015 by

First, let’s get this out of the way: every year, SXSW regulars say the festival has jumped the shark. It’s too big, there are too many panels, and they’re poorly curated. It’s impossible to get anywhere. Too many lines, too … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, data privacy, Data Science, data security, digital ethics, Ethics, Policy, Privacy, Social Data, social data ethics, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Big Boulder Initiative: What’s on the Social Data Ethics Agenda for 2015?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by

Today, #snowpocalypse2015 permitting, the board of directors of the Big Boulder Initiative is meeting up in San Francisco to plan 2015 in more granular detail. As a member, I’m really proud of what we accomplished during the past year, but recognize that … Continue reading →

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New Research: What Do We Do with All This Big Data?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by

In September, I had the opportunity to speak at TED@IBM in San Francisco about the implications of a data-rich world, and what we can do, as businesspeople, citizens, and consumers, to use it to our best advantage. Since then, I’ve … Continue reading →

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