Perspectives on information, technology and people
27 September 2022 1100-1215
This week we will consider data, information, knowledge, and meaning. How do they fit with one another?
Let's begin by learning something we didn't know we didn't know.
① info world
We will start each session with one of us standing before the assembled group and introducing us to an "information world" that they are familiar with, but one that may well be new to the rest of us.
This will be voluntary: there will be no one necessarily assigned to do this weekly, though we hope everyone would want to share of themselves by taking advantage of the opportunity.
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② watch presenter in Sakai calendar
Relational Databases
This video will discuss the things we will discuss again in class. Watch it to familiarize yourself with the terminology.
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③ read presenter in Sakai calendar
A companion piece to the video.
What is an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)? | Lucid Chart (or the stable version).
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④ ponder presenter in Sakai calendar
Why this is important
A 13 Sep 2014 report in The Economist spoke about the changing information landscape in regard to one profession.
"This is an information war," says Omar Tawakol, the boss of BlueKai, a data broker, which tracks users online and sells that intelligence to companies. "This is 100% about having more information about the customer and being able to generate more commerce as a result of it." ... BlueKai, for example, compiles around 1 billion profiles of potential customers around the world, each with an average of 50 attributes.