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Nov
9
2011

Two simple laws to remember:
"If you’re not paying for something, you have no reason to expect it to be there tomorrow."
"If you’re not paying for something, you’re not a customer; you’re the product being sold"
And, as Apple showed with its MobileMe to iCloud transition, your data may not be safe even if you pay for the service. So, keep your expectations in check - "The “cloud” is not your friend; it’s where your data goes when it ceases to be yours."

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  • If you’re not paying for something, you’re not a customer; you’re the product being sold
  • The “cloud” is not your friend; it’s where your data goes when it ceases to be yours.
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May
26
2011

"Google Correlate finds search patterns which correspond with real-world trends"

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Sep
1
2010

Very relevant points to consider when doing a survey & even while looking at the results of one. Quite similar to the points raised in the book "How to lie with statistics"

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Jul
19
2010

FlowingData is the visualization and statistics site of Nathan Yau, highlighting how designers, programmers, and statisticians are putting data to good use. Has quite a lot of interesting visualizations.

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"The question facing every company today, every startup, every non-profit, every project site that wants to attract a community, is how to use data effectively -- not just their own data, but all the data that's available and relevant. Using data effectiv

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Apr
9
2010

Algorithms to predict consumer behaviour & risk. Wonder what's left for them to predict.

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Apr
2
2010

Is Google all that different from Apple?
"...Google is at least as restrictive about the data on its servers as Apple is about the apps in its App Store..."

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Jan
10
2010

Interesting way to use the netflix data to visually lay out the area wise popular movies.

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Dec
18
2009

Amit Agarwal's account of how to get back your gmail/google account if it's hacked

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Dec
12
2009

Interesting presentation format - kinda like tree rings. Resembles the Firefox logo though.

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