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ECONOMIC CARTOGRAPHY: MAPPING THE PRODUCE MANIFOLD - dispatches from the data mines

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Dispatches from the data mines. Prev chief scientist at. ECONOMIC CARTOGRAPHY: MAPPING THE PRODUCE MANIFOLD. Is a term that I want to hear discussed more often. We live in a world where instantaneous snapshots of the global consciousness are accessible with only a. But why is it so hard to track the price of butter with similar fidelity? To be clear, I don’t just mean choropleths. Mapping the relative price of Big Macs across the globe; but rather, bringing the full power of creative data visualization.

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Mobile Devices and The Inversion of Control - dispatches from the data mines

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Dispatches from the data mines. Prev chief scientist at. Mobile Devices and The Inversion of Control. However, these locally inefficient power structures are coming under increasing scrutiny due to the rapid rise of the mobile internet Panopticon. In Aleppo, First Mile Geo provides a mobile crisis mapping platform enabling field workers to chart the changes in control. In Lagos, “ Wecyclers. In Kuwait, entrepreneurs sell sheep. Cold chain facilities and poor transportation infrastructure, post harvest lo...

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Ideas - Jonathan Berman

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Meet the Tech Companies Creating Opportunity in Africa. For our family, it’s the homecoming routine. I pull up to the house and my son flies out of the car to inspect the box or two on our front stairs. Santa only delivers once a year, but Amazon leaves something on our door about every other day. Amazon knows our address, but over half the world’s people have no formal address. Enter OkHi. (pronounced Okay. Hi! Any delivery person whom the user approves receives from OkHi. And African Courier Express (A...

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economics 2.0: data science meets the dismal... - dispatches from the data mines

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Dispatches from the data mines. Prev chief scientist at. Economics 2.0: data science meets the dismal science. Online activity at any moment in time [is] a snapshot of the collective consciousness, reflecting the instantaneous interests, concerns, and intentions of the global population [ Duncan Watts / "predicting the present". As more real-world social and consumer activity begins to move online, a natural question to ask is what kinds of. Twitter political sentiment predicts polling data. Measured, sa...

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Why generic machine learning fails - dispatches from the data mines

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Dispatches from the data mines. Prev chief scientist at. Why generic machine learning fails. I get pitched regularly by startups doing “generic machine learning” which is, in all honesty, a pretty ridiculous idea. Machine learning is not. It’s not commoditizable like EC2, and closer to design than coding. The Netflix prize is a good example: the last 10% reduction in RMSE wasn’t due to more powerful generic algorithms, but rather due to some very. This is in direct contrast to companies like kaggle.

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Toward economic security monitoring infrastructure | The Upstart | a DIY magazine for startups, founders + investors

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Toward economic security monitoring infrastructure. November 9, 2013 By wendy norris. Toward economic security monitoring infrastructure. Joseph Reisinger of Premise.com. Challenged DefragCon on the notion of infallible Big Data to understand non-tech data points, like macroeconomic and human development metrics. And thus a meme was born “Dividing by Bieber.”. Defrag 2013′s most exciting/scary ideas. How to live in the future – now – with Amber Case. Healthcare after the deluge. The Girl Geek Imperative.

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The strange life of lab

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Design des politiques publiques. On parle de nous. Cas inspirants de La communauté. Retrouvez ici la liste des professionnels qui ont contribué à l’aventure 27e Région. Les adhésions des partenaires publics et des particuliers constituent l’une de nos principales sources de financement, garantissant ainsi l’autonomie, la neutralité et la pérennité de notre action. Adhérer à la 27e Région. Téléchargez notre grille d’adhésion (PDF). Et n’hésitez pas à nous contacter pour en discuter! Je suis un particulier.

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ACM DEV 2014 | Lightning talks

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December 5 – 6, 2014 San Jose, California, USA. This year, as part of DEV we will also showcase some Bay Area-based organizations who have been making an impact through technology in developing countries. Speakers from the following organizations will present their work as part of a. Session of quick 10 min pitches followed by 5 mins for Q&A. Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with the speakers following the session. LaborVoices provides global brands and their supply chains what has...

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Tomatoes and Business Performance: What’s the Connection?

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Tomatoes and Business Performance: What’s the Connection? Tomatoes and Business Performance: What’s the Connection? Tomatoes You probably never realized how much they have to say about the global economy. But David Soloff, co-founder of the tech startup Premise, has different ideas about this common vegetable. Has developed a mobile app that is being used by people in 25 countries to snap photos of tomatoes (as well as other foods and goods in public markets) to send back to Soloff and his team. It shoul...