Posts tagged ‘data’
iPhone is tracking my movements?
Looks like it! The above picture shows various data points extracted from an unencrypted, but hidden, file on the iPhone called ‘consolidated.db‘. More…
Data is the new oil
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections.
Managing Risk on Facebook
I spent the better part of this evening arranging my Facebook friends into various lists. Why? Because I want to share more with those I love, and less with those I don’t. More…
Looking for a WordPress plugin
I’m looking to add ‘content review’ type functionality into WordPress. In in idea would it would work like this:
When authoring a post/page:
The plugin would prompt, by means of a form field, for a content review date. This date will be the date that the content needs to be reviewed for accuracy/relevance. For example 6 Months, 1 year or 5 years after publication.
On the public facing website:
The post meta data would include the review date.
On the content review date for a specific post:
The plugin would send an email to the content/post/page owner prompting them to log into the website, review the content and set a new review date.
Does anyone know of such a plugin that has the above of similar functionality? I’m working on a proposal for a small organization and such functionality would be the cherry on the cake.
If no plugin exists, how difficult would it be to write such a plugin?
Using Google Mail as Backup Storage
Over the years I have slowly found WordPress the ultimate content management system for not only blogs but a number for of websites that I’ve developed. However, until recently I didn’t have an ideal back up solution. More…
This summer, delete your Facebook!
For the last few days I’ve found myself employed on a freelance basis for a large (and arguably faceless) multinational company looking into methods of using data and information gathered from social networks in their Business Intelligence (BI) Decision Support Systems (DSS). Having looked into the data types available the most important pearl of wisdom I can pass on is that you Facebook/Bebo/MySpace page is telling the world a lot more about you than you might like….