If you were a betting person, you could have placed a safe bet on Hillary to beat Donald. Well, that is if you believe the oddsmakers. You would have been wrong, but not alone. Almost everybody was wrong, and that’s alarming. This isn’t a blog about politics. This is a blog about quantitative data and […]
Imagining Conversations: The frustration of email
You get a lot of emails, many of which are junk, unimportant or even offensive. Filters try hard to keep out the crap, but sometimes they just don’t work. What’s most aggravating to me, maybe to others, is the regularly sent messages that start out with, “I’m sure you’ve missed my recent in-box message to […]
Getting Millennials to Stick Around
My father worked in the same factory for almost 40 years. I’ve had basically four jobs in 40 years. Gen X workers (those now in their late 30s and 40s) tend to change jobs every three to five years. And millennials, well, does the term revolving door come to mind? According to a recent study, […]
Did we see the same thing?
So, been watching politics? Chances are, you have. The presidential race is grinding along with more twists and turns than the Blue Ridge Parkway, and there are still three long months ahead before the election. Leading up to the November faceoff are more debates and other general hubbub. Many times it strikes me that cable […]
Will News Cameras Go The Way of the Edsel?
Video of terror strikes, kids falling into zoo pits and a woman dousing a baby in buckets of water at a theme park are just a few examples of how high-definition, videographer-controlled digital images are losing out to hand-held devices. Sure, many reporters have turned to Skype and hand-held devices in a pinch, but most […]