Author: nytm
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2013, the Year in review
Following on what I posted for 2012… below is my year in review for 2013… I’ll use the same format, the good, the bad, and the verdict (no ugly here). The Good I love Boston! We had a massive set back in 2013 with the Marathon bombings, but it has given me greater resolve that…
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2013-09: Behavior vs. Intention
I had an interesting conversation the other day. It stemmed from the name of this networking lunch group that I am part of. It’s called Burgers & Granola (B&G). The name of the group originated a few months ago, when we started to meet on a regular basis. At the time, we had a conversation…
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2013-08: Demographics of 1
A very quick post to get some thoughts down on paper. I used to work in consumer marketing in banking. One of the regular habits was trying to understand our customer base and our prospects. For that, we relied heavily in segmentation. Segmentation, is nothing more than trying to take a group of people (say all…
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2013-07: An Amazing Blog Post on Dating (not mine)
Another short post. I recently came across this blog post, and was floored by it! Take a read: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/02/16/the-case-for-an-older-woman/ Quick points of why I liked it (beyond the content) Extremely well written: I really like the style, and hope to get to that point one day Deep research on one data set: I was floored by how…
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2013-05: Three Types of People
File this on comedic observations…. I noticed that there are three kinds of people on this earth. Doorway People: These are people that like to stand in doorways. Standing in a doorway means that you are controlling the space that you’re in. It means that you are blocking access to other rooms, govern the room,…