Some of my old blog posts on blogging. They contain some good links to resources. Why I Blog? Effective Bloggers are Learners, Thinkers, Explorers and Dreamers Research: How Do You Find What Blogs to Read? Blogging Has Changed My Life Looking for Ideas for Blogging?
Just finished reading this book. I was tweeting a few quotes as I was reading the book. Here is the full list. Before you read the quotes, please remember the context Charlie was mostly answering questions about being an Investor. Let us first look at these quotes. There is no way you can live an […]
I think of life as a series of small experiments. When you frame it that way, you are not devastated by failures. Some experiments succeed and others fail. You don’t have to stress too much about the outcome. Whether they fail or succeed, you always gain a bit, because you learn something. I think I […]
From The New Age of Platforms is a great read. I particularly resonate with: Today, social media is my primary news source for many areas I’m interested in. That’s not a function of the platforms themselves, but rather of who I’m connected to—experts in particular fields who have ready access to information that would be hard […]
The mobile gaming market in North America continues to grow. As of Q3 2014, there are 141.9MM NA mobile gamers, up from 111.3MM NA mobile gamersin 2013. These mobile gamers spent an average of $32.65 in the last year,generating $4.63B in NA mobile gaming revenue. The graph below provides a view of how gamers discover games […]
14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936 by Maria Popova is a great read. Here are a few fragments from the original post. There is a lot more to read and reflect upon. On reading: If you must read in order to acquire knowledge, read critically. Believe nothing till it’s understood, till it’s clearly proven. On […]
I am fascinated by Machine Learning (ML) and keep looking for case studies were ML solves real world problems. This Talk – Machine Learning: The Basics by Ron Bekkerman( video), provides a great overview of machine learning and how it is being used by LinkedIn for Job Analysis. LinkedIn is one of the early companies […]
From the book – Open Data Now: In a series of studies led by Harvey Lewis, a research director in Deloitte’s Insight Team, the firm has identified five Open Data business “archetypes”: Suppliers publish their data as Open Data that can be easily used. While they don’t charge for the data—if they did, it wouldn’t be […]
From Key Digital Trends for 2014: Don’t just focus on Big Data; think about shifting emphasis to “Smart Data”. So what are the jobs that let us: Find a variety of useful data sources and integrate them? Analyze large volume of (unstructured) data? Intelligence Monitoring? Make sense of it all the “smart data” Gain […]
If run any kind of business, this book Competitive Intelligence Advantage: How to Minimize Risk, Avoid Surprises, and Grow Your Business in a Changing World is worth a read. Here is a picture from the book that talks about Competitive Environment (with due acknowledgement) an amazingly clear picture that demystifies Competitive Intelligence. I will […]