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The younger generation always wins…

February 25, 2013by Guy Cuthbert Leave a comment

This is a fascinating video for anyone interested (even vaguely) in information security – not just the technological aspects, but the sociological and demographic implications. I came across it at Tom MacWright’s blog, and […]

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Technology

Where is the “fix my business” button?

February 21, 2013by Guy Cuthbert 1 Comment

I’m a business guy – I own and run a small, growing business and empathise (or is that sympathise) with other businesspeople charged with managing, directing and shaping the businesses […]

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Data-driven Business, Visual Analytics

Why You Should Animate Your Data to Liberate It

February 12, 2013by Guy Cuthbert Leave a comment

Andy Cotgreave (@acotgreave) posted the following in reply to my comments on his article at The Huffington Post (link at foot of this post). My original comments were a shortened […]

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Data-driven Business, Visual Analytics

Should we meet our heroes?

February 8, 2013by Guy Cuthbert 7 Comments

A couple of years ago I found myself trying to work out why I’m such an avid visual thinker. Is it nature, nurture or both? To tackle the nurture question […]

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Visual Analytics

Muting the death knell of the data scientist

February 6, 2013by Guy Cuthbert 4 Comments

Two interesting, similarly-themed pieces from Cliff Cate at GoodData and Andy Cotgreave on the Huffington Post (nice to see Andy use the data animation metaphor!) have grabbed my attention over the past couple […]

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Data Management, Data-driven Business, Visual Analytics

Looking beyond Known Knowns

February 3, 2013by Guy Cuthbert 3 Comments

I’m back on an old soap box of mine; considering the all too-limited value that most businesses squeeze from their data. I could have titled this entry “Knowledge vs Data”, […]

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Data-driven Business, Visual Analytics

“It’s only by measuring we can cross the river of myths”

January 31, 2013by Guy Cuthbert Leave a comment

Hans Rosling goes myth-busting using the power of Visual Analytics in this 3-minute video. As always, Hans presents a fascinating, compelling story – in this case from a single animated bubble […]

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Data-driven Business, Visual Analytics

Shamelessly blowing my own trumpet

January 23, 2013by Guy Cuthbert Leave a comment

Yes, it’s vain, but I’m pleased by the message picked up by InformationWeek in a recent interview I gave. The interview was, at least in conception, a piece about Atheon’s […]

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Visual Analytics

Frustrations with the Big Data bandwagon

January 23, 2013by Guy Cuthbert Leave a comment

This article from The New York Times was posted right at the end of 2012, but heralds a dichotomy for 2013 – the love/hate relationship with the steamrolling bandwagon of Big […]

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Data Management

Why “data animator”?

January 5, 2013by Guy Cuthbert 4 Comments

The job description “Data Animator” was suggested to me back in 2010 by Jim Walton of Kerbang, whilst musing on metaphors appropriate to a visual analyst. It sprang quickly from […]

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Visual Analytics

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