State of Data #100

#1_read_this_week – “Play with the data on religions, income and number of babies/woman that I use in my last TED video” – Hans Rosling

 

#analysis – The danger of using average alone in Web Analytics 

#architecture–  Desirable qualities in API design                                                                   

#big_data – MapReduce Q&A – Part 1; Part 2

#Data_Science – Does value of data depend on volume (pdf)? In communications (e.g., postal mails delivered) it does and the possibility of using a similar model for information.

#DBMS –  PostGreSQL vs. MongoDB

#idea – Data is really just an antidote to Billion-dollar mistakes

#learning – The best ways to visualize Twitter data

 

#visualization – Charting the Facebook IPO

#etc

• Instant Data Killer!
• Data-driven Dog
• The law of Medium Numbers
• Visualizing train delays real time