Yogi R. Patel

Apple Credit seems to be a popular release by the company. Apple is already has some of the most secure devices and software in the world. Therefore, launching a credit card service provides them the appropriate credibility. Moreover, partnering with already existing banks and credit card services shows that they are committed to growing the brand…[Read more]

This is a really interesting concept to remove travel time. It is, however, very expensive, even for the wealthy. From personal experience, I never drive to New York nor do I ever take a taxi in the city. I alway take a bus there and then walk wherever I want to go. Obviously, it is not feasible to walk to every place in New York is it is such a…[Read more]

Apple has started a trend of high-priced smartphones that most of the other major players are adopting, This has led to a dip in consumer purchases. Furthermore, I also agree the a lack in innovation has also deterred many consumers from trading in old devices or purchasing new ones. However, smartphones continue to be the most popular technology…[Read more]

I agree that there is a possibility that humans become over-reliant on a technology such as autonomous vehicles. I also believe that we are very far from having an acceptable version of this vehicle as there are far too many variables when it comes driving that cannot be completely autonomously. There is the human reaction aspect that technology…[Read more]

Steve Jobs was an exceptional presenter. His presentation along with Apple’s keynote even were one of the most anticipated events on a year-to-year basis. The most captivating aspect of Jobs’ presentation was the simplicity of the graphics throughout his presentation.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Apple a…[Read more]

One take away from this course is that data is every where and very important. Most companies have an assortment of data but do not know what to do with it. Learning how to analyze and make use of the data can be very beneficial for a student’s future and a company’s future.

For Blackboard, each row data would correspond to the column heading. The column headings would be: Course ID, Course Name, Professor, Course Grade.

The scholars in my group are Ryan Harper, Paul Weeks, Jay Patel, and Adam Wolf. The subject of are group project is a specific bank stock price going up after Trump’s presidential election.

The scholars in my group are Ryan Harper, Yogi Patel, Jay Patel, and Adam Wolf. The subject of are group project is a specific bank stock price going up after Trump’s presidential election.

The Gold of Big Data Analytics: Process Mining and Enterprise Data Assets

This article talks about a new data analytics technique called process mining. Process mining examines the flow of work in any business process from beginning to end in order to find where money can be saved by the business. This process can predict how a…[Read more]

A KPI I use regularly is my Fitbit Application.

Specific – The app is personalized to my activities.
Measurable – Measures how many steps I take in a day and throughout the week.
Achievable – I am able to set weekly/daily goals for steps.
Relevant – Step count has an impact on my health.
Time-variant – I can check my steps for the day, and…[Read more]

One of the problems I encountered from the article is sorting a spreadsheet without including all the columns, I was working on a database for an organization I volunteer for and I was sorting the members by status––how often they come depicted by “A,” “B,” and “C.” The database contained all personal information such as full name, phone num…[Read more]

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21717431-bilateral-trade-flow-data-are-misleading-reported-tweak-will-not-help
This article’s topic is America’s trade imports and exports, and how Donald Trump intends to make changes to the trade policies. It is fascinating because of the various data it presents. Currently, America sells…[Read more]

I believe the most important principle is to “Simplify.” Modern design is all about simplicity. With data visualization, you are going to have a variety of data that will be inter-related; however, you must be able to discern the most important and presentable data from the not so important and focus-oriented data. Afterwards, when presenting the…[Read more]

The most important takeaway from Maurice’s speech is how integral data is in any working environment. Although QVC does not seem like a match on the outside to make use of data, they were able to expand their business using data to their advantage. Maurice also taught me not to look at a company from the outside and make a judgement on their…[Read more]

The article, “A big Chinese province admits faking its economic data,” talks about the Chinese government recently admitting to faking its fiscal data for the past few years. They had been overstating their numbers. In class, we spoke about unreliable data and this is one of the issues with data when people––in this case, the Chinese gov…[Read more]