Howard Moscowitz and the discovery of market segmentation preferences

AIDS & Obits

The author first starts off by talking about how homosexuality has evolved from being considered a mental disorder to being sinful/immoral to being a medically accepted, albeit fairly alternative and rare, form of human behavior and lifestyle. However, many of the stigmas of being gay continue and this continues in the form of how obituaries that relate to single men. Indeed, the cause of death is rarely mentioned or, as the article notes, there is often a telltale clue that gives an indication as to what happened. QA review was conducted of whether and when AIDS deaths were listed in an obituary for single men that died between the ages of 18 and 50. In 1986, there were five people that died of AIDS, at least that were identified, and that took up nearly a fourth of all listed causes. However, that number was zero out of nine in 1980 and one out of thirteen in 1984.

Data Scientist in the 21st Century

This article talks about the new job title of "data scientist." These are people that use data and data collection methods in new ways and they are apparently in very short supply in the employment and government sectors despite the huge need for them. Some universities have tried to get in front of the problem and create new programs and degree options so as to fill the need for data scientists. One such program is a master's program at North Carolina State. They are cited as a more modern example of the Wall Street "quants" of the 1980's and 1990's. They are typically much better served by a permanent and ongoing position rather than operating in a consultant role. One challenge is that such data scientists thrive when they are among their own rather than regular executives and employees who typically deal with simpler frameworks.

Lee Fadziwill Interview

This is a woman who definitely has a good view on life and is extremely willing to roll with. Rather than get down-trodden or annoyed with life, she just adjusts and goes with it. The snob question at the beginning of the video proves this in spades. She uses fairly extreme adjectives and expressions to say what she says…quite different.