Forget Big Data, Small Data is the Real Revolution
This is the first in a series of posts. The next posts in the series is What Do We Mean by Small Data There is a lot of talk about…
The new PSI Directive – as good as it seems?
A closer look at the new PSI Directive by Ton Zijlstra and Katleen Janssen image by European People’s Party CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On 10 April, the European Commission’s Vice-President…
What We Hope the Digital Public Library of America Will Become
Tomorrow is the official launch date for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). If you’ve been following it, you’ll know that it has the long term aim of realising…
Open data highlights from European Data Forum 2013 in Dublin
Europe’s data league convened in Dublin last week – Open Data increasingly taking the stage Over 500 data professionals gathered last week at European Data Forum conference in Dublin.…
Panton Fellowship wrap up: Ross Mounce
The Panton Fellowships have come to an end. The work that our two Panton Fellows, Ross Mounce and Sophie Kershaw have done over the past year to promote openness…
Using Redis as a rapid discovery and prototyping tool.
Inspired by Rufus’ SQL for Data Analysis post, Iain Emsley wrote up his experience of using Redis for quick inspection of data. He writes: Recently I was looking at some…
Sustainable energy policy demands sustainable open data
What kinds of energy are we producing, and what kinds are we consuming? How much comes from renewable sources? What is our energy dependency on other countries? Energy policy is…
Will Obama’s new $100m brain mapping project be open access?
On Tuesday President Obama unveiled a new $100 million research initiative to map the human brain. The BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) initiative will “accelerate the development and…
Landmark ruling will enable more lifesaving generic drugs in developing countries
Earlier this week the Guardian and the BBC reported on a landmark ruling in India which will hopefully pave the way for greater access to lifesaving generic drugs in developing…
Use Templates to Make News Apps Quickly
Coding is expensive and slow, journalism should be cheap and fast. This is the main problem I face as a data journalism producer. My responsibility is to produce news apps…