ASIS&T Metro New York

ASIS&T Metro New York Chapter promoting activities related to information science and technology. http://twitter.com/asistMETRO

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The landscape of Tweets — billions of them, visualized across cities.

Sometimes a map is not enough. What if instead of just showing roads and boundaries, it was a 3D model you could manipulate and explore? That is exactly what our data visualization scientist Nicola......

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More and more organizations understand that data can be a valuable asset, that intelligence can be derived from a variety of data sources, and that analytics of many kinds can greatly benefit decision making, future direction, competitiveness, and innovation. But many organizations aren’t well-prepared to tackle the work that must be done to ensure that data is reliable, timely and relevant.

by Julie Hunt

http://www.dataintegrationblog.com/integration-horizons/the-costs-of-poor-data-management/

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A data visualization method that maps customer satisfaction levels, break point analysis lets you invest wisely in improving user experience.

NO. 1 039 - June 18,2013 - James Torio, Rishabh Dayal

via @uxmag

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"... a tool for seamless searching across the Papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton."

via @USNatArchives

Search the hand-writing: http://founders.archives.gov

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Archivists in France Fight a Privacy Initiative

Privacy guardians in Europe want the ability to erase some online material, known as “the right to be forgotten,” but archivists and historians object.

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We had a lot of fun hosting The Noun Project for a Cultural Heritage Iconathon on Saturday! Here are a few outtakes. We’re happy to say that work will continue on a few of the icons we created; look for them on http://thenounproject.com/.

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Digital Governance Fails Because We’re Afraid of Cultural Change 1. The internet puts new demands on our content. Customers expect useful, usable content across channels and devices, all the time. 2. Organizations (usually) aren’t setup to deal with this reality. People avoid talking about content because it’s messy, political, and hard to do well. 3. So our content is a mess, and nobody takes responsibility for fixing it. This creates problems for both the business and the customer. It also drives us crazy. 4. Content is important, damnit! It’s a business asset. Content strategy provides a way for us to fix these problems, helping us spread the word about the value of content throughout the organization and around the world.

Interview with Jonathan Kahn

http://www.uxbooth.com/articles/a-taste-of-confab-2013/

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http://apps.npr.org/arrested-development/

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Hennepin County, MN wins twice for #plainlanguage for their citizens, including absentee ballot info! “Minnesota nice!”

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Learn from Plain Language award winners!

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In 2012, we hosted an event with science fiction writers talking about the future of information. It was a great discussion and this article reminded us of the discussion. On Saturday, we're hosting an event about data visualization http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asistmny/index.html Come and join us!

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Via @anarchivist

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Instructions and benefits of Story-telling design. A good story is always useful.

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Beth Kanter writes for a non-profit audience but her advice is universal.

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POP DATA FORUM: May 11th @ 2pm

Join us at the Library Journal Office (160 Varick St.) at 2:00 pm for a conversation about data with some data professionals.

Representations of data are everywhere and seem to be easily available. Data visualizations can inform people’ s understanding of the world and even affect their political engagement. We’ve brought together some panelists who work with the nuts and bolts of presenting both responsible and interesting data to the public to convene a discussion about data, people and how the two work together to broaden worldviews. Our panelists include: Eric Buth, architect of TPM’s Polltracker and current member of the New York Times graphics team, and Ky Harlin, from Buzzfeed’s data team. Join us for an afternoon of chatting about data and people.

more info here: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asistmny/index.html

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New York City Subway Turnstile Data Animation

Read the entire explanation. Here's just a part:

"The data is far from usable in its raw format, and is broken into week-long chunks for a specific control area and also includes running counts for a turnstile at a given time (like an odometer).