Is Big Data the Message? a Review of Natasha Lushetich’s “Big Data–A new Medium?”
When discussing the digital, conversations can quickly shift towards talk of quantity. Just how many images are being uploaded every hour, how many meticulously monitored purchases are being made on a particular e-commerce platform every day, how many
2024-05-06
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Checklist for Improving the Superset Integration for a Database
In an earlier post, Building Database Connectors for Superset Using SQLAlchemy , I wrote about how Superset talks to SQL databases using: a SQLAlchemy dialect + a companion Python DB-API 2 library to enable basic functionality some database-specific engine
2024-05-06
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FIRMS Adds Ultra Real-Time Data from MODIS and VIIRS
When it comes to monitoring and fighting wildfires, accurate and timely data about a fire’s location, extent, intensity, and impact are critical. That’s why NASA funded the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) in 2007 and, more
2024-04-27
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What Makes a Data Visualization Confusing?
Why are some visualizations so easy to understand at first sight while others seem to be some sort of graphical puzzle? Why do some visualizations need to be relearned every time you see them again, whereas others need only one simple initial exposure? The
2024-04-25
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Knowing Machines
Knowing Machines Contact Knowing Machines Team Mike Ananny (Co-PI) is an Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism and Affiliated Faculty of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for
2024-04-24
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The View from Space Keeps Getting Better
The View from Space Keeps Getting Better Subheadline After 50 years of Landsat, discovery of new commercial and scientific uses is only accelerating Originally published 07/29/2022 The 30-acre pear orchard in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has been in
2024-04-19
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Step 3 in the Data Exploration Journey: Productive Tangents, Nightingale
Step 3 in the Data Exploration Journey: Productive Tangents August 8, 2022 Images and photos from the author. This article is part IV in a series on data exploration, and the common struggles that we all face when trying to learn something new. The previous
2024-04-09
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Data Memos. 12 reflections on data (and its…
12 reflections on data (and its representation) that we don’t want to forget in the “next-normal” Data is everywhere: in every headline, and at the center of every conversation. In only a few months since the pandemic began, data of all types has become
2024-03-30
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Low Code Versus Developer Freedom for Data Visualization
Properly democratizing the management and automation of company data is crucial to core operations as well as the digital projects or experiences they deliver. But powering data pipelines is only half the equation — you need to prepare for what’s next,
2024-03-26
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