Information is not clean. Information is never perfect. Yet, we have to cope with incomplete and dirty information all the time. And we have different imperfect methods for dealing this. Trying to clean the information seems like the most rational...
Read moreThis blog got a lost in the background trying to straighten itself out and come up with a clear message and purpose. In the background I have been trying to write the perfect posts and frameworks. Posts that explain everything...
Read moreWhen I was thinking of this headline for this post, I had no idea how cool and ambiguous that it would look…And that is what makes this post more relevant. The first rule of everything is: Things are not always...
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The best way to manage infinity is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. Sometimes putting constraints on things is the only way to get things done. Sometimes these constraints are real like the within the laws of physics, but sometimes Read more…
Data addiction is a huge and cascading problem as data increasingly moves toward infinity. Data is valuable, but its value is overestimated. The right data, applied appropriately is useful, but contrary to the prevailing wisdom, having more data doesn’t necessarily Read more…
Your data is worth nothing. No, really. When there is so much data available every bit of additional data has diminishing returns. For all the times that new information provides meaningful clarity, there are more times that more information is Read more…
With more and more information being demanded from us for everything, everywhere, everyday and all at once, we still end up with “boiled down” information highlights. The irony is that while we have so much more detailed information collected, we Read more…
When you get down to basics, information technology is about communication and keeping track of data. Unsurprisingly, as the ability to communicate and track information increases, the more that there is to communicate and track. In theory, more information leads Read more…
Everybody suffers from unrealistic expectations about the value of information. While in general it seems that more information is better, it still may not be enough to make decisions. The flaw of all information systems is that they don’t account Read more…
While I am far from an organic food purist, I generally prefer real food as opposed to synthetic food. The same goes for data. While real data is messy and full of “flaws,” it is theoretical to have some kind Read more…