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Operational BI – An Oxymoron?
Amit Chembukar and Prasanna Keny of Tata Consulting wrote Trends in Operational BI in BI Review. It's a nice article and they…
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Topix Gets Local with Citizen Journalism
Topix, the local news aggregator that is owned by several big U.S. newspaper chains (Gannett, The Tribune and McClatchy), is doing what amounts to a relaunch of the site and adding “citizen journalism” or social media to the mix, as well as moving to a dot-com domain (it used to be dot-net). Founder and CEO Rich Skrenta — who describes on his personal blog how…
Topix Reinvented As Hyperlocal News Portal
The news aggregating site at Topix.net has a new complementary domain at Topix.com, and a renewed focus on the local audience that CEO Rich Skrenta thinks can be a difference maker for the site. Oh, and just call them Topix.
Comedy Central Opens Online Joke School
Just when you thought the Internet was full…Today, Comedy Central opened up an online joke school for the humor impaired. Marking yet another stop along the way to TV/Internet content integration, while taking advantage of the broadband boom and the online community meme, the all-comedy cable network's "Crash Course In Comedy" is an interactive online comedy school "for wannabe standup comedians."
Say Yea, Nay To Reddit’s Ads
"Brace yourself, ads are coming" - and you can vote on them. Of course, you may choose to give every single one a thumbs down, but that's Reddit's problem. They're the ones with the new ads, and they're the ones with the new voting system.
Ask Kevin About The Googgles
Everyone knew the obligatory April Fools Day practical jokes were coming. Some were funny. Some were lame. Some were just flat out bizarre. There were, however, a few jewels that separated themselves from the rest of the ordinary April 1st offerings. Here are the pranks that bear honorable mention. Matt Cutts: The Hack That Wasn’t
