Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

The OED, Big Data, and Crowdsourcing

Posted on August 17, 2013 by GilPress

The term “big data” was included in the most recent quarterly online update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). So now we have a most authoritative definition of what recently became big news: “data of a very large size, typically to the extent that its … Continue reading →

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Big Data Observations: The Science of Asking Questions

Posted on July 26, 2013 by GilPress

“I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and original observation”—Charles Darwin “It is the theory that determines what we can observe”—Albert Einstein “I suspect, however, like as it is happening in many academic fields, the … Continue reading →

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Visualising the Road to Becoming a Data Scientist

Posted on July 12, 2013 by GilPress

Source: Swami Chandrasekaran

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The Digital Marketing Landscape: 2 Views

Posted on July 10, 2013 by GilPress

Source: Gartner Source: chiefmartec.com

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A Practical Introduction to Data Science Skills (Video)

Posted on July 7, 2013 by GilPress

Google’s Michael Manoochehri at DataEDGE 2013 presenting an introduction to  data analysis and suggestions for how to become a data scientist (his notes for the presentation are here). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwZ_i-9U0o&w=560&h=315]

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Big Data Quotes: Einstein, Come Back When You’ve Got Data

Posted on July 6, 2013 by GilPress

“Big data is what happened when the cost of storing information became less than the cost of making the decision to throw it away”—George Dyson (quoted by Tim O’Reilly) “If the engineers have their way, every idea, memory, and feeling—the … Continue reading →

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Big Data Quotes: Disruptive Innovation?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by GilPress

“By definition, big data cannot yield complicated descriptions of causality. Especially in healthcare. Almost all of our diseases occur in the intersections of systems in the body. For example, there is a drug that is marketed by Elan BioNeurology called … Continue reading →

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Big Data, Small World: Kirk Borne at TEDxGeorgeMasonU (Video)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by GilPress

Kirk Borne is Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science in the George Mason University School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences (SPACS). Turns out he is the father of the term “unknown unknowns” – things we do not know we … Continue reading →

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On Data Janitors, Engineers, and Statistics

Posted on June 20, 2013 by GilPress

Big Data Borat tweeted recently that “Data Science is 99% preparation, 1% misinterpretation.” Commenting on the 99% part, Cloudera’s Josh Wills says: “I’m a data janitor. That’s the sexiest job of the 21st century. It’s very flattering, but it’s also a little … Continue reading →

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Big Data Friday

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GilPress

“I can’t express how infuriated I am that my credit history, phone activity, and online browsing habits are being systematically collected and archived without my knowledge by undisclosed organizations that aren’t trying to sell me products”–Area Man “PRISM 1.0 was … Continue reading →

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