"Instead of a system that works at the whim of any employer, it will be a data-driven system," said Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
That's hardly a sin for beta software, of course, but it will be a decent data point to stress-test Project Spartan regardless — how far along and stable is this new vision?
It doesn't yet allow sites to archive their comments to make backups (although an API for that is forthcoming I am told), and switching away from Facebook comments after a few months on the system looks like it will be a hassle (data portability anyone?).
We really want to overhaul it and get it ready for what I think will be a data play".
Lastly, we will use a traditional paper logbook to track and record research activities (meeting notes, decisions, procedures, communications, calendar, telephone numbers, expenses, etc).. Overall, it will be a two-step data analysis process.
It will be a free download (though data rates may apply).
It will be a busy week for economic data; on Monday data about September personal income and construction spending will be released.
I'll cheer for all the LGB people I love, but it will be an empty data holiday for me.
EARNINGS DATA It will be a quiet week for earnings, with reports coming from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Monday) and National Semiconductor and Smithfield Foods (Thursday). ET CETERA Retailers will report their same-store sales for May (Thursday).
