How to prioritise – the four Ds
Over the Christmas/New Year break I have been busy thinking about my plans for 2016. As usual, there are way too many things I’d like to include, so I will need to prioritise. Thinking about how best to use my […]
Many thanks to the #NewMR 2016 Sponsors
A new year has started and some great MR brands have already stepped forward as #NewMR sponsors, helping ensure that #NewMR will be able to continue to curate interesting and useful material. So this post is a quick shout out […]
What is a Framework and how do they help find the story in the data?
Before Information Technology a framework was the skeleton of a building or object, something around which the finished product could be built. But, over the last 30 years the term framework has expanded into a much wider range of situations, […]
My Predictions for 2016
Despite Nobel prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr’s advice that ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’, here are my predictions for 2016. 1) Bigger Legal Problems for Google and Facebook This year has shown an escalation in problems for Google, […]
UK researchers help Ted Cruz harvest data from unaware Facebook users
The Guardian website has a long article that looks at how Ted Cruz has utilised a UK company, and work done by UK academics, to harvest data from tens of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge. Ted Cruz is […]
What is the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative Research?
[Sorry, this is a really long post, but I have been asked several times to explain the key differences between qual and quant. Here is my attempt to do that, but I would really appreciate comments from others.] Quite often […]
Why researchers need a good hinterland
The term hinterland was used by the British Politician Dennis Healy to describe somebody who had a life, interests, and knowledge that extended beyond their field of employment/speciality. Denis Healey was a leading Labour Politician from the 1950s to the […]
Social Media, Curation and a Personal Brand – 3 hot topics for 2016
In November our thoughts stray to 2016 as we try to guess the key topics we should be following next year. Here are three topics that I think will be big in 2016. Curation As data becomes ever more plentiful […]
Nobody can claim to be Cheaper, Faster and Better!
There seems to be have been a rash of new claims by some agencies that they are offering a cheaper, better & faster service. However, in my opinion, this does the agency business a disservice for three key reasons: The […]
The rate of change today is the slowest you will ever experience!
This year represents the slowest rate of technological and societal change you are likely to experience in the rest of your life! That was the stark message from keynote presenter Jonathan MacDonald at a recent Vision Critical Summit that I […]