Comments - NYT on Big Data Being an Economic Dud - TechHui2024-03-29T14:38:23Zhttp://www.techhui.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1702911%3ABlogPost%3A124243&xn_auth=noI agree it is an exciting tim…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-29:1702911:Comment:1245092013-08-29T17:39:34.420ZDan Starrhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/DanStarr
<div>I agree it is an exciting time to be entering the big data and analytics space. Just understanding how to leverage your data by asking the right questions, augmenting it with often free data resources, and performing advanced analytics can allow new companies to gain an edge in long standing business verticals.</div>
<div>I'm also seeing a lot more public and commercially available datasets that supersede resources traditionally provided by state and local governments. Working in the…</div>
<div>I agree it is an exciting time to be entering the big data and analytics space. Just understanding how to leverage your data by asking the right questions, augmenting it with often free data resources, and performing advanced analytics can allow new companies to gain an edge in long standing business verticals.</div>
<div>I'm also seeing a lot more public and commercially available datasets that supersede resources traditionally provided by state and local governments. Working in the analytics space, most companies I encounter have no problem finding these datasets, and I would be interested in knowing what data is hard to come by and which only the Hawaii State government can provide. </div>
<div>I see a lot of potential in Hawaii for companies that wish to tackle hyperlocal or highly personalized consumer / tourist / service industry problems. I feel solutions provided by startups like uber, taskrabbit, stowthat, homejoy, etc... are very applicable to Hawaii's economy, but miss truly solving the hyperlocal problem due to poor modeling of and customization for customers and service providers. These are problems which may be solved with better use of data (eg: reputation, modeling preferences/aptitudes, scheduling).</div> Free download and free public…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-27:1702911:Comment:1244332013-08-27T06:41:14.752ZBrianhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/Brian268
Free download and free public cloud to play on. Highly recommend you look at it.
Free download and free public cloud to play on. Highly recommend you look at it. @Brian - I've read about Tabl…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-24:1702911:Comment:1242162013-08-24T16:58:40.659ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<p>@Brian - I've read about Tableau but I haven't played with their software.</p>
<p>@Brian - I've read about Tableau but I haven't played with their software.</p> Sorta unrelated, but have you…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-24:1702911:Comment:1243962013-08-24T06:53:30.169ZBrianhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/Brian268
Sorta unrelated, but have you played with tableau?
Sorta unrelated, but have you played with tableau? Thank you for the feedback an…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-23:1702911:Comment:1242002013-08-23T00:02:06.377ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<p>Thank you for the feedback and the book recommendation. <em>Who Owns the Future?</em> sounds like an interesting read.</p>
<p>Its good Hawaii finally has a CIO, but the battle isn't over. Sonny and his team need better funding and plenty of support to overcome the state's enormous IT issues.</p>
<p>Thank you for the feedback and the book recommendation. <em>Who Owns the Future?</em> sounds like an interesting read.</p>
<p>Its good Hawaii finally has a CIO, but the battle isn't over. Sonny and his team need better funding and plenty of support to overcome the state's enormous IT issues.</p> Good review and analysis of a…tag:www.techhui.com,2013-08-22:1702911:Comment:1242702013-08-22T22:18:15.296ZDavid B. Fisherhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/DavidBFisher
<p>Good review and analysis of a subject we should be thinking, talking and doing more about. </p>
<p>My particular path in exploring this world started with the very first TED talk that I saw in '09 with <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html" target="_blank">Hans Rosling</a> visualizing world health data over time , and shortly after <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html" target="_blank">Tim Berners-Lee on…</a></p>
<p>Good review and analysis of a subject we should be thinking, talking and doing more about. </p>
<p>My particular path in exploring this world started with the very first TED talk that I saw in '09 with <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html" target="_blank">Hans Rosling</a> visualizing world health data over time , and shortly after <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html" target="_blank">Tim Berners-Lee on Linked Data</a> Unfortunately back then, there was not much interest (we even have a Semantic Web group here on Tech Hui that has not gained any traction). Of course that has changed, at least in the government sector with the hiring of Sonny Bhagowalia to lead the <a href="http://oimt.hawaii.gov" target="_blank">State's Office of Info Management and Technology.</a> and the Open Data law that just passed although not adequately financed. </p>
<p>I am working on learning more about how we might use these approaches and resources to develop local businesses and would love to get to know others who are also working on this. It feels to me a lot like the early 90's when we were just learning about the WWW and websites.</p>
<p>BTW, another interesting public policy critique with more constructive suggestions for where we could go is <a href="http://amzn.com/1451654960" target="_blank">Jaron Lanier's "Who Owns The Future?".</a></p>
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