Jamie Arnold - posts tagged 'data'

Socrata | Making Data Social

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:30:30 GMT

Discover useful, unique, and unusual datasets created by the community.

http://www.socrata.com/

The Case For An Older Woman « OkTrends

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:31:21 GMT

Visualisation of online dating trends.

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/02/16/the-case-for-an-older-woman/

Data and transparency: Of governments and geeks | The Economist

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:18:38 GMT

In several countries more official data are being issued in raw form so that anybody can use them. This forces bureaucrats and creative types to interact in new ways

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15469415

CKAN - Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:09:36 GMT

CKAN is a registry of open data and content packages. CKAN makes it easy to find, share and reuse open content and data, especially in ways that are machine automatable.

http://ckan.net/

Process | Information Is Beautiful

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:35:04 GMT

A lot of people have been emailing asking how I create these images, what software I use and so on. So I thought I’d share a bit of my process with you. I hope you find it helpful.

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/process/

The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures « OkTrends

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:23 GMT

In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong. For interested readers, I explain our measurement process, and how we collected our data, at the end of the post. All my bar charts are zeroed on the average picture. Now to the data.

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/01/20/the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures/

TV Scrobbling

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:02:24 GMT

An experiment in sharing and visualising my television-watching habits. by Dale Lane

http://dalelane.co.uk/tvscrobbling/index.html

BBC News - London unveils digital datastore

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:51:22 GMT

More than 200 data sets detailing life in London are to be put online by the capital's governing body. 4iP, Channel 4's Innovation for the Public Fund, said it would back the best ideas with a £200,000 cash pot. Boris Johnson, London Mayor, said releasing the data would make the GLA more open and accountable. "I firmly believe that access to information should not just be the preserve of institutions and a limited elite," said Mr Johnson in a statement. "Data belongs to the people - particularly that held by the public sector - and getting hold of it should not involve a complex routine of jumping through a series of ever decreasing hoops," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8445293.stm

Analytics X Prize - Home

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:45:14 GMT

http://www.analyticsx.com/

GOOD.is | Using Technology to Make Shopping Better (Interactive Viewer) - StumbleUpon

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:38:32 GMT

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2znxW3/awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1001/ibm-retail/flash.html

Putting Government Data online - Design Issues

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:40:59 GMT

http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/GovData.html

Where Does My Money Go?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:36 GMT

Where Does My Money Go represents another milestone in the UK’s transparency movement. We know that transparency changes individual and institutional behaviour and this new tool will have a big impact on the way the public sector is held to account by UK citizens. (Tom Watson MP)

http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org/prototype/

projects - The Open Knowledge Foundation

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:13:02 GMT

not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge

http://www.okfn.org/projects

Learn More about Pivot | Microsoft Pivot

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:29 GMT

http://getpivot.com/

Data is what we want - but why? - Birmingham Post - Business Blog

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:19:43 GMT

http://blogs.birminghampost.net/business/2009/10/data-is-what-we-want---but-why.html

unfluence

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:53:17 GMT

Mapping political contribution networks

http://unfluence.primate.net/