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The Multiple Aspects of Data Science

21 June 2010
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Earlier this month, Nathan Yau at FlowingData posted Mike Loukides‘ analysis of data science from O’Reilly Radar. I finally found some time to read it.
I really enjoyed the post. The author entitled it, “What is data science?“, and covered the various aspects of the newbie field, primarily from a commercial point of view. He examined: [...]

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Google “Buzz”, Too Much Information

18 February 2010
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The other week I wrote about my own complicity in sharing my private data via Facebook. I do this and I continue to do it because I gain something from using Facebook. I think of Facebook as going to a local coffee shop. You are able to keep up with a wide variety of people [...]

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A Hat Tip to Cat Herders

19 January 2010
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A friend of mine emailed me this morning to say that I should have used wild kitties as the theme of this blog rather than wild horses. He does have a point.
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This is a hat tip [...]

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Data Scientist vs. Data Manager

5 December 2009
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So, what exactly is a data scientist? How does this role compare to a data manager?
The authors of a 2005 National Science Foundation (NSF) report defined five actors in data management: data users, authors, managers, scientists and funding agencies. Today, I will examine the data scientist vs. the data manager.
First, what are the shared goals [...]

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