This Week in the DoT, 02/28


Yeap, Thank God is Friday.

 And before you go home and hopefully have a relaxing weekend, here is a list of some interesting things that happened in the Data of Things during this week: news, events, tweets and a bit of humor.

These are some relevant things you might want to check...



Snow Boarding in Fernie, Canada by Chris Barton

 In the news:







With interesting readings:



Interesting to watch:



Live from Strata 2014: In-Hadoop analytics and IBM's Watson


What Does Collaboration Among Humans and Machines Actually Look Like? Structure:Data 2013



Influencers on Twitter you certainly need to follow:
  • Cindi Howson (@BIScorecard)
  • Claudia Imhoff (@Claudia_Imhoff)
  • Colin White (@ColinWhite) 
  • Curt Monash (@curtmonash)
  • Howard Dresner (@howarddresner)
  • Jim Harris (@ocdqblog)
  • Josep di Paloantonio (@JAdP)
  • Julie Hunt (@juliehunt)
  • Karen Lopez (@datachick)
  • Marcus Borba (@marcusborba)
  • Merv Adrian  (@merv)
  • Neil Raden (@NeilRaden)
  • Richard Hackathorn (@hackathorn)


 And finally, to end your week with a smile:


Cheers!

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