State of Data #87

#analysis – Why retailers like J.C Penney and Gamestop are shutting down their Facebook stores

#architecture – MapReduce Patterns, Algorithms and Use Cases

#big_data – How companies are using big data, the latest round trip –

1. Target (yeah, that pregnancy meme)
2. Pulse – to drive rich user features
3. Facebook – ‘weblining – when you may be refused health insurance based on your Google search about a medical condition’
4. Heroku – send SQL query results sent as URL

#Data_Science – The term ‘Data Science’ existed 10 years ago – Data Science paper (pdf) from William Cleveland (2001) indicates six areas to master, most important being ‘Multidisciplinary Investigations’.

#DBMS – Latest MySQL version claims significant performance improvement especially with NoSQL patterns (1B queries/minute)

#idea – ‘GOOD with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.’

#learning – **** ‘Machine Learning for Hackers’ is now available in Safari and in Amazon. Great book!

#visualization – THREE Data Visualization Books – from decades ago –

1. Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts

2. Graphic Presentation

3. Handbook of Graphic Presentation

#etc

• Data viz of 10,000 taxis in Manhattan
• iPad reading speed is 6.2% slower; Kindle – 10.7% slower than printed book. Good news is the gap is rapidly shrinking
• Guilt free. Finally!! Concept of ‘Statistical Significance’ would never be here without beer
  
• Alan Turing’s Library List, and his report cards – (Mathematics) Not very good.

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