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As the debate around zero-rated services (like Facebook’s Free Basics, Twitter Access, and Wikipedia Zero) and other emerging mobile data models continues, data...
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With “Data Scientist” being hailed as the sexiest job of the 21st century, there has been an influx of “big data” companies, visualization tools, and other...
Our Experiment Using Facebook Chatbots to Improve Humanitarian Assistance
It must have been above 40 degrees Celsius that afternoon in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Hundreds of people were waiting to cash the mobile money they receive from the...
We Need to Start Investing in Data We Already Have
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the last few months it’s just how much data there is out there that’s not being used.
In fact by aggregating data...
How Do You Know When You Are Done?
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What Data Do Our Constituents Want to Count?
Here is an interesting idea from Amanda Makulec that merits pondering:
Let’s ask users: “What do YOU want to count?” instead of just collecting...
Ok Chatbot: What is Your Value for Humanitarians?
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4 Best Practices for Responsible Data in Agriculture
The agriculture sector is creating increasing amounts of data, from many different sources. From tractors equipped with GPS tracking, to open data released by government...
Please Use Spatial Analysis And Stop Asking People to Walk All Day
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They have limited time and may be tired...
How We Can Improve Open Source Software Projects
Next year will mark 20 years since the term “open source software” was officially coined, and the “free software” movement has been around even longer....
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