I went to the All Your Base database conference last week and while there it struck me that people mean really, really different things when they talk about data, even within the same business. My background is in data analysis, so to me until very recently ‘data’ pretty much only related to enterprise data or … Continue reading
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Beautiful Knowledge
Yesterday I went to David McCandless’s talk “Knowledge is Beautiful” at the British Library. It’s part of a series of events in conjunction with the Beautiful Science exhibition and I felt lucky to have snaffled up a last-minute spare ticket as the talk was sold out. If you work in data and you aren’t already … Continue reading
Proceed with Caution: the Dark Side of Data
So recently my life is full of tech talks. First I went to this Girl Geek Dinners Social and Economic Development Through Technology series of talks. I was a little nervous about going, actually, because it’s geared towards women in technology and I thought I might not be enough of a programmer to fit in. … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 