How to Data Analytics (in a Start-up)

1) Data analytics is a lot like UX design. 2) Define the questions to be answered beforehand. 3) Data is meaningless without interpretation. Extensively collaborate with other departments.

Lean Support: The Case of HoloBuilder

When I started working on HoloBuilder.com over a year ago, there was no support. Of course, we would've immediately helped anyone who sent us a question via e-mail or Twitter, but those options weren't communicated anywhere. Users accessing HoloBuilder ended up directly in our augmented/virtual reality creator, the only way for communication with us being a… Continue reading Lean Support: The Case of HoloBuilder

Enabling Industry 4.0 with HoloBuilder

At this year's INFORMATIK conference held by the GI in Cottbus, I had the chance to present a research paper (full text here) about HoloBuilder—officially titled "Enabling Industry 4.0 with holobuilder"1—that I wrote together with my colleagues Kristina Tenhaft, Simon Heinen and Harry Handorf. In our paper, we examine HoloBuilder from a research rather than… Continue reading Enabling Industry 4.0 with HoloBuilder

How ’bout some fancy dashboards for ya? Power BI vs. Geckoboard

In my capacity as the chief data analyst of bitstars, it's one of my key responsibilities to regularly compile all relevant figures concerning our web platform HoloBuilder. These figures are mostly intended for people who don't have the time to dive deeply into some fancy but complicated statistics. Hence, from the user experience perspective it's… Continue reading How ’bout some fancy dashboards for ya? Power BI vs. Geckoboard