Not all data is usable on its own. The vast majority of it isn’t in its raw form. Its coal. It has potential. But on its own, it has limited uses. Algorithms are the modern day equivalent to machinery. Fire (combustion) is really just statistical analysis – a violent process that generates waste in the form of heat and soot. Our modern day Watt Pump is Google. Their coal is HTML. The best coal used to be the HREF link. The algorithm that drives Google’s primary product is PageRank. It runs on a massive amount of coal. Most people aren’t aware of the complexity that goes on – and why should they. All the mine owners really cared about was[…]
Data Science Is Epic