Understanding Twitter Sentiment for Investing Decisions

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Its been quiet over the last few weeks on here for a reason… I’ve been finalizing my Dissertation Proposal. Yesterday (Wed Oct 26th), I successfully defended my proposal. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I am now officially in the dissertation phase. While preparing/rehearsing for the defense, I had the foresight to record one my rehearsals and thought I’d share [...]

Revisiting Signal to Noise & Twitter

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I had quite a lot of feedback from my Signal to Noise Ratio & Twitter post last week. Most of the feedback was positive and in agreement with my argument that twitter can become something that overloads you with a lot of noise. Some folks disagreed with my argument too…and I’m OK with disagreement.  I [...]

Signal to Noise Ratio & Twitter

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I really enjoy twitter.  There are tons of great folks out there worth following and learning from. But….there’s just as many (or more) not-so-great folks out there too.  You know the kind…they add tons of noise to your twitter stream.   They add tons of noise to your life. I’ve noticed that the noise is getting [...]

The New CIO – An Introduction

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today’s CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. It’s fitting that my 400th post is my first The New CIO article. I’ve been ruminating on writing a weekly post/article but hadn’t really sat down to plan it out. [...]

Links for Jan 18 2009

Another Sunday, Another List O’ Links!   Enjoy! Knowledgeable Workforce Requires Knowledge-Filled Workers by Steve Roesler on All Things Workplace Twitter: It’s About People, Not Technology by Fred Wilson on Silicon Alley Insider Do More with Less by Mitch Joel on Six Pixels of Separation What is the Business Purpose? by Jay Deragon on Sociallutions [...]

Ramblings on Social Media

I’ve been lurking around the social web for quite some time experimenting with different systems and learning a tremendous amount from all of the ‘experts’ out there. I’ve been on LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Technorati and many many other systems.  I liked some and didn’t like some. I recently started using Twitter (@ericdbrown) and Friendfeed (find [...]

Links for Jan 4 2009

Ran across some great stories over the last week…enjoy! Stakeholders in a Barrel on Tyner Bain Global CIO: The Top 10 CIO Issues For 2009 by Bob Evan’s on Information Week New Year’s Resolution: Do Experiments, Not Projects by Susan Cramm on HarvardBusiness.org Six Employee Engagement Questions for 2009 by David Zinger on Employee Engagement [...]

Twitter & Friendfeed

hey everyone – I’ve been lax in letting you know that I’m on Twitter and Friendfeed…feel free to follow/subscribe. Twitter: http://twitter.com/ericdbrown Friendfeed – http://friendfeed.com/ericbrown