By Ted Cuzzillo (Latest edit )
It was International Workers’ Day on Saturday and the official release day of Lyzasoft’s latest product: its foray into “free.” It’s a good way to say “power to the people.”
Some people associate that slogan with protests and even violence. But I think the best paths to power usually involve well-analyzed data, whether in public life or at work.… Read more...
By Ted Cuzzillo (Latest edit )
Everybody knows what “retention” means until they have to design a metric. Ken Rudin, once of LucidEra and now general manager of analytics at the games site Zynga, thought that he and his team could “put something together” quickly — but it actually took “four solid weeks of discussion and debate.”
About 50 million people play Zynga games every day.… Read more...
By Ted Cuzzillo (Latest edit )
Here are two tips from LucidEra veterans Ken Rudin and Darren Cunningham about BI in the mid-market: Forget “freemium” — the new term for free service leading to paid service — and be wary of users’ ability to analyze data.
Rudin co-founded the company and in June saw it fold for lack of renewed funding — in spite of what he described as “extremely happy customers” and a rapidly growing base.… Read more...
By Ted Cuzzillo (Latest edit )
In the film “Night on Earth,” Italian comic Roberto Benigni plays a taxi driver tooling around Rome one August morning at four. His flag’s up, he’s bored, and the streets are empty. “Dove sono i romani?” he asks himself, “Where are all the Romans?”
Where were all the BI people last week?… Read more...
By Ted Cuzzillo (Latest edit )
Swap out a few terms in a recent New York Times story about farmers’ attempt to split California, and you might see the IT vs. business saga.