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The Future of Data Content

Last week’s outstanding DataContent conference featured presentations from dozens of companies that are defining the future of online information services. What was so amazing to me was the extent to which the trends identified in past conferences became reality a ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on October 15, 2012

Data as Currency

The idea that you, as an individual person or as a company, should be able to control information about yourself on the Internet has been around since the commercialization of the Web, but it does seem to be gaining more ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on October 8, 2012

Creative Destruction

Products and services in all markets almost universally, sooner or later, reach a market penetration plateau. Once this limit is reached, there are only a few options when it comes to gaining market share: slow incremental growth at a significant ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on October 1, 2012

Why Process Design Matters

Our daily lives are filled with processes. We renew our driver’s licenses, fill out healthcare claims, and play games based on rules understood by the players. Most processes we do regularly are painless, or at worst a source of annoyance. ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on August 3, 2012

Social Currency

Last Friday’s public stock offering by Facebook has led to a lot of speculation about the value of data. What often gets lost in the shuffle, however, is that the value of most data (and this is especially true of ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on May 20, 2012

The Uncanny Valley

Robotics guru Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley” theory posits that as automated activity increasingly mimics human behavior there is a point just before the mimicked behavior is completely accepted where it triggers a strong negative emotional response. As our personal and ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on May 14, 2012

Crowdsourced Data Collection

The buzz about crowdsourcing continues to get louder every day. The crowd can now, it seems, handle a range of tasks including journalism, design, and even filmmaking. If you’ve been asked to look into crowdsourcing as a way to stretch ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on May 7, 2012

Getting Paid to Do Nothing

Over the years I have seen (and designed) a few successful new business models. A few years ago I came up with one that is fast becoming my favorite: the idea that companies can generate revenues with a 100% margin ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on April 10, 2012

Data-Driven Competitive Intelligence

by Shyamali Ghosh Competitive intelligence (CI) is a craft used primarily by large, multinational corporations—think Nestle, IBM, and Novartis—to steer strategy. Keeping an eye on technology developments, competitor sales data, or the movements of key industry players are all common ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on April 2, 2012

Cowboys and Indians

by Shyamali Ghosh On the eve of SXSW, Information Evolution’s U.S.-based team gathered at our Austin office for an informal meetup and photo. Pictured are, from left to right, Chuck Greene, Beatty Wilson, Matt Manning, Scott Smith, Deborah Dunlap, Shyamali ... Read more

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posted by Shyamali Ghosh on March 19, 2012

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