A wiki for looking up information about the Chippewa Valley area. Courtesy of the Chippewa Valley Museum. I thought this might be a nice resource to have if you are doing research on anything local.
Looking for the latest on new technology and social media updates? TechCrunch's CrunchBase database has become a leading resource of statistical information on technology, companies and interactions. May be useful for some research!
i have hears of this before. they track what you like so when you are on other websites it shows you advertisements that interest you. its all about the advertisement.
By applying machine learning and natural language understanding techniques the health of Twitter users and people in their area can be determined with high accuracy by plotting geo-tagged tweets on a map.
I posted this article because it makes me wonder how else we can use social networking site's public data to predict information beneficial of everyone--not just site users.
Amanda, this was a great article! I never thought about even trying to map something like this! It reminds me of when the Packers lose, and my Facebook explodes; I'd like to see how those status updates change the further away you get from Green Bay, then Wisconsin, etc.
While I have not double checked all of the facts behind what this list claims, the information surprised me and helped me with a research idea. I hope this helps someone else if they're looking at social media and marketing!
Sichelman claims that generation Y-Americans born between 1978 and 1994 purchase certain things for many reasons, including the "humanity" of their contribution to certain companies, like TOMS. Interesting article on advertising!
Before Facebook and Google became the megaliths of the web, the most famous online adage was, "on the internet, no one knows you're a dog". It seems the days when people were allowed to be dogs is coming to a close.