full-on data chub! so much good stuff here - also interesting to note that there's not really any new tech on the horizon just MORE

data / traffic / movement / nyc

a surprising number of people hardly use phones for phone calls (skype etc. have replaced)

Jo doing great (documented!) things with the new OS data

[[a new kind of professional has emerged, the data scientist, who combines the skills of software programmer, statistician and storyteller/artist to extract the nuggets of gold hidden under mountains of data]]

opening up new york taxi data

slightly bonkers way yo reduce health care costs - offer bigger discounts (on food) to employees who have low BMI, blood pressure *and* cholesterol.