Last week, I wrote a post about my experience at the Wimbledon Championships 2017 with IBM and their data center. One of the questions I posed the IBM team was whether we could find and use data with a purpose? Specifically, I was hoping to find numbers...
For the last couple of years, I have been the owner of a ‘connected’ racquet by Babolat. After a few technical hiccoughs (Connected Pure Drive), I now have a fully functioning and new Babolat Pure Drive Play (left). Outside of the fact that the racquet...
[Check for the update at the end of the post] With the rise of smart devices, the internet of things and connected objects, we are seeing many brands jump into the foray. For the last few years, I have been able to geek out AND play tennis (two of my...
In a prior post, I did a comparison chart between the Nike Fuelband and Fitbit. I looked at the features and benefits of each. I also compared the measurements that each provides in common: calories and steps. The only catch was that, last time, I wore each...
This may be the breakout year for wearable devices. [I see them as part of my top 10 marketing trends for this year]. The wearable fitness tracker market is still somewhat niche, but it is growing rapidly and is projected to reach 60+ million units by 2017 (various...
Minter Dialogue #65 This interview is with Eric Beard (left), whom I met at SXSW2013 thanks to my friend Jennifer Preston at the NYT. Eric is founder and Editor-in-Chief at “A Football Report” (AFR) which has over 300,000 followers on Tumblr....
How to tag someone on LinkedIn if their name doesn’t come up?
