Tag: datakind
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Data Science in 30 Minutes with Jake Porway of DataKind
This month, The Data Incubator is hosting another free webinar on data science. This time it features an interview with Jake Porway, founder of DataKind. Jake and DataKind are doing amazing things, so I hope you can check out the webinar. Below are the webinar details: Data Science in 30 Minutes: Using Data Science in…
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Mapping youth well-being worldwide with open data – From DataKind
Mapping youth well-being worldwide with open data – From DataKind Once again, I was honored to write a guest post for DataKind. This time is was on the spread of open source software by data-do-gooders. A couple years ago, DataKind hosted a DataDive in Washington D.C. and some of the participants created a mapping software…
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School without Water, Electricity or Toilets
Sound appealing? Probably not! Unfortunately, this is the sad reality for many children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even worse, this sad reality is only for those children lucky enough to even attend school. In the world today, there are 58 million out of school children, and 43% of those children will never start attending school. FFunction,…
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8 Easy Steps to Becoming a Data Scientist
OK, the steps are not that easy. They are all doable, and most of the steps are free or very low-cost. They will just take some time. Thanks to the fine folks at DataCamp, creator of online data science courses, for the infographic.
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DataKind Looking For Local Chapters
DataKind, the organization matching nonprofits and data scientists, is looking for applications for Local Chapters. The motto for DataKind is: Let’s use data to change the world. DataKind hopes to add 3-5 chapters by the end of 2014. A Chapter will be responsible for building relationships between organiztions and data scientists, promoting data science for…
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Top 5 Data Startups
Kaggle They make data science a sport, enough said. DataKind DataKind may not technically be a startup because it is a nonprofit, but they are doing cool stuff. They match nonprofit organizations with people that love to analyze data and create visualizations. Cloudera They call themselves “The Platform for Big Data”. They are working hard…
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Jake Porway of DataKind
Jake Porway of DataKind gives another entertaining talk. This one is more of a Superhero story. Just watch the video, and it will make sense.
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Hackathons with Data are Everywhere
It seems that competitions and meetups for hacking data are all over the place. Coding challenges have been around for a long time. Recently, it appears that data is being thrown into the mix. I think the idea is great. Instead of just hacking some app, why not hack with some data that might help…
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Data For Good
We can no longer continue to build development projects without thinking about data, anymore than we could without thinking about a budget. By Jake Porway of DataKind. This is another good video about the the social problems that DataKind is hoping to solve. Source: Code For America: Big Data For The Public Good
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Data Without Borders is now DataKind
The Non-Profit Organization Data Without Borders has renamed itself to DataKind. Here is the official announcement. DataKind is an organisation that matches data from non-profit and government organisations with data scientists. DataKind hosts weekend DataDives and they are planning to build a DataCorps. See a previous post, Use Data Science to Help The World, to…