July 5, 2016
Computational linguists and computer scientists, among them University of Texas professor Jason Baldridge, have been working for over fifty years toward algorithmic understanding of human language. They’re not there yet. They are, however, doing a pretty good...read more
January 27, 2015
LinkedIn has a bug problem, in two senses. There are long-standing, unresolved errors, and there are agitators like me (or is it only me?) who keep finding more and say so. This article is my latest “bug LinkedIn”...read more
August 11, 2014
Sometimes interesting things appear when you’re not even looking. And some lessons taught are applicable far beyond immediate challenges. Case in point: The realization that Twitter advertising statistics can reveal brand-topic affinities. Ad stats help...read more
July 9, 2014
I’ll report here on a LinkedIn error — it’s not a bug, it’s a flawed algorithm, significant although far from earth-shattering — that shows how difficult automated matching can be. I’ll then offer practical steps LinkedIn...read more
March 21, 2014
I’m a heavy LinkedIn user, and like many of my ilk — recruiters, marketers, job seekers — I’m quick to jump to search for people-finding. That’s because exploring a social network, connection-by-connection, is beyond tedious....read more
January 29, 2014
Social-analytics accuracy is essential, whether you seek broad understanding of attitudes that affect your business, early warning of emerging threats, or to spot individual issues for customer care. Yet as I wrote in 2012, “focus on...read more
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