Category Archives: [Stats]

Visualization: Where Do People Find Time for Wikipedia?

Posted on July 29, 2010

I’m enjoying Clay Shirky’s newest book, Cognitive Surplus, which examines how people are collaborating in digital networks to share commuting rides, raise money for charity, or organize political protests. (My next book looks, in part, at how businesses are tapping … Continue reading →

Who Is Acquiring Customers via Social Media Marketing?

Posted on July 27, 2010

As I get ready to teach a program in Singapore next week, I’ve done some digging for recent data on the use of social media in Asian markets. An excellent piece by Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Tommy McCallin in the … Continue reading →

Guess Which Social Networks Are Growing?

Posted on April 13, 2010

via businessinsider.com This chart, data courtesy of ComScore, was titled "Facebook Is Absolutely Crushing The Competition," and clearly, the global behemoth's unique visitor numbers are leaving everyone behind. But I was interested to see the two other services that are … Continue reading →

Favorite Links Jan 15 – Feb 12

Posted on February 12, 2010

INSIGHTS Research: What Makes an NY Times Article Go Viral [NYT] (read) Former VP: How Microsoft Thwarts Its Own Innovation [NYT] (read) Stop Selling Scarcity [BRITE '10 speaker Jeff Jarvis] (read)  STATS All That User-Generated Content? 95% Is Spam or … Continue reading →

It’s Official: Average TV Viewer “Too Old” to Count

Posted on July 3, 2008

Like many mass media that dominated in the second half of the 20th century, television is dying a thousand slow deaths in the rising tide of digital media.  (See also: print newspapers, recorded music, the adult movie business, etc.…) I … Continue reading →