While we all probably have opinions on the outcomes of the 2012 elections, one data point has clearly caught the attention of the media. The Latino vote mattered and it will have an even bigger impact in the future. As this is an area of personal interest, I was trying to decipher how and where [...]
An article from the Harvard Business Review we can get behind: Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
So just how “open” is open data? A recent article by David Eaves in Slate entitled “Lies, Damned Lies and Open Data” nicely summarizes one of the emerging challenges that face advocates of “open data.” (For those unfamiliar with the term, the open data movement urges government to make information available through “open data portals that share . . information like budgets, product recalls, factory pollution levels, and crime data” […]
