Another Big Gift for Big�Data - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy: A New York State university’s $100 million commitment to expand its work in data science—the emerging field that studies how we use the vast amounts of information currently being collected—just got a boost from a local grocery store chain’s family foundation. It’s the second multi-million-dollar grant to such an initiative in recent months.
The University of Rochester announced that the Wegman Family Charitable Foundation made two large donations totaling $17 million, including $10 million to benefit its Institute for Data Science and the remainder for its children’s hospital. The university is in the middle of a $1.2 billion-dollar fundraising campaign, and both centers are flagship selling points.
Friday, April 04, 2014
New Web Giving Site RaisedBy.Us Targets Tech Workers – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
New Web Giving Site RaisedBy.Us Targets Tech Workers – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: A new online donation platform aims to increase giving in the tech industry by providing a fast and easy mechanism for IT workers to devote a portion of their paycheck to the charity of their choice, writes The New York Times.
Thursday, April 03, 2014
S.F. 'HACKtivation' Matches Tech Talent With Nonprofit Groups | San Francisco Public Press
S.F. 'HACKtivation' Matches Tech Talent With Nonprofit Groups | San Francisco Public Press: While the tech community continues to be demonized across San Francisco, nearly 100 mostly tech workers acted as angels last weekend by donating their expertise to a dozen nonprofit organizations that help the homeless.
Opinion: Why a Nonprofit Leader Embraces Virtual Currency – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Opinion: Why a Nonprofit Leader Embraces Virtual Currency – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Opinion: Why a Nonprofit Leader Embraces Virtual Currency
The leader of a Twin Cities charity explains in a Star Tribune opinion piece why his organization has begun taking donations in Bitcoins and other forms of “crypto-currency.”
The leader of a Twin Cities charity explains in a Star Tribune opinion piece why his organization has begun taking donations in Bitcoins and other forms of “crypto-currency.”
Most People Skim. Few Read Deep.
Most People Skim. Few Read Deep.: Watch your own behavior the next time you pick up the newspaper.
You browse first. If you find something of interest, then you start reading. And even then, you often read no more than a paragraph or two before jumping to another story, unless you're enjoying a leisurely morning.
You browse first. If you find something of interest, then you start reading. And even then, you often read no more than a paragraph or two before jumping to another story, unless you're enjoying a leisurely morning.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Recent Big-Data Struggles Are ‘Birthing Pains,’ Researchers Say - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Recent Big-Data Struggles Are ‘Birthing Pains,’ Researchers Say - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education: Not so, says Mr. Lazer, who remains "hugely" bullish on Big Data. "I would be quite distressed if this resulted in less resources being invested in Big Data," he says in an interview. Mr. Lazer calls the episode "a good moment for Big Data, because it reflects the fact that there’s some degree of maturing. Saying ‘Big Data’ isn’t enough. You gotta be about doing Big Data right."
Among the academics reading and sharing it, Mr. Lazer’s article has fed a conversation about what it means, exactly, to "do Big Data right."
Among the academics reading and sharing it, Mr. Lazer’s article has fed a conversation about what it means, exactly, to "do Big Data right."
How Twitter Has Changed Over the Years in 12 Charts - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic
How Twitter Has Changed Over the Years in 12 Charts - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic: But each Twitter user sees the service through his or her own tiny window of followers and followed. It's hard to tell if everyone's behavior is changing, or just that of one's subset of the social network. Now, new research from Yabing Liu and Alan Mislove of Northwestern with Brown's Chloe Kliman-Silver attempts to quantify the way tweeting has changed through the years.
"Twitter is known to have evolved significantly since its founding," they write, "And it remains unclear how much the user base and behavior has evolved, whether prior results still hold, and whether the (often implicit) assumptions of proposed systems are still valid."
"Twitter is known to have evolved significantly since its founding," they write, "And it remains unclear how much the user base and behavior has evolved, whether prior results still hold, and whether the (often implicit) assumptions of proposed systems are still valid."
5 lessons we learned experimenting SlideShare as a visual blog | Scoop.it Blog
5 lessons we learned experimenting SlideShare as a visual blog | Scoop.it Blog: SlideShare is a great platform for visual content and an amazing company: in just a few years, it has become the YouTube of presentations, one of the Top 150 sites in the world with an impressive 3 Billion views per month from 60 million unique visitors. Perhaps like many others, I originally thought of SlideShare as a platform to use only on specific occasions: when I had talked at a conference, when we had produced great slides worth sharing or when we had something specifically visual to communicate. I had had great experience and results but I don’t talk to conferences every day and so I sometimes felt I was missing out. And then, one night of September last year, I heard Jason Miller present at one of our #leancontent events and it became all clear: the team and I realized we could use SlideShare in a very different way – not just as a tool to recycle and share what you already created for other purposes but as a media channel that we would update on a regular basis. In a word, as a visual blog.
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