In my day job as a marketer, I have recently undertaken a particularly daring project. I am working on a model to predict customer actions, specifically which customers will defect in the future. However, after reading up on the science of prediction, I’m starting to wonder if I’ve gone on a fool’s errand. [...]
It was only a matter of time before laptops became something more than a portable computer. The ASUS Sideshow Notebook brings the standard lightweight laptop into realms once reserved for PDAs, Smartphones, and MP3 players. The laptop itself is nothing new, but the separately-powered secondary display on the outside lid of the laptop [...]
Does Pandora have a future? Just a couple of days after writing about the wonders of Pandora and other internet radio services, I came across a number of news stories concerning a new, seemingly insurmountable challenge to the fledgling internet radio industry. The Copyright Royalty Board, a body set up by the U.S. [...]
In the heyday of the dot-com boom, I recall listening to internet radio over Spinner, a little application with around one hundred streaming music stations categorized by genre. I have great memories of Spinner’s Acid Jazz station playing for hours, as I hacked away at the marketing plan for a startup company. Spinner was [...]
In a couple of months, the citizens of Europe will be subjected to the one of the more kitschy, forgettable, and partisan competitions of modern times, the Eurovision song contest. Eurovision, for those fortunate enough to live outside of the Old World, is a televised song contest in which each country submits one band [...]
Its only been a few days since my first posting on this blog and already the first visitors have arrived. Google Analytics has captured the first four visits to www.angelsadvocate.net. No blog should be without Google Analytics or a similiar web analytics solution. Many basic analytics applications are free and fairly easy [...]
Though sparsely covered in the Swiss press, the story of Switzerland accidently invading the Principality of Liechtenstein is old news in the blogosphere. On March 2nd, 170 infantry recruits lost their way in the night and walked several kilometers into the territory of their neighboring country. Liechtenstein is just 25 kilometers long by [...]
This morning I made the mistake of glancing up at the sun-streaked, cloudness sky and instantly regretted not being in the mountains for rides down powerdy runs and sips of Ovomaltine in the sunshine. Fortunately, we live in the age of broadband internet access and Youtube, where vicarious experiences are just a mouse click away. [...]
A friend of mine flies Cessnas around Switzerland in his free time and is close to acquiring his private pilot license. He tells me that it is beautiful up there, buzzing around the mountainous landscapes. I am inclined to believe him, especially when I see the uncontrolled smirk on his face when he [...]
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