As a new buzzword, “Big Data” is all over our daily lives. However, the tech industry specializing in data collection and analysis doesn’t mean that other industries haven’t found value in using data. For anyone who knows baseball (or has watched Moneyball), we know that data analysis has become part of the player selection process. From a business perspective, big data enables companies to mix their patron data into a broader pool of consumer data and extract correlations that help them know with unprecedented specificity who are most likely to respond to their appeals. The great thing about data is that it replaces guesswork with facts and gives these corporates reliable answers, clear directions and predictable results. The not-so-great thing is that it replaces personal expertise and human intuition with cold hard math, a process that arts administrators who’ve built their careers on creative management practices might have trouble getting used to.
Is Computer-assisted Technology Killing Arts Designs?
There is one unchanging feature about technology. In a continuous process, the technology becomes ever smaller, faster, and cheaper. One of the examples lies in the jewelry industry. The jewelry designers are rethinking their manufacturing practices, using state of the art computer software programs for designs that they would have done by hand previously. The reason why traditional methods are left behind is these computer-assisted designs can be produced faster and cause a proliferation in the market.
When Artists Are Building Robots
Technology Start-Up Links to Artists and EVERYBODY wins
Dr. Gang Lu, the Founder & Chief Editor of TechNode.com, and independent China Internet business observer, researcher, and open-concept evangelist, firmly believes the Internet environment is still young in China and it is beginning to change and evolve. Far from slowing down, the past two years have brought a new challenge of entrepreneurship to Lu and his team after launching Kuukie (pronounced “cookie”), a custom, digital card print house with a social media edge in 2010. After over four years as an “unprofessional, professional tech blogger” covering both Chinese Internet and tech industry news and analyses, Lu didn’t feel right offering up advice to entrepreneurs if he himself did not have start-up experience. With his background and passions, social marketing seemed the logical choice for him, but it was only the beginning.