2013-04-02 09:50:19 // Dennis Kibirev
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The second installment of a recap of this year's Marketing Association’s ‘Smarter Data’ event.
2013-03-27 14:18:06 // Dennis Kibirev
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This year's Marketing Association’s ‘Smarter Data’ event was an exploration of the various permutations of data and how these developments are shaping the digital world that we exist in.
2012-11-22 10:09:59 // Idealog
Land Information New Zealand's data service has been named winner of both the Spatial Enablement category and the JK Barrie Award for Overall Excellence at the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
2012-11-19 10:32:47 // Peter Kerr
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Wellington startup ThunderMaps reckons it has a solution to a problem – individuals and organisations having geo-knowledge that is valuable to others, but having no practical way of sharing their information.
2012-09-06 17:08:40 // Rachel Ramsay
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Jer Thorp is data artist in residence at the New York Times. With data from smartphones, tablets and web browsers being widely touted as the future’s most valuable commodity, Thorp has very specific ideas on how this information should be used. Thorp speaks about the importance of injecting a human element into the mass world of data collection and usage. He demonstrates how important it is that normal people have access to the day-to-day data they produce, and celebrates the role gestural technology can play in helping us get as much as we can out of the information we create.
2012-09-03 10:19:02 // Idealog
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Data is today's currency of choice. But managing big data is something few, if any, marketers feel equipped to do.
2012-08-31 10:14:34 // Peter Kerr
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It’s one of those ‘hidden’ industries, ripe for an explosion in growth with the increasing use of smart phones and tablets, of which Joe Public is mostly unaware.
2012-04-03 12:12:33 // Design Daily Team
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Getting creative with data: this animated map visualises the intricacies of windflow over the US in real time.
2011-11-29 10:12:06 // Esther Goh
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It doesn’t matter how fast technology advances – there’s always someone at the end with a hand on the cable, according to Mike Walsh.
2011-11-29 09:30:56 // Design Daily Team
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Land Information New Zealand has put out a call for consultants to scope work to accelerate the development of spatial data infrastructure by funding projects in Canterbury.
2011-10-26 17:35:54 // Idealog
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Great things can happen at the intersection of data and technology - like this dashboard that pulls in core UN population data and trends into a digestible digital format.
2011-08-15 15:05:20 // Esther Goh
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The tide of transparency has reached our shores: the government is officially urging state agencies to open up their data troves to the public.
2011-07-12 14:25:00 // Vanessa Ellingham
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It's time to get your entries in for Mix & Mash, the ultimate competition dedicated to the digital presentation of ideas.
2011-06-29 16:45:12 // Idealog
We may be in a period of “space exploration”, with CIOs and their staff as the “astronauts” leading the way into a new digital age. But we don’t have the skills and resources yet to deal with all this data. And just how private is our information, anyway?
2011-04-05 09:51:02 // Design Daily Team
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Did you know students contribute to eight tonnes of CO2 per year? Global text messages? That’s 32,000 tonnes per year. And as for ironing your shirt, that’s 25 grams per iron. A generous amount of time could be apportioned to rattling of such statistics but, as part of its part of its ecomagination initiative, GE has created this very cool site featuring a wealth of bite-sized data visualisation graphics that make it all the more digestible and accessible.
2010-09-02 09:48:00 // Simon Todd
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Data can be boring, but it can also be a beautiful thing. Simon Todd examines how the godfather of data visualisation, David McCandless, transforms everyday bland data into a “picture sandwich”.
2010-01-27 12:49:27 // Matt Cooney
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It’s one thing knowing where the nearest pizza joint is ... but when augmented reality has becomes the norm, it’s going to get intense. Witness this concept video, complete with mode switches, Basic Life Skills tuition and even computer-assisted encouragement for those whose self-image needs some augmentation too.
2009-12-04 12:44:07 // Julie Starr
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In a Wellington corridor, Nat Torkington laid down a challenge—and sparked a small revolution. Julie Starr reveals how a loose collection of determined Kiwi innovators are using public data to change the ways that politicians, public servants, companies and people communicate. But is the country ready? Plus streetwise and now open.
2009-02-20 11:08:03 // Matt Cooney
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Adrian Holovaty is reinventing online journalism, where the data tells the tale and statistics never lie
2009-02-19 15:04:57 // Ben Kepes
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Adrian is a journalist (ahhh—that’s a good thing—a dying breed) and a developer of web apps for washingtonpost.com, lawrence.com and LJWorld.com. If that wasn’t enough he also co-created Django, the open-source development framework.
2009-02-19 14:09:44 // Ben Kepes
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David is a tech lead for Six Apart, home of the blogging software that powers most of the world's pro blogs—Movable Type.
