I’m taking Information Visualization and have been looking around for interesting data sets to work with for my first assignment. Ultimately, I’ll probably try to work with a data set measuring information about thermostats and energy usage, but for this early assignment, I’m looking around for data sets of development, governance, peace and conflict information.
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Buzz, living up to its name, is generating headlines and is the new favorite case-study for my iSchool class discussions. Frequently, there’s some tech story in the headlines that makes its way into a wide range of class discussions — often discussions about policy, ip, security/privacy; sometimes about design — the iPad vs Kindle. Google [...]
I’ve got my fingers in a lot of pots for the coming few months. I’m working on the Virtual Tribunal — the work for the moment is mostly coordination. Our team has grown, which is terrific for our project, and now it is really time to start making our system. What this means for me [...]