On any given day there is a slew of data-generated headlines – today, taking the briefest of glances at the news agenda, there’s record-breaking rainfall and a slowdown in the construction sector.
The pervasive influence of data
Big Data Week UK
It’s Big Data Week, a collection of events devoted to exploring the juicy opportunities that huge datasets present. These events are primarily for techie and business folk, but I thought I’d go along to one of the gatherings to see bounty there is for journalists too. I schlepped along to a community meetup to hear speakers from big data players like Bit.ly and DataSift.
