These are my links for October 9th through October 11th: Machine written sports reports Projects – Stats Monkey – By analyzing changes in Win Probability and Game Scores, the system can pick out the key plays and players from any baseball game. Second, the system includes a library of narrative arcs that describe the main …
Stuff I've seen October 5th through to October 9th
These are my links for October 5th through October 9th: ‘Big society’? Let me explain | Ian Birrell | From the Guardian | The Guardian – "At its core, the big society is an attempt to connect the civic institutions that lie between the individual and the state – and these range from the family …
Introducing social media surgeries – notes from Hyperlocal Govcamp West Midlands
Last Wednesday I spent a great afternoon at Hyperlocal Govcamp West Midlands, an event in Walsall bringing together a mix of local government officials, hyperlocal bloggers and people interested in open data. I ran a session introducing social media surgeries for voluntary and community groups, looking at how surgeries can help active citizens tell stories …
Beyond 2010 – go if you can.
It isn’t often that you get key thinkers in one place at just the right time, but that’s what’s happening in a couple of weeks (20 – 21st October) here in Birmingham. Charles Leadbeater, the author of We Think, Richard Allan of Facebook, Professor Nigel Shadbolt of Data.gov.uk are just some of the remarkable people …