New algorithms can tell if you ride the bus, and how bad you drive
Derrick Harris, gigaom.comResearchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland have developed algorithms they say are the best yet for determining how mobile phone users are getting around town — walking, driving, taking the subway or otherwise — by…
New tool lets you visualize just about anything in 5 minutes (maybe less)
Derrick Harris, gigaom.comThere’s a new web tool called Raw that makes it really easy to do some advanced visualizations on data in just a few minutes. (Hat tip to Nathan Yau of FlowingData for pointing it out.) The way it works is pretty simple: You paste data…
New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network
Derrick Harris, gigaom.comOften times, the best way to to get a sense of your data is to look at it. A bunch of of numbers or words might not mean anything sitting within a table, but they start to make a lot more sense when they’re turned into a chart. In fields like…
New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network http://flip.it/QZtXi http://flip.it/XRovH
How to hire data scientists and get hired as one
Derrick Harris, gigaom.comAs you might have heard before if you read McKinsey reports, the New York Times or just about any technology news site, data scientists are in high demand. Heck, the Harvard Business Review called it the sexiest job of the 21st centur…
Visualization startup Datahero opens its doors and delivers data analysis for the masses
Derrick Harris, gigaom.comWhen I first met Datahero Co-founder Chris Neumann a year ago, I was pretty excited about what he claimed his new company was going to do. Essentially, he told me, it was going to offer a simple, cloud-based data analysis and…
Visualization startup Datahero opens its doors and delivers data analysis for the masses http://flip.it/NwDD6 http://flip.it/MVf6l
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