Looking at When Should I Visit application derived from FourSquare data for London (maybe I’ll need it in a few weeks when I’m next in London, that is, if I have time to go to a museum).  Got the information from Laughing Squid post dated April 30th; thinking about how Analytics can improve museum experiences, or, for that fact, many types of experiences – in this case by using geo-location information to tell someone the best time to attend, or when to stay away.

And now that I know what apps to get from my iPAD (sorry, iPAD version 1 – waiting till iPAD 3 comes out before buying another (definitely should get HBO to go as one  of them).  Then again, maybe I should get Planetary for the iPAD. Talking about games – look at this post from Social Times on dieting and Foodzy.

Paul Krugman has an interesting post from last weekend that when a bubble happens – the same 400 people benefit from it! Ha! I figure, the people who are “smart” will always find a way to “work the system” to their advantage – only more and more so – perhaps especially in a bubble. In a tangential way, Flowing Data has a Perceived vs. Actual Country Rankings  in terms of which countries are doing better for healthcare and innovation.

It should be noted, however, that the healthcare rankings come from a 2000 study by the World Health Organization, whereas the survey was taken in 2011, so that might account for some discrepancies.

Gary Angel published another seminal post on two level segmentation that postulates an interesting point – if you choose the wrong KPI’s you can set your measurement efforts back and prevent much good analysis from ever being done.  Wow!  Look at this chart…. you can go to -1, -2, -3 .. think about that … if you choose wrong you not only stand still, you go backwards!

Here’s more from Gary Angel … fascinating post – which is why you need to choose right…. (and my book is based on making the right choices – can’t wait till August 19th).

I’ve often talked in the past about the “analysis barrier.” The challenge organizations seem to face moving beyond reporting to analysis. The barrier isn’t an illusion, but it exists largely because organizations have taken the wrong path (site-wide, “actionable” KPIs and technology implementers) to move up to Stage #1.

If you set the table with pitchforks, it’s hard to eat a good dinner.

EConsultancy published a post saying that marketers have shifted primary focus now to SEO but it’s interesting that it’s happened just as SEO has become sorta “old hat” and more or less “boring”.

I guess Social Media is now what SEO was 6-7 years ago, once Social Media is fully accepted … it’ll become boring too .. and we’ll move on to the next thing (whatever that turns out to be) … maybe Geo-Location.  Meanwhile, the acquisition of Radian6 by Salesforce.com was completed last week – faster than expected.

Also, Dennis Mortensen over at Visual Revenue has written a post on how to use his system to optimize sites like GigaOM and TechCrunch.