Data
Taxi migrations in Manhattan
February 14, 2012Geographic location data for the origin and destination of each ride is combined with waypoint data collected from the Google Maps API in order to generate a geographically accurate representation of the trip. We used
Infographic – Bird migration journey’s in the US
February 7, 2012Interesting infographic, showing how birds migrate into the US from Central America, in the spring. The Mid-west , all the way up to Canada, is the key location and the Rockies keep them from veering
Peter Kirwan’s Long View: The client-side data revolution and what it means for advertising
February 6, 2012Interesting piece on data from the client perspective - Adobe's mission to help its customers “create, manage, execute, measure and optimize” their digital marketing.
Ironically, Bill Gates had the right idea about data and privacy
January 30, 2012"Lately, it seems that barely a day goes by when we don't learn about a major Internet presence taking steps to further erode users' privacy.
Google’s privacy changes are not popular with the US Govt
January 27, 2012Fairly well received by private organisations , there are however security concerns that information could transfer from the public sector to the private sector
The age old problem of Information Overload
January 23, 2012Great Radio 4 piece on information overload, and how it is a problem that is very old indeed