Decoding book DNA, parsing Wikipedia with WikiHadoop, and the rise of the "Data Civilization"
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 18 August 2011
BookLamp and the Book Genome Project look to book DNA for smarter recommendations, sorting through Wikipedia's vast data dump gets easier thanks to WikiHadoop, and a timeline from WolframAlpha charts major milestones in data knowledge.
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The ability to augment people (meat) with data and processes (math) is a key to success.
by Alistair Croll
| @acroll
| 18 August 2011
Successful companies find ways to augment their employees, allowing them to operate at scale with customers. Big data, machine learning, and an iterative, experimental mindset are essential — and increasingly, company valuations are tied to the efficiency with which firms put information to work.
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Chicago looks to use its data, developers and citizens to become a smarter city.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| +Alex Howard | 17 August 2011
Sustainability and analytics are guiding Chicago's open data and app contest efforts. The city's approach offers important insights to governments at all levels.
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Drew Conway on how data science intersects with research and the social sciences.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 16 August 2011
Strata speaker and PhD candidate Drew Conway discusses how data science is influencing the processes and outcomes of academic research in the social sciences.
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WorldCat has a new visualization tool to show relationships between objects in the catalog
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 12 August 2011
The WorldCat Identity Network creates an interactive map where users can see how authors and characters are related.
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Twitter plans to open source its Hadoop-like data processing tool, Storm.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 11 August 2011
This week's data news includes Twitter's plans to open-source its Hadoop-like data processing tool and some of the various mapping and real-time data efforts tracking the London riots.
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