Predictive Power
Predictive Policing hopefully does not turn into Predictive Arresting
Tumbling Towards Enlightenment 
The adventurous life of a Data Scientist
Well, it's me, Michael Platzer. And I do work for Nokia in Espoo, Finland.
To be on the safe side, I should therefore probably point out, that this is me, myself and I (and not 'them') rambling about all kind of things. Enjoy anyways!
old* but good essay on the essence of data science
* ‘old’ in internet terms
My New Year’s resolution: Stop drinking bottled water!
(Source: storyofstuff.com)
Michael ♥s the camera of his Nokia N8
Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning by Dr Tae, your Skateboarding Physics Professor
Network Visualizations with Gephi. Absolutely amazing.
It partners with many popular data providers, such as data.gov and un.org, and seems to start well with its mission to become a “one stop shop for data”.
And quite conveniently, Tableau is well integrated, so it is a one-click action to load a data set within Tableau.
very very very [did I already say very?] interesting read: with respect to the outcome of the conducted experiments, as well as to the approach of using Mechanical Turk for A/B testing
Greenpeace’s ranking of electronic manufacturers. And Nokia remains on top!
Nokia stays in 1st place with the same score of 7.5. Overall, Nokia does best on the toxic chemicals criteria, followed by energy, and does least well on e-waste issues. Nokia scores very well on toxic chemical issues; all its new models have been free of PVC since the end of 2005, and all new models of mobile phones and accessories launched in 2010 are on track to be free of brominated compounds, chlorinated flame retardants and antimony trioxide, therefore achieving its goal to phase out these substances.
However, Nokia could do certainly better in getting this message across to the consumers.
All the sudden, Facebook is a place to have deep topical conversations, not just lowest-common-denominator bulk public conversations. That’s a dramatic shift.
Data Journalism - a documentary on how data is entering conquering the world of journalism
Poor Journalists, after just having adapted to the Web 2.0 Information Revolution, they now have to get acquainted with Data Visualization. On the other hand, very exciting times for those who are capable of riding this next wave.
Stephen Elop, new CEO of Nokia, on what makes a product successful:
Stephen Elop is the new president and CEO of Nokia. So, after month-long rumors, OPK steps down (with a 4.6M € golden handshake), and is replaced by an American.
Formerly, Stephen was appointed as president of Microsoft’s business division (key words: Microsoft, Business), and before that CEO of Macromedia. There will be a press conference at 13:00 Finish Time, broadcasted live via WebCast at http://www.nokia.com/press/.
