A discussion of the unreasonable fear over an Obama Administration solicitation to archive social network sites where it publishes information. This archiving is required by the Presidential Records Act of 1978. It is not spying.
From the category archives:
Data Mining
Today, I enjoyed reading Kim Hart’s article in the Washington Post entitled “The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet’s Raw Data.” She mentions a number of current data exploitation and mining needs: Mining Facebook photos and status updates to discover people’s preferences; Deciphering weather patterns from climate records; and Exposing government data sets to citizens.
Another GOOD Magazine Transparency takes a look at the racial breakdown of four major sports.
Over at Flowing Data, Nathan shares a few interesting graphics about the topic-du-jour… Swine Flu.
Over at Poynter.org, Steve Myers shares his interview with Sarah Cohen, database editor for The Washington Post’s investigative team. In the piece, they discuss how reporters can use interactive graphics for their exploratory reporting.
I came across this intriguing infographic over at GameSpy.com.
Personally, I’m about as fiscally savvy as a hunk of balsa wood.
WeShowTheMoney.com is a visual approach to the US election donation.
This post is something I’ve definitely used and found extremely valuable.
