Where does the majority of the data shared online come from? A very thought provoking article with infographic.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/12/04/dark-social-the-dominant-force-in-online-sharing-infographic/?utm_campaign=ForbesTech&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_channel=Business&linkId=10983216

The need to collect data has taken to paying grad students to a whole new level

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-02/wanted-youngsters-able-to-thrive-on-deadly-cold-glaciers.html?hootPostID=9be4b61443b10b19b77d1bb6f73fdd28

Using Social media to tell a visual story - taking open source and shared social data to create a visual marketing story

http://mashable.com/2014/11/20/media-trends-visual-story/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link