Monthly Archives: November 2011

Black Friday Divide

Even as the crowds grew to record size, gunfire, and one epic fight over waffle irons, people still  ventured out to their local shopping malls and opened their wallets this Black Friday. With overall spending numbers up over 6%, Black … Continue reading

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200 Million Document Milestone

Only a few months ago, DiscoverText’s data ingest counter was steadily moving toward 100 million documents. This week, the software’s document ingest counter will cross the 200 million document line. You can see this for yourself on our homepage. With … Continue reading

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Holiday Shopping Update

Week 3 Due to a busy week in California, and preparations for Amsterdam, I am going to skip right to Week 3 of the Holiday Shopping Updates, meaning analysis for the dates November 13-20. In our first analysis, we captured … Continue reading

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Predictive Analytics, Amsterdam

Texifter personnel travel next to Amsterdam to present and exhibit at the “Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit” on November 22 & 23. On Day 1, I will give a talk titled “Humans and Machines Working Together,” that details our work on … Continue reading

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Visiting Google & Facebook

Thanks to some excellent ground work by Joe Delfino and Sean Kelleher, Joe, Sean & I were able to make a pilgrimage to Google, Facebook & Reputation.com for a wildly exciting day of briefings with Q&A. While I’d love to … Continue reading

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Holiday Shopping Update

From now until the New Year signals the close of the holiday season, Texifter analysts will focus DiscoverText’s tools on holiday shoppers. We will take a close look at their behavior and sentiment as they hit the stores during the … Continue reading

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DiscoverText Introduces Tools for Random Sampling

DiscoverText is rolling-out an addition to its analytical toolkit: random sampling. The Web-service already offers an array of tools for text analytics and rigorous, team-based qualitative data analysis. These functions include the ability to code and annotate text, measure inter-rater … Continue reading

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