Making sense of data – data for beginners

Last week I attended a great conference called City As A Platform in Birmingham.

The conference asked, “In an era of public sector cuts and greater emphasis on local engagement, what happens when a city opens out its public infrastructure, technologies, data and buildings to digital media content developers?”

I blogged about the day on my personal blog and wrote about what I learned about data, answering the questions; What is data? What does data look like? Where does data come from? and Who can benefit from data?

The blog post covers my initial impression about data, this new word that keeps popping up on my radar and it shows an interesting example of how data can be presented in a really interesting way.

Read more over on my blog A Bit More Of Karen…