{"id":518,"date":"2011-01-20T03:57:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davecormier.com\/edblog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2011-01-20T03:59:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:59:33","slug":"mooc-newbie-voice-week-2-big-data-must-be-important-its-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davecormier.com\/edblog\/2011\/01\/20\/mooc-newbie-voice-week-2-big-data-must-be-important-its-big\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOC newbie Voice – Week 2 Big Data… must be important… it’s big!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Response to my week 1 slackers guide was quite nice thank you very much so i thought i would take a run at doing week 2. I found the title of this week a touch intimidating but found the actual articles quite approachable. There is something going on with data out there, and we are increasingly at the mercy of the data that is out there and, if nothing else, knowing something about it makes us a little more paranoid.<\/p>\n

Week 1 skimming<\/strong>
\nThere’s a reason why people are addicted to the ‘top ten’ reasons style posts. They’re easy to skim. My pick for skimming this week is The Telegraph article on the 10 ways data is changing how we live<\/a>. It gives you that 10,000 foot view of why you should care about big data… some of the other articles might drill you with ‘content’ and ‘research’ about his topic, but my selection will allow you to just kinda drift through the content and get a vague sense that you know what is going on. Which, of course, is how we like it.<\/p>\n

Notes on some of the other resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. For those of you interested in getting started thinking about how to interpret data… I really like this blog post from the extra resources list. http:\/\/www.dataists.com\/2010\/09\/the-data-science-venn-diagram\/<\/a> A beginners guide to figuring out what the charts might mean and connected to a bunch of other resources.<\/li>\n
  2. If you’ve never read “more is different<\/a>” it’s a classic. it says that… uh… more is different. Is short and approachable. <\/li>\n
  3. stephen wolfram’s TED talk<\/a>. Interesting brain candy, and a nice introduction to his work, but not really the sort of thing that leaves you with a sense of what its going to do for you. <\/li>\n
  4. This one..<\/a>. a gonzo style interview with a dude who’s been in the industry and gives you an interesting background into how the web ACTUALLY works from a web perspective and how new data has changed that. You’ll need a bit of server understanding (and care about it) to get the full understanding, but it’s a really cool introduction. I liked it \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This week\u2019s activity<\/strong>
    \nSNAPP is uh… kind of a snap. I haven’t poked too far into what I’ll be able to do with it but the video offers you the opportunity to look like you’ve done the test… which is what we are looking to provide here at ombuds central. Feel free to watch the vid, get a quick sense of what SNAPP is, and speak offhandedly about it at your next staff meeting.<\/p>\n