A look at what works in a census visualization.
by S?bastien Pierre
| @ffunction | 7 January 2011
In this first post in a new series on data visualization, S?bastien Pierre takes a close look at the New York Times' "Mapping America" interactive census map.
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A look at free services that reveal traffic data, server details and popularity.
by Pete Warden
| @petewarden | 6 January 2011
You no longer have to be a technical specialist to find exciting and surprising data. In this excerpt from Pete Warden's ebook, "Where are the bodies buried on the web? Big data for journalists," Pete looks at four services that reveal underlying information about web pages and domains.
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The founder of Drawn to Scale explains how his database platform does simple things quickly.
by David Sims
| @ndwoods | 6 January 2011
Bradford Stephens, founder of of Drawn to Scale, discusses big data systems that work in "user time."
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Get your submission in for the Strata Conference Science Fair by January 14.
by Alistair Croll
| @acroll | 4 January 2011
Strata's science fair will showcase the creative edges of big data. If you have an interesting tool or technology to show -- the more beta, the better -- let us know.
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Data will be in the driver's seat, social tools will become ubiquitous, and the meaning of privacy will be debated.
by Mike Loukides
| @mikeloukides | 3 January 2011
Mike Loukides says Hadoop, real-time data, the rise of the GPU, the return of P2P, social ubiquity and a new definition for privacy will all play important roles in 2011.
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Tim O'Reilly on the calculus of data, predictive analytics, and why mobile sensors are central to his thinking about the future.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum | 27 December 2010
Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. First up: the new calculus of data, the rise of predictive analytics, and the importance of sensors.
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