Identifying human behavior across a society is the focus of many sociologists. As an analyst, identifying human behavior through data is my interest. Whether I am looking at sales data, cost per unit, economic forecasts, or even toilet usage charts, looking at data patterns can identify key changes in behavior.
Take a look at the chart [...]
I didn’t leave the house anticipating that I would have a new best friend upon arriving back at home.
I really went down to get a haircut, but the wait was so long, I moved on. I parked a fair ways down the street, so I started walking back toward the car.
Then the Verizon Wireless store [...]
Today, I stopped by my local Verizon Wireless store to check out the Motorola Droid. I will tell you that it looks better on paper and in pictures than it does in real life.
I then looked at the Blackberry Storm2 for comparison. While it looks really cool, it sings to a different tune that many [...]
Knowing something is half the battle. Communicating that something is the other half, but that is the subject of another post.
Knowing how your customers use your product and how they want to interact with you is a great thing. Two major steps toward becoming customer oriented.
But then you realize that what you know, might not [...]
Metrics are the individual numbers that relate to other numbers that tell a story. Often, these are the numbers that people of all levels of the company use to make decisions.
If a company has a firm grasp of their metrics, fully understand their engine, and have reporting in the right places, there can be some [...]
