Posts Tagged ‘ Web/Tech ’

Moviepass stock plunges

July 3, 2018
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Moviepass stock plunges

Last time I mentioned Moviepass in May, the stock of its owner (NASDAQ: HMNY) was over $2. Today, it is nearing 20 cents! Lost 9/10 of its value in two months. This latest plunge is related to a "hail mary" attempt to raise cash to fund its giveaway business model. It currently claims 3 million users and is losing $40 million ... every month! Other news: the movie chains launched…

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A Report from an AI Day in Hoboken

July 2, 2018
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A Report from an AI Day in Hoboken

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and Columbia Applied Analytics, responds to talks by AI experts at a recent forum.

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Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

June 13, 2018
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Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

Kaiser Fung, founder of JunkCharts and Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a map in the Economist about the digital silk road in China. What's the story?

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Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

June 13, 2018
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Digital revolution in China: two visual takes

Kaiser Fung, founder of JunkCharts and Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a map in the Economist about the digital silk road in China. What's the story?

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Using large numbers to impress the impressionable

May 16, 2018
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Using large numbers to impress the impressionable

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses Facebook's claim of removing millions of fake accounts.

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Capriciousness of little health benefits

May 15, 2018
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Capriciousness of little health benefits

Kaiser Fung, author of Numbersense and founder of Principal Analytics Prep, explains why he doesn't care about health benefits of most foods and activities reported and recommended by the media.

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Understanding scales and normalization, for better measurement

May 2, 2018
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Understanding scales and normalization, for better measurement

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a measurement problem inherent in the Google Search Index used as an indirect metric to measure search popularity.

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Understanding scales and normalization, for better measurement

May 2, 2018
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Understanding scales and normalization, for better measurement

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a measurement problem inherent in the Google Search Index used as an indirect metric to measure search popularity.

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Playfulness in data visualization

April 19, 2018
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Playfulness in data visualization

The Newslab project takes aggregate data from Google's various services and finds imaginative ways to enliven the data. The Beautiful in English project makes a strong case for adding playfulness to your data visualization. The data came from Google Translate....

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Lines, gridlines, reference lines, regression lines, the works

April 16, 2018
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Lines, gridlines, reference lines, regression lines, the works

Kaiser Fung, creator of Junk Charts and Principal Analytics Prep, continues to discuss the Google Newslab project showing racial and gender diversity in U.S. newsroom.

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