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Curated website of all things about Big Data, Analytics etc.

For anyone interested in how to engage others with compelling stories, watch this talk by Chris Anderson, curator of TED Talks. TED's 'Ads Worth Spreading' initiative is an interesting development that takes many of the aspects of sustainable 'communities' and applies them to the world of engaging advertising. Anderson's premise is that the increasingly desperate 'buy me' approach will lose out to those who seek to build relationships with their ad dollars.

A curated list of the best data visualisation blogs - seeing is believing!

he cigar-chomping reporter in the saggy brown suit with holes in his shoes and a nose for news is a stereotype that doesn't have much of a counterpart in today's real world. There's a new breed of investigative reporter in town: the geek who knows how to extract raw data from public sources, crunch the numbers, and spew out compelling analyses -- often with startling visuals to match.

Content curated by Michael Norton

Read your favorite RSS or Atom feeds in your email inbox daily rather than having to check a separate RSS feed reader or a feed reader website.

"In most group chats, important things get lost in the noise. Also, remember the chat messages and file transfers you missed because you were offline during lunch? Exactly. Not cool. So we built a better chat service. Simple, common-sense stuff."

"With SpecificFeeds you can create a specific version of your RSS Feed - allowing subscribers to tailor it to their needs - and thereby get more readers."

A collection of articles, blog posts, tutorials, and ideas for making Evernote your best friend ever.

"LexisNexis has surveyed 500 people working in information services in a range of roles across Europe.  In depth interviews were held with professionals in France, Germany and the Netherlands and a broader survey was sent out to information professionals across Europe.  Finally, the researchers interviewed senior academics to review the findings."