> The idea of collecting lots of data without a clear plan of what to do with it seems mad (--slightly editorialized) And yet this is precisely what so many co

> The idea of collecting lots of data without a clear plan of what to do with it seems mad (--slightly editorialized) And yet this is precisely what so many companies are doing now. My current employer has been talking up all the great services we can provide once we have an ocean of data about all the devices we sell. Well, we've begun condensing the vapor into an ocean and yet services (let alone a method of monetizing this data) have yet to precipitate. But let's just keep collecting because Machine Intelligence will ingest the data and save the day!