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Web 2 Preview: DigitalGlobe: The World Is The Index

John Battelle's Searchblog

Well, he's presenting at the Web 2 Summit this year, and I get to work with him on how Digital Globe fits into our theme of WebSquared. But Web 2 is also known, I hope, for the High Order Bit - the short, mind blowing presentation of a new idea or new data that makes you step back and just say Wow. Now why was I talking to Dr. Scott?

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A brief history of data and how it helped change the world

Collibra

Cloud storage, text mining and social network analytics are vital 21 st century tools. King Ptolemy I Soter set about creating the largest collection of data (then) known to man, an institution known as the Library of Alexandria. . As a result, military medical care was reformed. . Data collection is what we do.

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Sergeant Dennis Fisher and Marine Corps Combat Photography in Vietnam

Unwritten Record

Upon graduation everyone was assigned a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and sent off to train for it. Mine was 0311 which was an infantry rifleman, and I was sent off for advanced infantry training. Fisher tracked down his brother, Army Major David Rowson, to give him a presentation print from the camera dupe.