[okfn-discuss] Forget Big Data, Small Data is the Real Revolution

[Smarthart]

Definitely agree.  The power is in the small data, the commodity value is in big data.  The important picture IMO is the personal control of data, self-advertising and the like. 

- Mark

On 22 Apr 2013, at 14:23, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I wanted to let folks know about this post which has just gone up:
> 
> http://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/22/forget-big-data-small-data-is-the-real-revolution/
> 
> <quote>
> There is a lot of talk about “big data” at the moment. For example,
> this is Big Data Week, which will see events about big data in dozens
> of cities around the world. But the discussions around big data miss a
> much bigger and more important picture: the real opportunity is not
> big data, but small data. Not centralized “big iron”, but
> decentralized data wrangling. Not“one ring to rule them all” but
> “small pieces loosely joined”.
> </quote>
> 
> Very interested to hear people's thoughts - this will be first in a series.
> 
> Rufus
> 
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