Episode 103 – Big Data to Big Business
7 March, 20144 comments
In this episode the usual suspects, Mills, Stephen, Amanda, Dan and Tom gathered for yet another lively discussion. The episode began with a discussion on the trend toward opening data as several big players, the Getty, Twitter, Microsoft and the Public Library of Science took steps toward greater accessibility of their resources. The hosts also highlighted the subject of virtual conference attendance, looking at the “dopplebot” conference attendance model. From big changes to a historical look back, the group switched gears to discuss a Pew Report that looks back at 25 years of internet use, broad discussion of changes and how the internet has become an indispensable facet of our lives. Nothing demonstrates that more than the next topic of discussion, the $19 billion dollar purchase of WhatsApp.
They were joined by Sharon Leon, director of Public Projects at CHNM for an announcement about two upcoming summer institutes at CHNM for Art Historians and American Historians.
Related Links:
Opening access to data
- Getty – http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/
new-virtual-library-offers- over-250-art-books-for-free- download/ - http://www.getty.edu/research/
tools/vocabularies/lod/ - http://dataliberate.com/2014/
02/getty-release-aat- vocabulary-as-linked-open- data/ - Twitter – https://blog.twitter.com/2014/
introducing-twitter-data- grants - Microsoft Research – http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/2/5371232/microsoft-research-open-science-announcement
- PLOS – http://blogs.plos.org/
everyone/2014/02/24/plos-new- data-policy-public-access- data/
Virtual Conference attendance:
- Bryan Alexander goes to EDUCAUSE as a “doppelbot” – http://chronicle.com/blogs/
wiredcampus/futurist-attends- educause-conference-via- doppelbot/50215
PewReport – http://www.pewinternet.org/
WhatsApp acquisition for $19 billion
- http://www.zephoria.org/
thoughts/archives/2014/02/20/ whatsapp-facebook.html - http://www.theverge.com/2014/
2/23/5439398/whatsapp-founder- apologizes-for-our-longest- and-biggest-outage-in - http://www.theverge.com/2014/
2/20/5429536/facebook-buys- whatsapp-16-billion-quest-to- conquer-messaging
Sharon updates on Art Historians & American Historians institutes
Running time: 41:08
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