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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 22, 2009

  Google: Lost City of Atlantis Was Not Found on Google Earth

By Diane Smith: Google denied the rumor that it discovered Atlantis was discovered on Google Earth. For those of you ho do not know, Atlantis is the legendary island first mentioned by Greek philosopher Plato that supposedly sunk into the ocean in a single day and night around 9000 BC.,...... [view]

Posted By:  manpo2k
Posted On:  Oct 16, 2008

  1.1.2. Net-Generation

Online collaboration tools have helped me greatly in the ares of conversations, transactions, and collaborations. Using a mailing list was my first approach trying out online collaboration tools. I discovered that by using a mailing list, messages, files, data, or documents are circulated among...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 25, 2008

  Data Integrity

We've discussed metadata and data integrity issues before -- see especially this blog post for the drunks+lamppost analogy -- and have been advocating for better metadata standards generally. Now Swivel launches a discussion of the authenticity of data that reminds us why this topic is so...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 10, 2008

  GAAP Changes and Community Indicators

You may have heard the news already -- the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving towards adoption of IFRS accouting standards in lieu of the GAAP . I bet it was a topic of water-cooler conversations and cocktail parties across the world. Well, maybe not. Unless you're an accountant,...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2008

  Child Abuse and Data Transparency

A new report by First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego's School of Law calls for better data standards and more openness in reporting child abuse and child deaths in the United States. The report, State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S. (PDF) ,...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 8, 2008

  Rate of Change in Technology

This is pretty interesting. Thought you might want to see it. Any guesses as to what's next? ... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 4, 2008

  "Free Harmonized Data to the People"

As long as I'm mentioning DataPlace ( see previous post ), I should point out this talk on video from Troy Anderson . Here's Google's abstract of Troy's Tech Talk: Organizing the world's information is great, but you end up with a lot of GIGO. While technology can clean up some things,...... [view]

Posted By:  Rahaf
Posted On:  Mar 28, 2008

  Avoid Data Costs When Travelling - BlackBerry Tip!

The Issue: When traveling abroad, data costs and roaming charges can be hugely painful. If you’re like me, you’d like a phone, but don’t necessarily need access to email. During a particularly busy period, I called Rogers and asked them if there was a way to keep...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Feb 7, 2008

  Data in Pop Culture

This is a bit of a departure, and perhaps not all of you will find this post useful in your community indicators projects. That's OK. One of the key messages we share with our communities is the importance of data, and a second is that data are everywhere and we need not be afraid to make...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Feb 5, 2008

  Setting Goals Improves Data

There's a great article by The Numbers Guy on How Setting Goals Can Improve Data . The article is of particular relevance to community indicators practitioners, and I urge you to read it and think about what it means to the goal-setting (or target-setting) efforts you might have associated...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Jan 24, 2008

  Living Inside Networks of Knowledge

Nick Chrisman has an interesting article in ArcNews in the Fall 2007 issue (which just showed up in my inbox -- don't know how long someone else had been reading it). The article, Living Inside Networks of Knowledge , begins by discussing the history of the architecture of the Internet. He...... [view]

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