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Post Inauguration Work

Posted in politics, tagged , , , on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »

When the inauguration is over will the work really begin?
It is a strange thing to me that while we sink trillions of taxpayer dollars into bailouts and rail against AIG (and others) for spending frivolously, we then throw one of the biggest inaugurations ever.  Who pays for that?
What about the loss of productivity today?  at [...]

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Obama and Rick Warren – Separation of Church and State, Anyone???

Posted in politics, religion, tagged , , , on December 18, 2008 | 12 Comments »

So now we’re going to have a month of debate about Rick Warren and what he stands for.
Warren has been described as the next Billy Graham, an evangelical leader with a moderate reputation and mass-market appeal — although instead of massive open-air rallies and an out-sized television presence, Warren focused on forging partnerships with unlikely [...]

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Hillary Clinton Concedes Nomination

Posted in analysis of behavior, data mining, economics, media, online advertising, politics, social networks, traffic, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Is this the headline you’ve been waiting for?
Can I predict bloggers/blog readers voting preferences based on which headline they respond to?
NOTE:  This headline and series of upcoming posts is a SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.  I am attempting to do an informal poll on key future headlines.  I will be testing a series of headlines of the coming [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech – Behaviorist Perspective, post 3

Posted in analysis of behavior, economics, politics, religion, speculation, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

John H. Bryant writes:
Behaviorally speaking, what happened when Barack Obama spoke on religion yesterday?For some, like the way I approached the speech and later his presentation, Obama’s speech might have seemed to be about religion… or perhaps the American Black experience… or perhaps the generational tug of our past with what is important to [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech Distribution – Behaviorist Perspective, post 2

Posted in analysis of behavior, media, politics, religion, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Barack Obama’s speech was so full of interesting threads. The issue of religion and our ever more confusing association with a particular religion, its leaders and its every rule is central to Obama’s speech – and likely some of his more robust and potentially inflamatory arguments.
I’m posting this article recently published by my friend [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech Distribution – Behaviorist Perspective, post 1

Posted in analysis of behavior, media, online advertising, politics, social networks, tagged , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Check out these headlines pulled from Google News regarding the recent Obama speech (full text).  The context and content of the speech make this an excellent media event to analyze.  It’s full of taboo issues  and the stakes are sky high.  Doesn’t hurt that this is an incredibly active political season.
What can we gather about [...]

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Does Internet Traffic Offer Any Political Guidance?

Posted in business strategy, data mining, economics, politics, tagged , , , , , , on February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Consider the Democratic Primaries. Do we see any predictive power in internet traffic?
Quantcast Demographic Info:
Hillary
Barack
Compete.com: Hillary vs. Barack

Alexa:
Check here. 
Quantcast:

Conclusion:
It’s tricky! however, I think we need to normalize the traffic by demographic as raw volume is not a good predictor at all (very low correlation between results+exit polls and internet traffic). See [...]

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