Is Big Data Really Working for Marketers?
At a roundtable discussion at ClickZ Live New York last week, the question of whether or not Big Data, or any data analytics at all, are working for marketers was addressed.
View ArticleUbuntu Server OpenStack Continuous Integration on Ubuntu 101
We (the Canonical OIL dev team) are about to finish the production roll out of our OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL) . It's been an awesome time getting here so I thought I would take the...
View ArticlePyCon 2014
PyCon 2014 is over, and as usual, I loved every minute. There are a huge number of people that I know there, and about 5 different sub-communities that I feel an irrationally strong attachment to. Some...
View Article7 Modern Age SEO Myths
One of the challenges that the world of SEO presents us with is its lack of clarity. The search engines obscure their algorithms, and as a result, SEO is really a best practices game. You can learn...
View ArticleEffective Advertising: A Path Forward
In this part one of a three-part series on the next generation of advertising, the focus is on how on-page advances will create new marketing opportunities for advertisers and publishers alike.
View ArticleSocial Is the Next Great Direct Response Channel
Mobile and social are the most important user trends in our world and as such, are where the next great direct response opportunities are emerging.
View ArticleCanonical Design, New DVD design for 14.04 LTS
The new DVD designs feature: Desktop Edition - 14.04 wallpaper - Modified design of the folded paper numerals Server Edition - An integrated, 14 module graphic Trusty Tahr – hidden reveal within the...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04 Review
As I promised, in this post, I have a review of Ubuntu 14.04. Well, two reviews: desktop and tablet. As the desktop, Ubuntu 14.04 rocks! There are many features that I wanted that are finally...
View ArticleMandatory Email Authentication and What It Means for Marketers
New rigid standards for email authentication mean that marketers need to adjust their tactics in order to reach potential customers' inboxes.
View ArticleDigital Hugging, or Contextualization Simplified
Digital hugging is the ability to surround your client with love across core channels and provide a relevant experience in the context and time most relevant to them. Consider this recipe for marketers.
View ArticleScreen locking in Xubuntu 14.04
Improving screenlocking (or: sessionlocking) has been on our agenda for a few cycles now. We've used the old and proven XScreensaver for a few releases, but people have always complained about its...
View ArticleCanonical Design Sticky notes and a mobile first approach
As the number of Juju users has been rapidly increasing over the past year, so has the number of new solutions in the form of charms and bundles. To help users assess and choose solutions we felt it...
View ArticleThe 7 Essentials to Building an Active, Engaged Social Community
Building a community doesn't happen overnight, but these seven essentials serve as a solid foundation for companies committed to growing a long-term highly engaged social community for many years to come.
View ArticleSmart Homes, A New Marketing Paradigm
The rise in popularity of the smart home presents exciting opportunities for marketers to better understand their customers and improve the customer experience.
View ArticleEuropython talks How to become a software developer in science?
The talks " How to become a software developer in science? " will be given by Magdalena Rother . Her path from 'Hello world' to software development was long and hard. The approach she learned...
View ArticleDo You Have the Right Framework for Measuring Success?
The development of meaningful key performance indicators (KPIs) is often critical to an organization's success, as it sets the tone and the agenda for the business.
View ArticleWhat's the difference between StaticPython and PyRun?
This blog post explains the difference between StaticPython and PyRun . Both StaticPython and PyRun are free, portable binary distributions of Python 2.x and 3.x, for Linux, Mac OS X (and PyRun also...
View ArticleWhat Is "Rich Media" in a Social Mobile World?
Social media is inherently "rich," but it is more than 75 percent mobile, which presents a slew of new challenges for marketers. How can we embrace social mobile rich media in our marketing efforts?
View ArticlePyDev and Python profiler UI Crowdfunding Project
Last year there was an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in support of PyDev, the Python IDE plugin for Eclipse. It was put on by the primary developer of PyDev, Fabio Zadrozny. As a part of that...
View ArticleReaching People, Not Devices, How ID-Based Targeting Is Devouring...
Cookie targeting is about devices, while ID targeting is about people, providing better control for advertisers and allowing for realistic frequency caps and better attribution modeling.
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