Are you familiar with the Chinese proverb that says: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”? You may be wondering what that has to do with the context of this conversation. Well, trees are like data sets in that they take time to grow. So, if you aren’t deploying tracking … Read More
Intelligent Photographs
Computer science today is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in media; and more tangible than the excitement for blockchain, AR, or monitization is the simple fact that the internet continues enabling data in ways never before possible. I caught on a flight to Naples, Florida, an article (in print) about a Civil War era enthusiast who happens to work … Read More
Preparing for the European Union GDPR
We are less than a month away, but May 25, 2018 is a date we’ve had marked on our calendars for some time. It’s the date that the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect. It means significant changes in how businesses across the EU and the rest of the world collect, handle and store electronic … Read More
Putting Our Creative Class to Work Through Technology
STEM. STEAM. Big data. AI. AR. VR. IoT. Blockchain. Today’s biggest technology buzzwords are words that people claim to understand, with their implications on employment and economic development. The repercussion of ignorance is ostracization from the very community that is leading the way toward the promise land of the next wave of jobs, or commonly known as the Fourth Industrial … Read More
News Media + Analytics: Measuring the Media [360 VR Video]
In January, with the great support of Austin’s Antone’s Nightclub and the startup sales advisors at Sellerant, we took MediaTech down the path of News Media and Data technology during a wonderful panel discussion. The idea for the talk of the convergence of media and technology was sparked over a year ago by work being done by Trendkite, an analytics … Read More