Data & Stuff // Neil Houston
Yeap, data and stuff
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February 15th, 2010SXSWiYou might have heard me bleet on about the fact I’m off to SXSWi – For those not in the know it’s South by South West Interactive festival. It’s something that appealed to me, ever since hearing about it though WXWM last year.
SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.
The alternative viewpoint is:
SXSWi is the school skiing trip to Austria: all the cool kids go on it at Easter and then talk incessantly about until the summer holidays.
I’ve got the essentials: pass, flights, hotel sorted. Want to know what sort of things are going on, then take a look at the Schedule to get an idea about the types of keynotes, panels, workshops and parties that will be occurring.
It’s my first time, and no doubt will be quite an experience, I’ll be after any tips and handy advice from the ’seasoned pros’ (or at least people who have been before). Let me know what you wish you would have known first time round etc.
Two (of many) panels that caught my eye include:
The current thoughts are to take Day 1 ‘easy’, and to ensure that I’ve got ‘backups’ of panels – as undoubtedly I’ll either get time sidetracked, lost etc.
What else should I know about, get prepared for, bring with?
Tags: community management, data mining, data visualisation, interactive, swswi, sxsw, uk, west midlands -
February 11th, 2010Visualisation
Spotted: January 25th – February 11th:
- Twitter / Working at Twitter – Twitter are after recruiting people to assist with Data Visualisation – just shows a peak into what they may be thinking for the future.
- New car park in illegal parking hotspot | birminghamnewsroom.com – Birmingham City Council announce new parking area in most ticketed street – interesting to note thst a carpark will be in place which will still equal tickets (as per Livery St Carpark, the second most ticketed spot in 2008-2009 in Birmingham)
- An Annual Report on One Man’s Life – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – The NYTimes talks to Feltron, about his annual life reports.
- Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms – A Gartner report, detailing the players within the Business Intelligence Market. I'm a fan of Tableau, from an analysis and ad-hoc point of view, and they get some good coverage. Alongside other more familiar, and unfamiliar vendors. Worth a scan through.
- Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com – Nicholas Feltron Report for 2009 – His life, as an infographic. Also take a look at the others that have been produced since 2006.