"narrative" entries
Top Stories: June 11-15, 2012
The future of desktops, ethics and big data, narrative vs spreadsheets.
This week on O'Reilly: Josh Marinacci predicted that 90% of computer users will rely on mobile, but 10% will still need desktops; the authors of "Ethics of Big Data" explored data's trickiest issues; and Narrative Science CTO Kris Hammond discussed narrative's role in data analytics.
Stories over spreadsheets
Kris Hammond on replacing rows and columns with sentences and paragraphs.
Imagine a future where clear language supplants spreadsheets. In a recent interview, Narrative Science CTO Kris Hammond explained how we might get there.
How I automated my writing career
A former author uses data and software to take the tedium out of some kinds of writing.
You scale content businesses by increasing the number of people who create the content … or so conventional wisdom says. Learn how a former author is using software to simulate and expand human-quality writing.