Albert Einstein - “Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas” I have a remarkable girlfriend who happens to be a High School Maths Teacher (she makes great pi). Now, a few questions she deals with on a regular basis are, “when will I ever needs maths?”, “why should I learn … Continue reading Barack, Zuckerberg and Apple Get Kids Coding!
Google’s doodle of Grace Hopper who would have celebrated her 107th birthday on the 9th December 2013 Who doesn’t love a bit of etymology right? For those who don’t know, the word etymology means finding out what words mean. As I was about to make a search onto Google this morning, and every other minute … Continue reading The Debugging Hopper: A Google Legend
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html Another great recommendation! "Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied" (www.ted.com)
I am about to purchase Information is Beautiful by David McCandless (a lovely recommendation from a fellow Analytics enthusiast). He is widely regarded, and I too agree, as the artisan who has united analytics and art into the medium of Infographics; a fantastic way to visually consume data.
On Wednesday night I took a trip to the Google Campus in Shoreditch to watch some of the top fellas in the Big Data industry discuss some controversial questions.The panel included the likes of journalist Paul Bradshaw, Daniel Hulme (founder of Satalia) and Duncan Ross (Director of Data Science at Teradata). Needless to say, they … Continue reading Why Is Big Data Such A Moral Predicament?
The 3 Musketeers – “Tous pour un et un pour tous”Alexandre Dumas had the right idea about camaraderie. Now “all for one and one for all” (or in French above as I’m such a smarty pants) has become an infamous maxim.Often you will find a degree of selfishness in Recruitment, regarding ownership of client’s and … Continue reading What The 3 Musketeers Taught Me About Recruitment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdUCsrhJRI Today was the first day that I started with Salt (www.welovesalt.com). That’s right, I have a new job! The next few days, weeks and even months are going to be more similar to Dale Winton’s Supermarket Sweep rather than the traditional ‘rollercoaster’ analogy. Simply, imagine the Analytics industry to be the supermarket, the trolley … Continue reading How A Bit More Salt Can Benefit Your Career
Biggie Smalls – “I don't know what they want from me, it's like the more money we come across the more problems we see” Here’s the situation. You have spent weeks prepping your candidate through interview after interview and finally, after little deliberation, your client makes an offer that your candidate has claimed they would … Continue reading Recruitment Dilemma: “More Money” More Problems
Arthur C. Nielsen – “The price of light is less than the cost of darkness” Google Analytics, Omniture, Big Data, petabytes and Business Intelligence. If you understand all of these terms, I feel that you are in a good place. As Mr Nielsen eloquently points out, analytics is proving to be extremely valuable. Those select … Continue reading So You’re In Analytics? Congratulations, You’re On The Right Track
My eldest sister (the one in green dress, not the pink) informed my 2 brothers and I today that we will all become Uncle’s next year! And words cannot describe the joy I’m feeling (but I’m going to give it a go anyway). At 11:06 today I was mid-way through making new business calls and … Continue reading For The First Time, I Will Become an Uncle
Joe Burridge 