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Humanising Data

The premise that charts, tables and graphs are inhumane and the proposition that visualisation systems immerse you in the data in such a way that you can process charts, tables and graphs subconsciously.

Marketing Manager walking to a WIP (work-in-progress) meeting "Oh no, not another meeting pouring over slabs of paper filled with Excel tables and pie charts". Data scientist walking alongside: "Don't worry, we've moved all the reporting into a Humanising Data visualisation system, I think you'll find it very easy to find the data points you're looking for. Manager as they both walk in the meeting room door, looking at the three newly installed large format touch-screens: "Oooh, this is nice".

by CompSciFutures January 13, 2023


Data Attic

A low cost environment which is implemented to store data that is no longer used, but must be accessible to meet Service Level Agreements.

Moving a large database from a high cost SAN infrastructure to a low cost, dense, direct attach disk solution or Data Attic.

by storagechick September 22, 2010


data sculpture

Presentation of selected information in multiple dimensions through various media.

The essay, and the short film that follows, will present a data sculpture of all known and some imaginary discourses on human potential.

by EdlerGraf May 14, 2017


data extractor

someone who breathes and lives for data related to the mining, oil and gas sector or collectively known as extractives

my data extractor friend is gagging over the recent batch of EITI country reports

by zmarco October 28, 2019


data dick

A person schooled in an IT discipline who thinks he/she is God's gift to pretty much...everyone.

Larry installed printer drivers for the office pool. Now he's using that to offset his taped glasses to tap Janine. What a data dick.

by Quasimofo 2.0 November 15, 2011


Data Boys

Data Boys are unemployed Nigerian youths given peanut to promote and defend Governors on various social media platforms.

Irate citizens beat up some alleged data boys for defending bad leadership on Facebook.

by Hassanopy August 27, 2022


Data bomb

A massive release of compromising data which has a disruptive effect on a government or large corporation.

Wikileaks released another data bomb today.

by Henry Beemis March 3, 2017