Tag: Blog

  • Most-Read GeekFluent Posts of 2013

    I love metrics. OK, that’s not precisely true. I love the things we can learn from metrics, and the process of discovering that learning. In and of themselves, the metrics are nothing but numbers, and by themselves numbers just aren’t that exciting. What the numbers represent, on the other hand, can be very, very interesting.…

  • Most-Read GeekFluent Posts of 2012

    Admittedly, metrics aren’t all that exciting in and of themselves — it’s the information and the trends behind them, driving the numbers that are interesting.  This, in a single sentence, is the idea behind the Big Data phenomenon. That said, the data I have to present here is very near and dear to me.  It’s…

  • The Why of the Follow

    Regardless of your medium of choice for social media — Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, blog posts — the first, and easiest, measure of success is the number of followers you have. There are a lot of social media articles out there that offer tips and techniques for building your followership.  This isn’t one of those articles. Instead, I’d like to explore why people choose to follow someone.  I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and, as far as I can tell, when people follow you,…