Analysis: The future belongs to the companies and people that turn data into products.
by Mike Loukides
| @mikeloukides
| 2 June 2010
Editor's Pick: From the Archives — The future belongs to the companies who figure out how to collect and use data successfully.
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Citizens will act as important sensors as a huge storm washes up the East Coast of the United States.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| +Alex Howard | 26 August 2011
In the information ecosystem of 2011, media, government and citizens alike will play a critical role in sharing information about what's happening in natural disasters, putting open data to work, and providing help to one another.
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Did social media catalyze UK violence? The Guardian casts doubt on that conclusion.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 26 August 2011
The Guardian has created an interactive visualization of some 2.5 million tweets to challenge the British government's contention that rioters used Twitter to organize the recent violence.
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Rovio mines data to improve Angry Birds, HP bets on big data, Daily Dot parses the social web for stories.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 25 August 2011
Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, is using data and analytics to keep bird-launching gamers plugged in. Also, HP's acquisition of Autonomy reveals its data intentions, and the Daily Dot finds stories with an assist from data journalism.
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A new media startup tries to mine the social web for stories.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| +Alex Howard | 25 August 2011
The newly launched Daily Dot is trying an experiment in community journalism, where the community is the Internet. To support their goal, they're applying the lens of data journalism to the social web.
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Key points from a Google+ discussion between Tim O'Reilly and Bradley Horowitz.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| +Mac Slocum | 24 August 2011
Data liberation and user experience emerged as core themes during a recent
discussion between Tim O'Reilly and Google+ VP of Product Bradley Horowitz.
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Data artist Jer Thorp on working at the New York Times and the aesthetics of data.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 23 August 2011
Jer Thorp, data artist in residence at the New York Times, sits at the crossroads of data, art and science. Here he discusses his work at the Times and, more broadly, how aesthetics shape our understanding of data.
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