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Big crime meets big data - Data and social media are being used against us in creative new ways.
December 19, 2011
Marc Goodman, consultant and cyber crime expert, explains how criminals and terrorists can put data, automation, and scalability to effective use.
The future of social media at the National Archives - The National Archives described a dashboard for "citizen archivists" at a recent forum in D.C.
November 18, 2011
A recent forum at the National Archives featured a preview of a "citizen archivist dashboard" and a lively discussion of the past, present and future of social media.
Strata Week: Why ThinkUp matters - ThinkUp and data ownership, DataSift turns on its Twitter firehose, and Google cracks opens the door to BigQuery.
November 17, 2011
Data democratization gets an important new tool with the release of ThinkUp 1.0. Also, DataSift offers another way to get the Twitter firehose, and Google offers a little more access to its BigQuery data analytics service.
From crowdsourcing to crime-sourcing: The rise of distributed criminality - How criminals are applying crowdsourcing techniques.
September 29, 2011
Crowdsourcing began as a way to tap the wisdom of crowds for the betterment of business and science. Crime groups have now repurposed the same tools and techniques for their own variation: "crime-sourcing."
Visualization of the Week: Social media and the UK riots - Did social media catalyze UK violence? The Guardian casts doubt on that conclusion.
August 26, 2011
The Guardian has created an interactive visualization of some 2.5 million tweets to challenge the British government's contention that rioters used Twitter to organize the recent violence.
Developer Week in Review: Google Goes Yardsaling - Google consumes mass quantities of mobile, social media gone bad, and C++ learns new tricks
August 18, 2011
We learned that Google liked Motorola products so much they decided to buy the company, that social media has a dark side, and that C++ isn't ready to join Sanskrit in the dead languages section just yet.
If it's important, the news will find me - Which works better: gulping from the info firehose or letting news come to you?
By Peter MeyersJuly 21, 2011
Facing info overload, Peter Meyers ponders more efficient ways to find what’s newsworthy. What works for you?
Four short links: 20 July 2011 - Meaningful Subsets, iPhone Reading, JSON Parser, The Epiphanator
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 20, 2011
Random Khan Exercises -- elegant hack to ensure repeatability for a user but difference across users. Note that they need these features of exercises so that they can perform meaningful statistical analyses on the results. Float, the Netflix of Reading (Wired) -- an interesting Instapaper variant with a stab at an advertising business model. I would like to stab...
Search Notes: Why Google's Social Analytics tools matter - Can we finally track social? Also: New Google UI elements and a look at Plus response
July 5, 2011
In the latest Search Notes: Google Plus got all the publicity, but Google's Social Analytics tools and new interface elements are also notable.
The blurring line between speech and text - We all say things we regret, and now we all write things we regret.
June 14, 2011
Recent social media gaffes show that our definitions and thresholds for speech and text must evolve. A third category has emerged: Internet-based updates that marry the ephemeral nature of speech and the archival permanance of text.
Will your business survive the digital revolution? - There's a big risk in failing to recognize and respond to the magnitude of technological change ahead.
By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.June 1, 2011
Once we recognize the magnitude of change that digital innovation is causing and may bring in the months and years ahead, it will help us to think bigger and to think in ways that may previously have seemed absurd.
For election info, the Internet reaches a new high-water mark - Pew finds more than 50% of US adults used the Internet for political purposes during the 2010 elections.
March 22, 2011
New research from the Pew Internet and Life Project on the 2010 midterm elections shows that a majority of U.S. citizens are now turning to the web for news and information about politics.
Four short links: 22 March 2011 - Local Community, Building Memories, Social Media, and ChumbyVision
By Nat TorkingtonMarch 22, 2011
EveryBlock Redesigned -- EB has been defined for a while now as "that site that makes my city's statistics useful and relevant". Now they're getting more into the user-reporting: As valuable as automated updates of crime, media mentions, and other EveryBlock news are, contributions from your fellow neighbors are significantly more meaningful and useful. While we're not removing our...
Social media design should start with human behavior - Facebook's Paul Adams says social media is about more than just technology.
March 18, 2011
In this interview, Facebook global brand experience manager Paul Adams says social design is to web developers as electricity is to appliance engineers. It's an essential element that must be baked in rather than bolted on.
Knowledge management in the age of social media - The days of the single, authoritative voice are coming to an end. The community has prevailed.
March 16, 2011
The shift to the adoption of social computing, somewhat driven by consumerization, points to one emergent observation: the future is about managing unstructured content.
Social media in a time of need - How the Red Cross and the Los Angeles Fire Department integrate social tools into crisis response.
March 7, 2011
The Red Cross and the Los Angeles Fire Department have been at the forefront of incorporating social media into crisis response. Here's a look at some of the tools and techniques they've adopted.
Empowering digital diplomacy at the edge of the network - The State Department launched new Twitter accounts in Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Spanish, Hindi and French.
March 1, 2011
When the State Department launched new Twitter accounts in a number of languages, it provided an opportunity for digital diplomats to engage in a global conversation at the edges of the network.
Smaller search engines tap social platforms - Some niche engines are using social activity as a search signal.
February 25, 2011
Integrating social media into search engines is one thing, but engines like Foodily and BuzzFeed's Pop Culture Search are basing some of their results on social platform activity.
Mind-blowing, world-changing technology by the numbers - Facts and humor in this video illustrate the reach and impact of new technology.
February 16, 2011
This is a golden age of technology. Almost anyone with modest technology such as an internet connection or a mobile phone can have an impact on the world. This video is just a small slice of the staggering numbers and impact of technology that we witness today.
Indexing the social signal - Charlene Li on the problems and possibilities of social search and realtime updates.
February 15, 2011
Search engines used to leisurely index static results, but the rise of social media and real-time updates has changed the game. In this interview, Altimeter Group founder Charlene Li looks at how search will have to adapt to this new environment.
Pages before ads and other Facebook marketing tips - Authors Dan and Alison Zarrella on how businesses can put Facebook to use.
January 20, 2011
Traditional marketers and businesses tend to downplay Facebook's utility. That's a mistake, according to Dan and Alison Zarrella, co-authors of "The Facebook Marketing Book." In this interview, they explain why engagement is the key to Facebook campaigns.
Backtype: Using big data to make sense of social media - Nathan Marz on the data tools that help marketers understand their social media efforts.
By David SimsJanuary 11, 2011
Nathan Marz of Backtype discusses his work with Hadoop, Cascading and Clojure.
The 2010 technology of the year is ... - A simple and disruptive service is Jonathan Reichental's most important technology of 2010.
December 21, 2010
Jonathan Reichental's 2010 technology of the year is notable not just for what accomplished in the previous year, but also because of its considerable potential.
A perfect dystopian storm: Interview with "Flash Mob Gone Wrong" speaker
By Brady ForrestNovember 12, 2010
At Ignite London 2, Tom Scott told the story of a "Flash Mob Gone Wrong." It's struck a nerve and is gathering a lot of momentum on Reddit, MetaFilter and Twitter. Scott explains why and how he created the presentation in the following short interview.
Twitter: A standard-issue tool for government leaders - Todd Park on how he integrates the real-time web into his communication suite.
November 10, 2010
HHS CTO Todd Park uses the social web -- including Twitter -- to accomplish the core goals of his job: innovate, communicate, and iterate.
Going Social With jQuery
By Matthew DavidOctober 25, 2010
Quickly add links to Social Networks jSocial, a jQuery Plugin
Hearing those digital cries for help - The Emergency Social Data Summit will look at online platforms as tools for collective action and crisis response.
By Alex HowardAugust 11, 2010
The Red Cross will convene an Emergency Social Data Summit in Washington, D.C. to explore the power of online platforms for civic empowerment and improved response to crises.
Is there such a thing as a business that's not connected?
By Sarah SorensenJuly 27, 2010
When a business course asks 'what are e-organizations doing differently from businesses that are not using the Internet,' I am stumped. I can't think of any businesses that aren't connected in some way. E-organizations are no longer a 'segment' within the business population, rather they are representative of the way business gets done...
Social Security in the Gov 2.0 age - Social Security CIO Frank Baitman on open government and social media.
By Alex HowardJuly 19, 2010
Social Security CIO Frank Baitman talks frankly about the potential for technology to deliver on the agency's mission. In an exclusive interview, he discusses open government, social media, teleworking, mobile devices, cloud computing and more.
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