I’ve been involved with Sentiment Analysis and AI processing of text for years (going on 15 now). It was a huge push back in the heyday of CRM with companies like Kana creating Automated Response Tools for email service and support. They were supposed to be magic – just have your customers free-form email your… Continue reading The Trouble with Sentiment Analysis
The Entrepreneur Game
I’m getting concerned about the state of entrepreneurship – and not for the reasons you might think. The fashionable complaint is that we don’t have enough entrepreneurs, but I’m beginning to wonder if quantity is a red herring. It seems to me there are an awful lot of people out there calling themselves entrepreneurs. It… Continue reading The Entrepreneur Game
Make Mark Reynolds an All Star – More Analysis
Following up yesterday’s post with more data about the effectiveness of the get out the vote campaign to make Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks an All Star. First let me say this: If you haven’t yet (at least 300 times) stop reading this and go vote RIGHT NOW!!! Ok… now that we’ve taken care… Continue reading Make Mark Reynolds an All Star – More Analysis
Did John McCain’s Tweet help Mark Reynolds All Star Game chances?
Yesterday Mark Grace and Daron Sutton (CORRECTION: Todd Walsh set up and conducted the interview) managed to get Senator John McCain to endorse Mark Reynolds bid to be the MLB All Star Game Final Vote winner for the National League. For reference, Senator McCain sent this tweet out at approximately 4pm Pacific (1600). All times… Continue reading Did John McCain’s Tweet help Mark Reynolds All Star Game chances?
On Iran, Technology and Social Media
There is a reason we value art and those who create it. I could write 3 or 4 hundred words about how technology and Social Media are making it impossible for despots to control the message… or I could just point you to the justSignal FreeIran site and get out of the way and let… Continue reading On Iran, Technology and Social Media
Social Media – Perspective and Predictions
You would assume – since I’m the founder and CEO of a company that is selling a Social Media product, justSignal – that I’m a huge fan of “Social Media”. Perhaps I’m even a Social Media Expert. You’d assume I was going to tell you that Social Media will change everything. You’d assume that I’d… Continue reading Social Media – Perspective and Predictions
Is FollowFriday even Valuable?
I’ve been tracking FollowFriday for a while now and using justSignal to power FollowFridays.com – and today it really, really looked like FollowFriday had jumped the shark. Here’s the thing. If you compose your FollowFriday tweets like: #followfriday @joe @mary @steve @beth You really aren’t adding any value to FollowFriday – as a matter of… Continue reading Is FollowFriday even Valuable?
Twitter, @replies and Multicasting
Twitter made a change to how @ replies are handled yesterday and the response has been, well, loud. Essentially you used to be able to see @ replies to everyone you followed, even if you didn’t follow the sender. Under Twitter’s new rules you only get to see @ replies to people you follow IF… Continue reading Twitter, @replies and Multicasting
justSignal Upgrades, or My Lame Attempt to Explain Ignoring My Blog
I’ve gone through another one of those spells where I just didn’t write anything here – and to say I’ve been busy isn’t enough – hell I’m always busy. I also can’t claim lack of interesting content – I could write six really compelling pieces on ASU Startup Weekend alone. So we’ll just agree that… Continue reading justSignal Upgrades, or My Lame Attempt to Explain Ignoring My Blog
Innovation & Academia? – ASU Startup Weekend
There is a certain pleasure in pointing out how poor a job academic institutions do instilling the kind of innovative/entrepreneurial thinking required in their graduates. But here is the million dollar question: Beyond pointing at the problem, what exactly are YOU going to do to fix it. For many the answer is a resounding “not… Continue reading Innovation & Academia? – ASU Startup Weekend