I just wonder if small businesses have the right tool set and skill set to take advantage of the explosion in Data. I wonder if small business owners have the data. I wonder if Big Data will drive innovation, performance and improvements for big business but leave Small Business behind.
In this presentation, I provide an overview of my research into using twitter sentiment and message volume as inputs into modeling stock price movements. A quick and dirty linear regression model using Twitter Sentiment, the Number of Tweets per day, the VIX Closing price and the VIX Price change delivers a simple model for the S&P 500 SPY ETF that has an accuracy of 57% over 6 months (tested on out-of sample data). This model was built using data from July 11 2011 to August 11 2011.
Links for Sunday April 15 2012 covering topics for the CIO
I went back to the park with that old barn that I've been sharing photos of and captured this nice sun flare. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 16-35 L II handheld.
CIO's and IT Pro's - what do you want to be in 2 years....the person/team that keeps the lights on...or the person/team that gets to play with all the new technology? I prefer to be a part of the teams that get to play with the new stuff and I'm helping my clients move in that direction.
Links for April 8 2012
Here's another shot of the old barn from last week. Taken with my iPhone + Instagram.
Stop looking for the holy grail. There is no holy grail in life.At the end of the day, its all about doing the work. Getting better at the work and doing the work some more. And then doing the work some more.
Links for Sunday April 1 2012 covering IT, Innovation, culture and more
Here's a quick capture with my iPhone + Instagram from last weekend. This old barn is in a park in Parker, Texas.
The Cloud is Reality. Yes...the cloud is here to stay. But...let's stop talking about it being the 'next big thing'. The Cloud is simply another option for infrastructure for an organization
Links for March 24 2012 covering Marketing, Technology, IT and CIO related stories.
This is a cactus flower taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin TX. I took this with a my Canon 5D and 24-105L lens.
So...when you hear things (or say things) like "Nobody knows what we do till it breaks", your first instinct should be to immediately stop what you're doing and find the nearest non-IT professional and ask them what you can do for them. Ask them how you can help. Ask them what their problems are and what you can do to solve them
Can twitter be used to determine sentiment for making investing decisions?
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