May 22nd 09
Wordtree for Visual Text Exploration
Analytics can be all about having the right tool for the job. When your data is text, traditional analysis tools (e.g. Excel, OLAP tools) are like peeling a mango with a chainsaw.
There are a number of visual exploration tools specifically designed for text data, including:
Word clouds like Wordle (fun but superficial);
Network diagrams like Visual Thesaurus (good for individual words, not text);
Trend...
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May 7th 09
Gartner Identifies the "Last Mile" of BI
Over the past few years we’ve made the point that today’s BI vendors stop short of joining data to decision makers at the point of decision and action. We like to call this problem the “last mile”. As it turns out, Gartner does, too.
According to a recent article, Gartner analyst Kurt Schlegel states in the report “Overcoming the Gap Between Business Intelligence and Decision...
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May 4th 09
Breaking Free of the One-Page Dashboard Rule
Conventional wisdom says that an executive dashboard must fit on a single page or screen. The argument hinges on a pair of assertions about this constraint: it provides necessary discipline to focus on only the most critical information; and it enables the audience to see results “at a glance.”
The “discipline” argument is made forcefully by Avinash Kaushik (among others).
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Patrick is an accomplished Sr. User Interface Developer and Architect specializing in Web Applications, Web 2.0 and eLearning with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including project planning, design, testing, client communications, training, de-bugging, implementation and maintenance. His book, Modern Ui, Social Usability for Web 2.0 and Beyond is in production and will be available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon as well as many other fine retailers in Winter 2009-2010.
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