The Numerati: Interview With Stephen Baker (Video)

Stephen Baker, senior writer at BusinessWeek, was the featured guest last week at Interesting Café, one of our culture events at Clickable. Pulling themes from his new book, the Numerati, he shared how a powerful new endeavor — the mathematical modeling of humanity – is transforming every aspect of our lives.… Read the rest

Please Be Insensitive

Web guru Dave Winer said:

When I needed heart surgery in 2002 and the doctor told me my life was over if I didn’t get it, you might say he was being insensitive, but he was telling me something that I knew was true that I needed to hear. Three days later after the surgery, recouperating, the surgeon told me if I resumed smoking I would be dead in three years.

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Making Advertising Profitable For Your Business

At Clickable, my startup, we dedicate ourselves to creating the simplest path to profitability for online advertisers. At the heart of that is goal-based advertising, an approach where businesses define their goals, track their successes, assign economic value to those successes, and then optimize continuously.… Read the rest