{"id":6144,"date":"2013-05-31T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:24:58","slug":"weekly-recap-5-trends-that-will-drive-the-future-of-tech-dont-be-fooled-by-false-metrics-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/weekly-recap-5-trends-that-will-drive-the-future-of-tech-dont-be-fooled-by-false-metrics-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 5 trends that will drive the future of tech, don&#8217;t be fooled by false metrics, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on tech trends, false metrics, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Don\u2019t be fooled by false metrics<\/span><br \/>\nAs one of the points made in this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/how-to-create-web-reports-your-executives-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">article<\/span><\/a> on reporting, false metrics are a common problem in the world of reporting and BI. While we certainly have no shortage of data, choosing the right data is often the biggest hurdle faced when building reports or BI apps.<a name=\"20130529\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">5 trends that will drive the future of technology<\/span><br \/>\nCan you believe how quickly technology has advanced in just the last 5 years? Think about it: Smartphones were just gaining popularity and tablets (as we know them) didn\u2019t exist. Can you imagine how tech will change in the next 5 years? While this article provides some good trends, I\u2019d like to add one more: Web applications will displace native applications. As the web becomes more powerful and more devices connect to the web, developers will need a single platform that reaches all operating systems and platforms. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130531_5TrendsThatDriveTheFuture_Tablets']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9239600\/3_reasons_why_tablets_thrive_while_PCs_dive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why tablets thrive while PCs dive<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDo you know how many years it took for PCs to sell 200 million units in a single year? 27 years. Do you know how long it took tablets to reach that same mark? 3 years. The questions you should be asking yourself right now: What do my web apps look like on a tablet? What\u2019s our mobile development strategy going forward?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130531_5TrendsThatDriveTheFuture_BYOD']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/t\/byod\/why-almost-everyone-gets-it-wrong-about-byod-219241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why almost everyone gets it wrong about BYOD<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMany companies look at the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend and ask, \u201cHow can we control these devices?\u201d They\u2019re asking the wrong questions. Instead, they should be asking how they can help these employees become more productive with their own devices. If you\u2019re asking that question, here\u2019s <span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">an article<\/span> that goes into more detail on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on tech trends, false metrics, and more. I hope you find them useful: Don\u2019t be fooled by false metrics As one of the points made in this recent article on reporting, false &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/weekly-recap-5-trends-that-will-drive-the-future-of-tech-dont-be-fooled-by-false-metrics-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly recap: 5 trends that will drive the future of tech, don&#8217;t be fooled by false metrics, and more&#8230;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly recap: 5 trends that will drive the future of tech, don't be fooled by false metrics, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. 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