We are psyched to present to y’all a guest blog post from the inimitable Brian Dalessandro. For those of you that may not have been at our NYC Parks DataDive this past fall or at our last NYC meetup, Brian worked with the NYC Parks department as a DataKind Data Ambassador to figure out [...]
“Me with two screens. Don’t mess” – Max Richman We’re continuing our Data Heroes series this month with someone who exemplifies the idea of using data for the greater good. Max Richman started out in mapping for international development, where he provided geospatial services to the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, worked with USAID to [...]
We are proud to present a guest article from Mia Newman, of Humanity United. They’re launching a fantastic Tech Challenge to stop atrocities that we’d love to see our community get involved with. Mia Newman, Humanity United The tech field is growing rapidly around the world, and new gadgets, new apps, and innovative uses [...]
As we continue to grow, we’ve had the joy of meeting more and more Data Heroes around the world. All of the volunteers who contribute their time and skills inspire us, and we’re super grateful for their passion for using data for good. We would be remiss not to introduce you to a super star [...]
I know what you’re thinking – “Man, DWB just announced their March DC Datadive, but I’m stuck out here on the West coast. How can I get my Data Without Borders fix this spring without traveling all the way across the country?” Good news for you, friend. Data Without Borders will be at the Strata [...]
Recently, Data Without Borders founder Jake Porway was selected as a 2011 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow. As part of the program, Jake spent a week in Maine a few weeks ago connecting with the other fellows and members of the PopTech community to discuss how to make Data Without Borders a success. Here is a [...]
We are incredibly honored to have Data Without Borders selected for a PopTech Social Innovation Fellowship. This is a hugely humbling award for us and we are thrilled to be able to rub shoulders with all the innovative change-makers in PopTech. You can watch the entire conference livestreamed at http://poptech.org/live. Jake will be there to [...]
The past week O’Reilly Media hosted the Strata Conference here in New York City. This weeklong event centered around the “big data” community, featured many amazing speakers from all aspects of the community. Jake and Drew were honored to be given the chance to talk about doing good with data through Data Without Borders during [...]
When we realized we needed a new logo, we thought it would be fun to ask the Data Without Borders community for some design help. “Hey, you know what would be fun?”, we thought. “What if we made it a contest? We could even give a prize!” Perfect. Instead of just begging people to help [...]
“A table is nearly always better than a dumb pie chart; the only worse design than a pie chart is several of them… Given their low density and failure to order numbers along a visual dimension, pie charts should never be used.” – Edward Tufte, “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information” [UPDATE] The Data Without [...]