In the past couple of weeks I attended two events in Washington where the question of “Big Data” was circulating. The National Academies event was solely dedicated to Big Data, while at the Library of Congress Digital Preservation 2012 conference it was a somewhat peripheral consideration. Big Data seems to has been ascribed volume, velocity, and… Continue reading Volume, Velocity, Variety
Month: July 2012
Reconciling Variance
Casting a measured gaze across the pages before him, August Schleicher turned away, removed his spectacles and rubbed his eyes. A few moments passed and he turned back toward the desk. Setting to work he muttered, “I walk in a field of ruins”. The variants in the texts that lay before him, sprinkled in some… Continue reading Reconciling Variance