YouTube trends

A data scientist took a look at YouTube to see whats working and whats not. “The main goal of the analysis is to find interesting facts and patterns by exploring the data and by using effective visualizations. Some of the questions the analysis will answer: What is the average/minimum/maximum view count for 2019’s trending videos?…

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API agregation

Levelling the playing field for all. “Segment was the first API routing layer I remember seeing. At launch, their value proposition was that you could call their APIs from your product, and get access to your analytics data in any analytics service, starting with Mixpanel, Google Analytics and Kissmetrics. The advantage was that you could…

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Pen testing

I’m in the process of delivering a new web application on Azure. I am working through the CIS benchmark hardening recommendations for the various Azure components. Before go live it will be pen tested by an external specialist. I wondered what kind of pen testing I could do myself prior. Thats when I can across…

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Subbuteo sculpting

We recently visited a friend, whilst we were there he was working on painting & sculpting Subbuteo figures. They start off plain with no colour or character (unfortunately didn’t get a picture) As they get some colour they start to come alive. Then Ruud Gullit is born & ready for action. Not sure whats most…

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Lemonade innovation

I first came across Lemonade on a podcast last year. I blogged about here. A must listen. Yesterday they IPO’d and day one went like this. A massive market in an old school industry. A industry that has never bothered to innovate. Maybe because they never had to. Until now. If I was a betting…

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Electric Elon

Tesla is now worth more than than Honda, Ferrari, BMW, GM, Nikola, and Nissan. COMBINED. The above chart shows the performance of old world v new world. Tesla is easy to spot. The other stand out there is NIO. NIO is talked about as the Chinese Tesla. Old big companies struggle with change. Hard to…

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Printers

Printers are in demand in the a Covid world according to a report in the Washington post. “As a recent Deloitte report put it, when the virus hit, hundreds of millions of people “brought their laptops home in a bag … but left their printers behind!” And oh, how we’ve missed them — not for…

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