Recently, Wired posted an article that demonstrates that the USDOD’s struggle with social media continues unabated - “Air Force Backtracks on Social Network Ban“.
Part of the problem is generational, and part of it is organizational. The generational part is the military is coming to a crash realization that the latest wave of recruits are [...]

The concepts of “betweenness centrality” and “structural holes” are some of the most powerful in the social network analysis toolset (pun intended - but forgive me for lumping the two concepts together for this post). In a nutshell, high betweenness indicates that the overall network is disproportionally reliant on an individual for [...]

About eight years ago, I wrote a paper for CUED (now the International Economic Development Council) entitled “Methods for Generating Useful Databases when Industry Codes Fail.” The gist of the paper was that most industry and market data is available based upon NAICS industry classifications or some similar proxy. Forecasted and estimated employment, [...]

Social media analytics providers are offering increasingly sophisticated tracking tools, dashboard systems, and market research report products. I’ve taken several months to familiarize myself with the types and levels of products and services that are out there, and there are more almost every day. However, as I continue to develop proposals and work [...]