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July 30, 2010
Posted by:
 Hawk Thompson
 

The Big Reveal

As Facebook's torrent fiasco and the Wikileaks war logs controversy have made crystal clear, big data has gotten too big to ignore. While we'd all like to think our data is secure, that belief runs contrary to the train of thought that information wants to be free.

Regardless of whether or not you agree with that line of thinking, it's hard to deny that projects like IBM Research's World Fact Dashboard empower us to look at the world in amazing new ways. In fact, you could argue that what we lose in personal privacy we gain in collective knowledge.

So, what do you think — is it worth the tradeoff?

Filed under  //   big data   data   Facebook   IBM Research   infographics   personal data   privacy   torrent   visualization   Wikileaks   World Fact Dashboard  

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June 18, 2010
Posted by:
 Neil Petty
 

The 50 Most Social Companies

NetProspex released a new chart that highlights the 50 most social companies. The graph breaks down demographics, as well as Twitter usage.

Filed under  //   big brands   corporations   data   demographics   social media   Social Media Today   Twitter  

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June 16, 2010
Posted by:
 Justin Clemens
 

Facebook: Eating All the Candy

Facebook has positioned itself as the dominant player in the social media game, and recently released data only proves that fact out more. Facebook continues to grow at a neck-break speed while most other social media outlets have started to top off or shrink.

Some interesting info collected about Facebook users in the same study:

  • 41% say Facebook is a good way to get information about companies and products.
  • 32% are more likely to become a fan of a company their friends are already fans of.
  • 31% are interested in having more companies available to interact with through Facebook.
  • 30% feel like a valued customer when they're able to connect with a company on Facebook.

Filed under  //   active users   analytics   data   Facebook   ROI   social media   Twitter   users  

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January 19, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Social Life: The Copenhagen Wheel Project

Funny how social technology tends to get pigeonholed as a purely digital phenomenon. Many of us rely on social media to make our lives better online, but offline much of the integration we see is only memorable for its novelty.

The bright minds at MIT's SENSEable City Lab aim to help change all that with the Copenhagen Wheel Project. The Project revolves around the Copenhagen Wheel, a device that captures and stores the energy and data generated from cycling. In short, it transforms your average ten speed into a hybrid e-bike. Your smartphone, laptop or PC can lock and unlock the device, enabling you to access and share stored information with your friends (or your city) across your social platforms of choice.

Technologies like the Copenhagen Wheel make it possible for us to crowdsource geolocational usage patterns, energy consumption habits anad other potentially beneficial environmental data. To us, it's the kind of innovation that can do wonders for our collective social life.

Filed under  //   crowdsourcing   data   e-bike   environment   geolocation   hybrid   MIT   SENSEable City Lab   social media   The Copenhagen Wheel Project  

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November 25, 2009
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

The Boom of Social Sites

Simple Complexity brought this cool bubble graph (created by Alexa and TechCrunch) to our attention. It does a great job of charting the rise of social media on a macro scale.

Filed under  //   data   history   social media   visualization  

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