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Dana West

Data Data Everywhere and Not a Drop of Value - 6 views

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    "Here's the thing. Data, big, medium or small, has no value in and of itself. The value of data is unlocked through context and presentation." And others will argue for 'actionable' data. Data beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A VC's take on analytics.
gsiemens

New Skills Needed For Big Data (Data Scientists) - Data Science Central - 8 views

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    4 min video on how data science is today where computer science was 30 years ago...
Dana West

Are There Enough Data Scientists to Go Around? - 2 views

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    "Data science is not your father's BI..." and "data scientists are the rock stars of the future" ... Another plug for a career in analytics.
gsiemens

Data markets compared - O'Reilly Radar - 1 views

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    Most of the consumers of data from today's marketplaces are developers. By adding another dataset to your own business data, you can create insight.
gsiemens

Twitter Is Selling Your Old Tweets [REPORT] - 5 views

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    I find this rather interesting. Twitter has had trouble building a revenue model. Apparently, in accordance with the mantra that 'data is an asset', Twitter is selling old tweets for analysis (and then for marketing purposes). The twitter stream of the last few years is one of humanity's more interesting data/content creations as it captures ideas, resources, sentiments, and more. a library in 140 characters :)
Thieme Hennis

Announcing the School of Data | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog - 6 views

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    Today, we're announcing plans for a School of Data. The School will be a joint venture between the Open Knowledge Foundation and Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU). We also welcome other organizations who would like to participate - see below for more on this.
gsiemens

One VC Is Putting More Than $100 Million Into Big Data Startups -- Here's Why - 1 views

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    lots of VC flowing into big data startups...
Dana West

What Are Your Plans for All That Student Data? | Inside Higher Ed - 10 views

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    big student data
gsiemens

Big data market survey: Hadoop solutions - O'Reilly Radar - 5 views

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    Good overview of different hadoop providers...
Thieme Hennis

Narrative Science | We Transform Data Into Stories and Insight - 6 views

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    one of the problems with unstructured and fragmented data lies in getting a coherent view of what's happening. Automated solutions like this offer one response...
Dana West

Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining - 5 views

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    Comparing learning analytics with EDM
Tony Searl

MeriTalk - 1 views

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    Big Data Gap
gsiemens

Killer App - News & Features (washingtonian.com) - 2 views

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    a bit over the top, biased, and hyped. Still, an example of seeing data as an asset...
gsiemens

How Visa Predicts Divorce - The Daily Beast - 4 views

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    Rather depressing, but data trails are neutral. The only value they hold is what we apply to them during analysis.
gsiemens

What is big data? - O'Reilly Radar - 9 views

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    good article for our opening week on trends and factors driving analytics
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