Wikipedia 3.0

A map of geo-tagged data in Chicago shows a heavy concentration of tweets, Flickr, and Wikipedia.  There are also a a large number of Foursquares.  

Tokyo Japan.  Not surprising that the people of Japan have a lot of Flickr posts, they are famous for their love of photography.

 

But the service that provides the richest web data is Wikipedia which provides rich geo-tagged data for amost all the major features of human civilization.

 

Get the Internet out of the browser and in to the world!

Mashup Map of London, showing location of Yelp, Wikipedia, Tweets, Flickr images and Foursquare

The Web 3.0 Lab is producing a social map.  Our Happan.in project aims to extend the web from a list or browser in to what it really is: the real world.  Our work is to place the Internet where it belongs, in the real world, among real people in real time.

Social Media Map of London

Our map of the social media in London.

Open Data, a good list for Quora

Here are many of the links mentioned so far:

http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/
http://aws.amazon.com/datasets?_...
http://crawdad.org/
http://data.austintexas.gov
http://data.cityofchicago.org
http://data.govloop.com
http://data.gov.uk/
http://data.medicare.gov
http://data.seattle.gov
http://data.sfgov.org
http://data.sunlightlabs.com
https://datamarket.azure.com/
http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/g...
http://econ.worldbank.org/datasets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik...
http://factfinder.census.gov/ser...
http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/
http://gettingpastgo.socrata.com
http://googleresearch.blogspot.c...
http://books.google.com/ngrams/
http://linkeddata.org/
http://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr
http://public.resource.org/
http://rechercheisidore.fr
http://reddit.com/r/datasets
http://snap.stanford.edu/data/in...
http://timetric.com/public-data/
https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/~wist...
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm
http://www.archives.gov/research...
http://www.bls.gov/
http://www.crunchbase.com/
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/
http://www.data.gov/
http://www.datakc.org
http://www.delicious.com/jbaldwi...
http://www.factual.com/
http://www.freebase.com/
http://www.google.com/publicdata...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/d...
http://www.infochimps.com
http://www.kaggle.com/
http://www.nationalarchives.gov....
http://www.nyc.gov/html/datamine...
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/...
http://www.philwhln.com/how-to-g...
http://build.kiva.org/
http://www.imdb.com/interfaces
http://imat-relpred.yandex.ru/en...
http://www.dados.gov.pt/pt/catal...
http://dbpedia.org
http://knoema.com
http://daten.berlin.de/
http://www.qunb.com

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The failure of the wisdom of crowds

A review of GetGlue ranking of books is dominated by cartoons. So where is the wisdom of crowds?

Tablet OS, Windows 8, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and iPad

Two years ago you had two tablet options.  Windows XP which required a stylus or iPad.  It was kind of a no brainer to go with the iPad.  Since then a number of promised tablet OS systems have failed to make any impression including HP WebOS, RIMs tablet and MeeGo.  

Not surprising at all the three giants that dominate our age have produced three tablet OS, but how do they compare.  Today we just look at the high level style and feel.

Windows 8

Okay after ranting against this for a while we have to say that the new Start page rocks.  It is easy o handle, had a clear easy to see color layout, and nice big buttons.  Not sure how it will scale up when it has to handle hundreds of apps but it certainly looks good.

Odd as it is to say this Windows 8 has pretty down.  Since you are probably going to be carrying a tablet around with you all the time, and maybe even falling asleep with one, you certainly want a home screen that looks nice.

 

Not surprisingly Windows 8 is pushing you to use your MSN license.  It would have been nice to have Microsoft actually build good Cloud services before pushing on us, but Microsoft's Cloud will also be a long term advantage to Windows 8.

Microsoft has embraced the App Store model.  Now for the ecosystem to build stuff.  This is probably the do or die feature but no doubt Redwood will be able to get plenty of people to build apps.

Windows 8 Best feature is it is Windows!  That is to say you can use it in the same way you can use a PC, which Android and Apple iOS remain mostly large phones.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Like all the OS for tablet the makers are locking you in to their Cloud, in Google's case there is the Cloud there to make it really worth you while. 

 

Android boots up much faster than Windows 8, so you will get more function out of your hardware.  But it still is essentially a big phone.  Not really a work device yet. 

 

Essentially Ice Cream Sandwich is a way to navigate a tree of apps.  The graphic quality of this experience will vary with hardware producer, but generally it is inferior to Apple. The interface of app icons leaves something to be desired.

 

Apple iPad iOS

What can be said about this device of devices?  Hard to think of anything that can be said that has not been said already.  For what it is it is perfect.  Easy and fun to use, amazing graphic quality, intuitive UI design iPad sets the standards for all other tablets.

Apple is the standard everyone else aims to.

The largest collections of app in the Universe provide a rich set of useful tools.

A media system that set the worlds standard.  The best mobile surface for video, movies and music very created.

If I could find one thing to fault the iPad with is that it is not much of a work tool.  The productivity tools all end up being little more than note taking tools or document reading tools.  Windows 8 ability to run Office will be a real defining feature that will likely cost iOS in the future, unless they counter it quickly.

Okay its still really just a big phone, but oh what a big phone it is.

Maps: To Google or not to Google?

Map of 8 hours of tweets over London using Google Maps

BBC has reported that Google is launching a major upgrade of its mapping technology (bolds inserted by Web 3.0 Lab and not the BBC):

Google has demonstrated new mapping technologies in an effort to reassert its position as a market leader. While it boasts one billion users, Google Maps has recently seen defections by some key developers and partners. Reports suggest Apple may abandon Google Maps next week at its annual developer conference. They suggest Apple may announce its own mapping application to replace Google Maps on its smartphones and tablets. 

To counteract any negative publicity, Google executives held a media event on Wednesday in San Francisco to preview new mapping features and trumpet a decade of achievements in digital mapping, including its use of satellite, aerial and street-level views. Among the stand-out features were 3D enhancements to Google Earth, a portable device for taking "street view" panoramic photos and offline access to Google Maps on Android phones. 

Laura Locke at BBC 

For a long time the choice you had in mapping was Bing or Google.  Frankly that was something of a 'no brainer'.  Google satellite images alone were often clearly and generally taken at better times of the day. Just writing this post I looked the same location in both Bing and Google and it is hard to escape that the quality of Google is higher.  Bing seemed to not care what time of day their image was taken.

Bing map shows a late afternoon shot with much of the detail cast in shadow

Google map of the same site taken in bright light showing more details.

But we no longer live in a climate dominated by the two big Cloud players.  And two factors have changed everything: the emergence of Apple and the rise of Open Source.  Our resent testing with Open Maps have shown that an open sourced mapping technology has a lot of promises. Not only does it offer a mapping technology free of charge, and free for all times in the future, but the work of many hands gives very detailed maps that include local data about places you can't get with Google maps.  For example the Open Map for the area I live knows all kinds of things about what businesses are around, what certain areas are called by the locals, about foot paths and garden structures.



Here is an example, the Olympic Park in London.  The Google map shows almost no detail on what is there.  Now look at the Open Map, which is full of extensive detail.  Which of these two maps would you rather use?

Google Map lacks any real detail of the Park or public spaces around it.

Open map gives a very rich detailed picture of what is in the park, easy to read and understand it is simply a better map.

Patterns of Social Media usage at the Jubilee

The first day of the Jubilee twitter and foursquare were concentrated on the Thames where a flotilla passed in review.

Night two concentrated near the Palace where a massive concert was given.

We Embrace Open Maps

Sign of the Times: in the age of Open Standards even Microsoft is getting in on the act, above we run tests on Open Maps UI running on Windows 8.

In keeping with our policy of Open Source the Web 3.0 Labs has taken the leap to Open Maps this week.  Though we still support Google Maps on our all app development we are following Foursquare in exploring extending the Open Cloud to include maps. We are now developing entirely on the Linux/MySQL/jQuery/PHP stack of Open Source technologies.  In a unrelated development we are also testing Windows 8, which works really well with Open Maps.  

New York remains the land of Foursquare

Mobile social media at the Diamond Jubilee

Map of current tweets and Foursquare trending sites at Thames flotilla as today's Diamond Jubilee celebrations for the Queen.  You can see a clear concentration of foursquare activity on the river.

We are tracking volumes of social media from mobile devices at or near the Queen's Jubilee flotilla.  Levels are high, but terrible weather is probably reducing the amount of tweeting and checkins we are seeing.  Though a clear pattern of Foursquare checkins on the flotilla route has emerged.

Tweeting levels are on the river high for a rainy cold day in London.

If you want to know how much this event means to many ordinary people in the UK, just misspell 'Jubilee' in to twitter or instagram, it gives you a very moving set of tributes to a loved Monarch free of news, advertising or other PR talk.

This is where I fall, and this where I stand again.

Current Music : Dark side by Kelly Clarkson

Gosh, time flies so freaking fast. I've been working for NovelTravel almost a month. I love the job, and it is really hard for me to leave this job. Class starting next week, Wednesday, to be exact. I can feel butterflies in my stomach now.Me, Tim & Rachel (Our supervisor) were actually talking about the subjects and courses that are offer by LSE. Yes, you might think some subjects sound so fucking easy but no they aren't. For example, one of the subject INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS, I'll be studying this subject on my 1st year degree. And people will think that "Hah, introduction to economics, we fucking learn that in A Levels, it's easy." I used to think like that, but when I look through the syllabus, OMFG! You'll pee in your pants. Hahaha, at least I will.

Finance and banking, I really don't know whether I have made the right decision. So many things popped up in my head. WHAT IF I flunk the exams? WHAT IF I can't catch up? WHAT IF I change my course half way? WHAT IF I don't excel? So many WHAT IF, but can't find a single solution for myself. I'm not a streetwise person, neither a top scholar. I can either be above average or below average. If I work hard, I can achieve; if I don't, I flunk. Business, Accountings, and Finance are not my thing, I don't like numbers/figures. Unlike other chinese businessman, I don't like counting money. It gives me a headache. I can never be an accountant, and you do not want me to deal with your accounts. You might regret. LOL.

Anyway, have been planning to go on a vacation recently. Yes, I'm planning to go Perth for holiday =). All I want to do is to get out of Malaysia. Lately,things got out of my hand, and no matter how I hard I tried, it will never work. We can't play on broken strings, neither we can clap with one hand. It was kinda hard for me, the feelings and emotional wouldn't go away, and I was unable to focus on my work, being an unprofessional employee. But, friends were there to back me up and support me. Cheering me up and spending time with me just to make sure I'm okay. Then, I realised my life is not that bad after all. Even though I don't get what I want, but when I needed a friend, they are always there for me.

What Rachel said was right. " For ladies, WORK & STUDIES are important. Put WORK AND STUDIES ahead of relationship. Once you have a very successful career in the future, it belongs to you and no one can take that away from you. Once you are financially independent, ladies don't have to depend on the man. NO RUSH, as there are still lot more of important things waiting for us to do. Who knows we meet the right one or who knows we might see each other again after 10 years." I agree with that. Life is beautiful, though sometimes, shits come and knock you down. when you fall, that's where you stand up again. No point holding on to the past, as no one is there to pity you, sympathy you, save you or help you. You got to be stronger, stand up, and be able to walk again. I know it hurts when I fall, but the pain does go away as the time pass :) Time do heals.

People said I can forget so fast, the truth is, I did not forget. Everytime I close my eyes, memories keep coming back. No one knows how heartbroken I was, no one knows I cried in the middle of the night. Anyway, it doesn't matters any more. I threw myself into my work so that I will not think about it and hey, it helps =D.

Well, someone popped up this question to me "IF there is a chance for both of you, will you ever get back together with him?" Ahhhhhh, a very good question. The answer is, I don't know. I haven't think about it yet. But I will get back to this question soon. It's difficult for me to answer.

Study: Twitter Sentiment Mirrored Facebook’s Stock

"To create this graph, DataSift recorded 95,019 interactions from 58,665 authors over a period of 6 hours. Most interactions, of course, took place right during the early hours after Facebook’s stock started trading (and took an immediate dive from $42 closer to $38). The company also saw a second and much smaller uptick in interactions toward the end of the day as well."

The Web 3.0 Lab is a bit under-impressed by the mirroring of this image.  It seems like nothing more than people tweeting about how badly the stock actually did relative to hopes. 

Study: Twitter Sentiment Mirrored Facebook’s Stock Price Today | TechCrunch

You can't play on a broken strings...

Let me hold you for the last time,

It's the last chance to feel again...

Quit Facebook Or Be Expelled, Queensland Primary School Tells Students

From the Huffington Post:

Students at a primary school have been told by teachers to quit social networking site Facebook or be expelled. 

In Harlaxton State School's newsletter, the principal said no student is to have a Facebook account as it violates the school's policy, the Brisbane Times reported. 

Principal Leonie Hultgren argued that as Facebook legally requires users to be at least 13 years old, pupils at the Queensland school were breaking the law if they registered with the site as they would be providing false information to do so. 

The school introduced the policy after a spate of cyberbullying. 

"A student who contravenes the law or rule in a digital scenario may need to meet the Principal to discuss this issue and their continued enrolment at Harlaxton," she added. 

"It may seem insignificant to lie about your age to gain access to a social media site but where does it stop? Will they then think it is okay to lie about their age to gain a licence?"

The same rules apply to Facebook in the UK but research conducted in 2011 revealed 43% of nine to 12 year-olds are registered to use the site.

Responding to the research, a spokesperson for Facebook said:

"Recent reports have highlighted just how difficult it is to implement age restrictions on the Internet and that there is no single solution to ensuring younger children don't circumvent a system or lie about their age.

"Just as parents are always teaching and reminding kids how to cross the road safely, talking about internet safety should be just as important a lesson to learn."
Should Facebook be banned in schools? Let us know.

Quit Facebook Or Be Expelled, Queensland Primary School Tells Students

The proper age for going on sites like Facebook and Flickr is an open debate in the Web 3.0 Lab.  Gail, who works with cyberbulling and teens thinks that children should not be allowed on sites until about 14 years of age.  I spend more time working with the technology and contact hackers and other dark hats who on social networks and tend to think 17 would be a good age, but its unlikely to be able to stop someone from using such sites by 15.

As long as children have free access to PC and mobile smart phones they will be able to join Facebook.  If schools and families put in policies preventing them from being on in their own name they will make up personalities to go online with.  We have found time and time again that negative behavior like trolling and bullying go up when people are online with other identities.

We guess the real question is why are communication devices and computers being given to children at such young ages.  In the early days of marketing computers the child audience was heavy targeted.  In 1989 it was hard to think of a reason to buy a computer, so firms came up with 'education' as key selling point, and the use of computers was presented as something that could benefit children.



But let us be very honest here: computers are not an educational tool.  In the past 20 years the computer has gone from a expensive geeky toy or business tool to a item in every teens pocket: skills of reading, writing, communication and collaboration have not gone up.  The real outcome of some many young people on the Internet has been less exercise, more cheating, more grooming, more bullying and more underage sexual conduct.

Computers are loaded devices when connected to the Internet.  The Internet has innate dangers and the rush to give every child a fully web enabled small computer really has no benefit.  Identity should be form out in the context of family, friends, school and community before it is on the cover of facebook.

Twitter embraces UK's policymakers after eventful year

 "Twitter has told the BBC it now wants to have a closer role with government and policymakers in the UK. 

"The site has revealed that there are over 10 million active tweeters across the nation. 

"The site's UK general manager Tony Wang said it is a priority to "protect and defend" the voice of those users. 

"It has been a year since Twitter opened its UK operations. It has faced tough questions over privacy and regulation."

BBC News - Twitter embraces UK's policymakers after eventful year

A wonderful treasure to have.

Current Music : Mama by Spice Girl

Happy Mother's Day 

I'm grateful for what you did. 

Even though, sometimes, I hate it when you started screaming and yelling at me, 

but yeah, at times, I think of you and I misses you :)

I promise I'll never let you down.

p/s: Your Xperia Arc is on his way ;)

What percentage of tweets are geotagged? Quora

What percentage of tweets are geotagged?  What percentage of geotagged tweets are ascribed to a venue?

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In a sample that I took 3 months ago of 25,000 tweets, ~0.5% were geotagged and 16% of users had geo enabled on their account. I didn't measure venues at that time.

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A random sample of 1.5 million public tweets by 10k users over 18 months revealed the following:

1.0% of tweets are geotagged in some way

87% of geotagged tweets contain exact coordinates while...
13% of geotagged tweets represent regional polygons, such as cities

95% of users never geotag a single tweet but...
~1% of users geotag the majority of the tweets they post

Very passive users (< 50 tweets per year) and very active users (> 1000 tweets per year) geotag a smaller percentage of tweets than moderate users.

The prevalence of geotagging has increased linearly from 0.6% in late 2010 to ~1.4% today.Suggest Edits

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