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My talk on Data Liberation at Ignite Sydney | pipka.org - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Oct 12 - No Cached

Transparency in the first instance is about raw data. You need access to the raw materials to make new and interesting things
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Open data and raw data also gives us new opportunities to innovation
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iterative, collaborate government. That’s what Gov 2.0 is about. Transparency, Participation and a Citizen Focus in how we do things
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Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Oct 12

"I'm here to speak to you about the legend of data liberation. It's an important story, it's a story about society, about people, about geeks, and it's a story about government."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"I'm here to speak to you about the legend of data liberation. It's an important story, it's a story about society, about people, about geeks, and it's a story about government."</div>

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Wolfram Alpha Drills Deep into Facebook Data - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Jul 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Jul 13

"Back in January, when Wolfram Alpha launched an updated version of its Personal Analytics for Facebook module, the self-billed "computational knowledge engine" asked users to contribute their detailed Facebook data for research purposes. The researchers at Wolfram Alpha, having crunched all that information, are now offering some data on how users interact with Facebook."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Back in January, when Wolfram Alpha launched an updated version of its Personal Analytics for Facebook module, the self-billed "computational knowledge engine" asked users to contribute their detailed Facebook data for research purposes. The researchers at Wolfram Alpha, having crunched all that information, are now offering some data on how users interact with Facebook."</div>

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50 Great Examples of Data Visualization | Webdesigner Depot - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Dec 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Dec 13

".. data visualizations can .. allow you to see the concepts that you're learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what's currently happening on Twitter."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">".. data visualizations can .. allow you to see the concepts that you're learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what's currently happening on Twitter."</div>

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Budget 2014-15 Tables and Data - Datasets - data.gov.au - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Jun 14 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Jun 14

"The 2014 15 Budget is officially available at budget.gov.au as the authoritative source of Budget Papers (BPs) and Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS) documents. This dataset is a collection of data sources from the 2014 15 Budget"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The 2014 15 Budget is officially available at budget.gov.au as the authoritative source of Budget Papers (BPs) and Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS) documents. This dataset is a collection of data sources from the 2014 15 Budget"</div>

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Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au - 0 views

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shared by David Howard on 06 May 14 - No Cached

David Howard on 06 May 14

Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au

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David Howard on 06 May 14

Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au

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Spies blow their cover through the internet - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Dec 12 - No Cached

Social engineering is the art of manipulating people into divulging confidential information, either through the introduction of malware into computer systems through carefully crafted, personalised emails - spear phishing, obtaining access to security codes - or by orchestrating social contact with intelligence targets.
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the abundance of personal and career information available on the internet posed a clear security risk for both government and the corporate sector, especially companies engaged in national security work or high technology activities
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Defence Department security instructions require that ''when engaged in online forums … Defence personnel must exercise professional judgment to ensure no information breaches operational security''.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Dec 12

"HUNDREDS of former and some present Australian spies have posted information about their employment with intelligence agencies on the internet in what security experts have called ''a gift for foreign espionage''. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"HUNDREDS of former and some present Australian spies have posted information about their employment with intelligence agencies on the internet in what security experts have called ''a gift for foreign espionage''. "</div>

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Good Ol' Excel Is The Ultimate Data Visualization Tool (In Most Cases) - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Dec 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Dec 13

"Since our post about Infographics, a *lot* of people, stunned by Tufte's "less is more" gif, have been asking us lately what's our recommendation for a data visualization package. Considering the size of their datasets, and the kind of story they wanna tell, our answer has been invariably the same: "Well, use your dusty ol' Excel". Surprising isn't it?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Since our post about Infographics, a *lot* of people, stunned by Tufte's "less is more" gif, have been asking us lately what's our recommendation for a data visualization package. Considering the size of their datasets, and the kind of story they wanna tell, our answer has been invariably the same: "Well, use your dusty ol' Excel". Surprising isn't it?"</div>

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900 Years of Tree Diagrams, the Most Important Data Viz Tool in History | Design | WIRED - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Apr 14 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Apr 14

"A new book by designer Manuel Lima, however, shows that data viz's roots go much deeper-some 900 years, at the very least. And calling them "roots" is very much appropriate. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A new book by designer Manuel Lima, however, shows that data viz's roots go much deeper-some 900 years, at the very least. And calling them "roots" is very much appropriate. "</div>

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From Breaking Bad to Lost: The Quality of 13 Famous TV Shows, Charted Over Time | Wired... - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Mar 14 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Mar 14

""Graph TV," the latest project by data viz virtuoso Kevin Wu, lets you visualize IMDb's massive database of user ratings. Type in the name of a show and the site gamely spits out a graph of every episode, helpfully color coding seasons and drawing a linear regression line for each. No longer will your TV arguments be founded solely on vague recollections and long-held grudges. This is cold hard data."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""Graph TV," the latest project by data viz virtuoso Kevin Wu, lets you visualize IMDb's massive database of user ratings. Type in the name of a show and the site gamely spits out a graph of every episode, helpfully color coding seasons and drawing a linear regression line for each. No longer will your TV arguments be founded solely on vague recollections and long-held grudges. This is cold hard data."</div>

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Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center | Enterprise | WIRED - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Sep 14 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Sep 14

"If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age - a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest-you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, North Carolina. This rural city of 18,000 was once rife with furniture factories. Now it's the home of a Google data center."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age - a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest-you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, North Carolina. This rural city of 18,000 was once rife with furniture factories. Now it's the home of a Google data center."</div>

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Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com - 0 views

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shared by David Howard on 18 Oct 12 - No Cached

Insight into Google data centres' secrets - 0 views

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shared by Mark Kelly on 17 Oct 12 - No Cached

Your Favorite Restaurant's Secret Ingredient: Data, and Lots of It - 0 views

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shared by Mark Kelly on 30 Aug 12 - No Cached

Mark Kelly on 30 Aug 12

With the food business thriving again in the midst of America's economic upswing - consistently claiming a whopping 4 percent of GDP -- some of the nation's top eateries are quietly embracing data mining to eke out profit in a tough economy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">With the food business thriving again in the midst of America's economic upswing - consistently claiming a whopping 4 percent of GDP -- some of the nation's top eateries are quietly embracing data mining to eke out profit in a tough economy.</div>

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Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching | Talk Video | TED - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Feb 14 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Feb 14

"What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code - a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code - a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life. "</div>

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Melbourne Water pushes mobile out into the field - data quality, Melbourne Water, infra... - 0 views

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The 33 best tools for data visualization | Web design | Creative Bloq - 0 views

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shared by David Howard on 08 Dec 13 - No Cached

Hans Rosling: The best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Mar 14

"You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world." "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world." "</div>

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