Category: Business
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Hype, Hubs & Hadoop: Some Notes from Strata NY 2013 Keynotes
I didn't physically attend Strata NY + Hadoop World this year, but I did watch the keynotes from the conference. O'Reilly Media kindly makes videos of the keynotes and slides of all talks available very soon after they are given. Among the recurring themes were haranguing against the hype of big data, the increasing utilization…
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An Excellent Primer on Data Science and Data-Analytic Thinking and Doing
O'Reilly Media is my primary resource for all things Data Science, and the new O'Reilly book on Data Science for Business by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett ranks near the top of my list of their relevant assets. The book is designed primarily to help businesspeople understand the fundamental principles of data science, highlighting the…
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Health, science, knowledge, access and elitism: Lawrence Lessig and science as remix culture
I have been an admirer and supporter of Lawrence Lessig's crusade for copyright reform and promotion of remix culture for many years. In a recent talk at CERN, Lessig applied his arguments for a fairer interpretation of fair use in the arts world to opening up the architectures for knowledge access in the world of…
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The Power of Pull: Institutions as Platforms for Promoting Individual Passions
There are a number of interesting and provocative ideas in The Power of Pull, by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison. I’ve already tweeted about a number of articles by the authors – based on their book – that highlight the importance of physical places, the ways we can shape serendipity and…
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Remembering Community: Fixing the Future via Community Currency at Hour Exchange Portland
Community is more like something that we're remembering than something that we're creating all over again. I was inspired by physical therapist and sailor Stephen Becket's words at the end of a segment of David Brancaccio's upcoming special edition of PBS Now, Fixing the Future, shown on tonight's PBS Newshour. I'd forgotten how much I…
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Preemptive Foreclosure: Problems with GoDaddy Domain Name Registration Service
I am frustrated with preemptive actions taken by GoDaddy this week, effectively impounding my web site without adequate notification for at least two days. The web site has since been released, but I wanted to share my experience in case it helps others make better informed choices about domain name registration services … and to…
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Stuff-Centered Sociality: Commerce, Conversations and Conservation at a Garage Sale
Items on display at a garage sale provide myriad conversation contexts for buyers and sellers alike. Amy and I host or participate in a garage sale (or a tag sale as they're known back east) every few years, but it wasn't until this past weekend that I was struck by the way these events –…