Category: Data Governance

  • How to make capitalism work for people and the planet

    10 Steps To Transform Capitalism For The Better BY JOHN ELKINGTON AND CHARMIAN LOVE, fastcoexist.com Our economic system could better serve people and the planet. These are the small pivots we can take to make it more equitable. Editor’s Note In this series of five sto­ries, Volans will high­light key pre­sen­ta­tions from the Break­through… RT…

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  • Instagram captures drone strike maps

    An Instagram Account Chillingly Documents The Sites Of U.S. Drone Strikes By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com The aptly named Dronestragram invites you to pause your visual consumption of your friends’ happy lives to consider a different kind of snapshot. There are no embed­ded reporter fly-alongs dur­ing a drone strike—no live CNN cam­eras on the grou… http://flpbd.it/KvVgM…

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  • Obama victory and tech industry

    What Obama’s Victory Means for Tech Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com Barack Obama’s vic­to­ry last night has far-reaching fis­cal, social, and mil­i­tary impli­ca­tions, all of which are famil­iar to any­one who kept at least one eye open dur­ing any of this year’s debates. But what do four more years mean for tech… What Obama’s Victory Means for…

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  • Real political map of US

    This Is the Real Political Map of America—We Are Not That Divided Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com This is the real polit­i­cal map of the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca after the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion. A fas­ci­nat­ing view, much dif­fer­ent from the maps you saw that night, which showed an arti­fi­cial, bina­ry divide. But these maps… This Is the…

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  • Built to win: Deep inside Obama

    Built to win: Deep inside Obama’s campaign tech Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com The reelec­tion of Barack Obama was won by peo­ple, not by soft­ware. But in a con­test as close as last week’s elec­tion, soft­ware may have given the Obama for Amer­i­ca orga­ni­za­tion’s peo­ple a tiny edge—mak­ing them by some mea­sures more… RT @NathanMattise: This is…

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  • Romney’s orca system caused campaign meltdown

    Which consultants built Romney’s “Project Orca?” None of them Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com In the wake of Mitt Rom­ney’s Elec­tion Day defeat, frus­tra­tion with the Rom­ney cam­paign’s get-out-the-vote effort led to reports of an IT melt­down. Project Orca, the sys­tem the Rom­ney cam­paign used to con­nect to an army of vol­un­teer… RT @arstechnica: Which consultants built…

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  • Obama tech crippled Romney campaign

    How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com Despite run­ning a cam­paign with about twice the money and twice the staff of Gov­er­nor Mitt Rom­ney’s pres­i­den­tial bid, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s cam­paign under-spent Rom­ney’s on IT prod­ucts and ser­vices by $14.5 mil­lion, putting the… Related articles Obama’s Budget Would Cap Romney-Sized…

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  • Obama wins election of the nerds

    Obama wins the nerdiest election ever By Spencer Ackerman, wired.co.uk Politics Con­grat­u­la­tions, Barack Obama: you have pre­vailed in the nerdi­est elec­tion in the his­to­ry of the Amer­i­can Repub­lic. If 2008 was about hope and change, 2012 was about data and memes. The unem­ploy­ment rate. The effec­tive … http://flpbd.it/i8Wy9 Related articles Despite “Jedi” flap, Obama still…

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  • Wallet tracker tracks your most precious stuff

    Hands-On With The WalletTrackR, The Gadget That Keeps Tabs On Your Most Valuable Stuff For You Colleen Taylor, techcrunch.com When you’ve got a lot of things going on, it’s easy to lose track of where you left your mobile phone, key­chain, wal­let, or hand­bag — and the time you spend try­ing to find them just…

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  • Evolution is a thing

    (via Evolution is a thing – The Maddow Blog) Ohio really did go to the president last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is -legitimately- President of the United States. Again. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make-up a fake unemployment rate last…

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  • Mitt Romney Facebook page loses fans

    (via Mitt Romney’s Facebook page is losing fans by the minute.) Related articles If Mitt Romney hadn’t been secretly filmed with his “47%” comment and won the presidency, we’d already be in WW3 by now. (alterman47.org) Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for Pope (godshmod.wordpress.com) Romney Called Tesla a “Loser” In the 2012 Presidential Debates.…

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