Comments for Javaun's Ramblings http://javaunmoradi.com/blog Media + technology and a healthy dose of mountain bikes. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:06:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Marcus Anhäuser (@Anhaeuser) http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-64273 Marcus Anhäuser (@Anhaeuser) Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:06:52 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-64273 “@HillevanderKaa: What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? http://t.co/ppAc2lvk” #datajournalism #vizualisation “@HillevanderKaa: What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? http://t.co/ppAc2lvk” #datajournalism #vizualisation

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Óscar Marín Miró (@oscarmarinmiro) http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-64054 Óscar Marín Miró (@oscarmarinmiro) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:56:41 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-64054 What do Open Sensor Networks mean for Jounalism? http://t.co/9I2HblUv #opendata #citizendata #datajournalism What do Open Sensor Networks mean for Jounalism? http://t.co/9I2HblUv #opendata #citizendata #datajournalism

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Per Johansson (@per_infontology) http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-63118 Per Johansson (@per_infontology) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:39:43 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-63118 "Citizen generated data is going to create ...big opportunities for news organizations — or for whoever steps up" http://t.co/pFoCBxQI #IoT “Citizen generated data is going to create …big opportunities for news organizations — or for whoever steps up” http://t.co/pFoCBxQI #IoT

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Jody Ranck (@jranck) http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-62587 Jody Ranck (@jranck) Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:19:22 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-62587 What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? | Javaun's Ramblings http://t.co/AQbiZCP1 What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? | Javaun’s Ramblings http://t.co/AQbiZCP1

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by I starred: 2011 Gov 2.0 year in review | faydao's blog http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-62380 I starred: 2011 Gov 2.0 year in review | faydao's blog Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:52:18 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-62380 [...] nuclear disaster in Japan, a radiation detection network starting aggregating and publishing data. Open sensor networks look like an important part of journalism’s [...] [...] nuclear disaster in Japan, a radiation detection network starting aggregating and publishing data. Open sensor networks look like an important part of journalism’s [...]

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Towards a sensor commons | WSNblog http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61848 Towards a sensor commons | WSNblog Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:14:44 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-61848 [...] implications of this quiet revolution are discussed by Jauvan Moradi in his post onhow open sensor networks will affect journalism. Jauvan discusses how citizen data will re-establish the localised roots of journalism by reporting [...] [...] implications of this quiet revolution are discussed by Jauvan Moradi in his post onhow open sensor networks will affect journalism. Jauvan discusses how citizen data will re-establish the localised roots of journalism by reporting [...]

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Towards a sensor commons | Technology Treason http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61790 Towards a sensor commons | Technology Treason Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:36:37 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-61790 [...] implications of this quiet revolution are discussed by Jauvan Moradi in his post on how open sensor networks will affect journalism. Jauvan discusses how citizen data will re-establish the localised roots of journalism by reporting [...] [...] implications of this quiet revolution are discussed by Jauvan Moradi in his post on how open sensor networks will affect journalism. Jauvan discusses how citizen data will re-establish the localised roots of journalism by reporting [...]

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? « adafruit industries blog http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61611 What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? « adafruit industries blog Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:43:17 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-61611 [...] What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? @ Javaun’s Ramblings. If you’re a data journalist or a community activist and you haven’t heard of Pachube (pronounced “PATCH bay”), you should look them up. They’re trying to answer a question that no environmental group or government agency can answer right now: at any given time, how clean is the air in my neighborhood? [...] [...] What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? @ Javaun’s Ramblings. If you’re a data journalist or a community activist and you haven’t heard of Pachube (pronounced “PATCH bay”), you should look them up. They’re trying to answer a question that no environmental group or government agency can answer right now: at any given time, how clean is the air in my neighborhood? [...]

]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Javaun http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61546 Javaun Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:08:31 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-61546 Thanks Cameron. I don't have a background that would allow me to judge the data quality of amateur sensors -- though anecdotally, I can see how a vast network of sensors could have overall higher quailty. Ironically, most of the consumer and journalistic use cases I can envision for sensor networks would accomodate far *lower* data quality than what is needed for scientific and government purposes. By analogy, if you want to know whether to wear a jacket, you need to know the temperature to within 5 or so degrees. If you're logging temperature data to determine whether the earth is warming over time, you need to be able to measure within fractions of a degree. Of course it depends entirely on the usage. The perception of good (or bad) quality may be a bigger factor than actual quality. (EDITED for typos) Thanks Cameron. I don’t have a background that would allow me to judge the data quality of amateur sensors — though anecdotally, I can see how a vast network of sensors could have overall higher quailty.

Ironically, most of the consumer and journalistic use cases I can envision for sensor networks would accomodate far *lower* data quality than what is needed for scientific and government purposes. By analogy, if you want to know whether to wear a jacket, you need to know the temperature to within 5 or so degrees. If you’re logging temperature data to determine whether the earth is warming over time, you need to be able to measure within fractions of a degree.

Of course it depends entirely on the usage. The perception of good (or bad) quality may be a bigger factor than actual quality.
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]]> Comment on What do open sensor networks mean for journalism? by Cameron Laird http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/2011/12/16/what-do-open-sensor-networks-mean-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61543 Cameron Laird Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:32:42 +0000 http://javaunmoradi.com/blog/?p=285#comment-61543 What civic hackers and journalists have to do with each other is a big, big subject, that you have broached quite nicely here. Among the particular aspects that interests me is "data quality". I have evidence that amateur-collected data can be of consistently *higher* quality than official data--it isn't always so, but simple leadership seems to lead to this often. The implications are complex enough to deserve their own write-up. What civic hackers and journalists have to do with each other is a big, big subject, that you have broached quite nicely here. Among the particular aspects that interests me is “data quality”. I have evidence that amateur-collected data can be of consistently *higher* quality than official data–it isn’t always so, but simple leadership seems to lead to this often. The implications are complex enough to deserve their own write-up.

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