If you look closely at the use of data—big or small— in the media industry, you find (most likely) a preference for three make that four sorts of interpreters: Prophets, Pundits, Polemics, and Pedantics. For example, this post is itself an example of Pundit-style analytics. Frankly speaking, this preference for one of four P’s makes [...]

In the most recent commercial from Apple, in which the firm touts the simplicity of iCloud, users are seen taking photos that instantly appear on computers linked together via “the cloud.” The only problem with this presentation of iCloud would be that the scenarios in which the photos are being taken—on the beach, in a [...]

Warning: this is a LONG post. As Spotify continues to grow, both in terms of the number of countries within which it operates and the number of users signing up for the service—(paid or free), I reckon its time to try and make some sense of the “mixed methods” that are being applied to reckon user base [...]

While browsing around YouTube, or while watching avid YT users browse YouTube, it has become obvious to many people that the basic guts of a music service already exist within the site.  You can search for things, make playlists, subscribe to feeds, etc. In fact, many people (e.g., generation [fill in the blank] for folks [...]