"structured data" entries
Strata Week: Add structured data, lose local flavor?
Wikidata's structure vs. diverse knowledge, and a look at the many factors behind Netflix's recommendations.
A critic says Wikidata could undermine Wikipedia's localized information. Also, Netflix explains why its recommendation engine is much more complicated than most people realize.
Embracing the chaos of data
Pete Warden on the upside of unstructured data.
Data scientists, it's time to welcome errors and uncertainty into your data projects. In this interview, Jetpac CTO Pete Warden discusses the advantages of unstructured data.
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.
Real-time data needs to power the business side, not just tech
Theo Schlossnagle on the state of real-time data analysis and where it needs to go.
Real-time data analysis has come a long way, but Theo Schlossnagle, principal and CEO of OmniTI, says some technology improvements are actually causing a data analysis devolution.