John Perrotta

This has been a fantastic one, I will certainly remember it for the rest of my life. Beyond running Vitris I completed my bachelors degree, this assignment being the last one of my college career. We’ve grown a lot together at Vitris over the past couple months, I’m constantly looking back and thinking about what I’ve done wrong in the past which…[Read more]

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/19/half-of-data-connections-by-top-500-android-apps-are-covert-with-no-effect-on-user-experience

This article follows the data tracking done by app developers on the apps they release in the Android and Apple app store. A recent study found that of all the data being tracked by these groups only half was…[Read more]

Instagram:
Rows: Picture/Video posts
Columns: User, location, hashtags, time stamp, caption

A KPI that I use on a regular basis is the amount of likes I receive on our social media posts, which applies to all the aspects of the SMART criteria. It is specific and measurable because the number of likes I receive on a post is counted automatically. It is achievable because I have the ability to make a post more engaging and can set a goal…[Read more]

As many people have mentioned, I’m also guilty of number 3 where you start working on a data set without backing it up. Excel is especially bad when it comes to unexpected failures, which has caused me to lose a couple data sets I’ve been working on. Also, I’ve made adjustments to data sets that were incorrect and didn’t save the original so I had…[Read more]

Data visualization is a very exciting topic because of its growing importance in so many aspects of business. I believe of the principles explored by Stephen the most important is simplify. The purpose of data visualization is to make it easy for someone to understand a more complex set of data. By making a piece too complex this is blocked and…[Read more]

Data visualization is a very exciting topic because of its quick growth in importance for so many aspects of business. I believe the most important aspect Stephen explores is simplify. When evaluating any object of data visualization it is key that the information is translated easily. Something too complex can create confusion and actually…[Read more]

Mr.Dagar gave us a great look at what to expect in the real world, as graduates in business and management information systems. One of his most important messages was the usefulness of data and business intelligence. He used a real world example with Walmart in Florida, using data they found that beer and pop-tarts are in more demand than…[Read more]