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July 30, 2010
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 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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May 26, 2010
Posted by:
 Hawk Thompson
 

You Write the Future. I'll Stick to the Matches.

If the Write the Future campaign is any indicator, Nike Soccer fans like to shoot for the stars. Adidas aficionados, on the other hand, prefer to keep their cleats on solid ground.

The new Adidas Football Match Tracker gives fans the tools to do what they do best: obsess over the glorious details of every match (and rub them in their opponents' faces if they so choose). Score.

Filed under  //   Adidas Football   Football Tracker   Nike Soccer   soccer   social media   sports   visualization   World Cup  

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May 10, 2010
Posted by:
 Hawk Thompson
 

Facebook to World: Spill It

Facebook has caught flack around privacy issues for years, and in many ways its new Graph API has only served to magnify those concerns. Now developer Matt McKeon of IBM Research's Visual Communications Lab has created a simple yet elegant infographic illustrating The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook.

McKeon's visualization raises some interesting questions. According to his chart, wall posts and photos are the only information users aren't sharing with the entire internet. When will they join our likes and everything else? Also, when seen in this light the sharing of our personal data over time resembles an aerial view of a growing oil spill. Coincidence?

Filed under  //   Facebook   graph api   IBM Research   Matt McKeown   privacy   Visual Communications Lab   visualization  

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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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