Our digital world is creating an onslaught of data. 'Big data' typically refers to the 3Vs of Volume, Velocity, and Variety of data produced all around us. Those who can make sense of this confusing deluge can transform the way they work, make more accurate decisions and drive impact. Many commercial industries have been successfully harnessing this information to their financial benefit. It is time for the social sector to aggressively leverage this data to solve pressing social issues. From an NGO's work in rural India to the field of global development, we can transform our approach if we understand big data's 4th V: Value.
Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in New York. From a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science, data, art and culture. He is an adjunct Professor in NYU's ITP programme and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation. He is Co-Founder of The Office For Creative Research, exploring new modes of data engagement. From 2010-2012, Jer was the Data Artist in Residence at The New York Times.
Jake Porway is Founder and Executive Director of DataKind. Recently he has been the data scientist in The New York Times R&D lab and has previously worked with groups like NASA, DARPA, Google and Bell Labs. Jake's work has been featured in locations such as the Guardian and the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and he was honoured as a 2011 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow and a 2012 National Geographic Emerging Explorer. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Columbia University and his MS and PhD in Statistics from UCLA.
Sharmila Shahani-Mulligan is Founder and CEO of ClearStory Data, which helps businesses broaden insights by interactively exploring and analysing Big Data from a combination of sources. Prior to ClearStory, Sharmila was EVP at Aster Data and CMO within HP Software where she was responsible for $3+ billion software products portfolio. Prior to HP, she was CMO/EVP at Opsware, where she helped to re-position Loudcloud into a software company and formed Opsware in 2002. She has also held executive positions at Netscape, Kiva Software, AOL and Totality.
Robert Kirkpatrick is Director of UN Global Pulse, an initiative of the Secretary-General which harnesses Big Data and real-time analytics for global development and crisis resilience. He was the Founding CTO of the Silicon Valley global health and disaster technology non-profit organisation InSTEDD and Co-Founder of Microsoft Humanitarian Systems. Robert has spent more than15 years developing solutions with a focus on organisational change. He has done fieldwork in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Uganda, Indonesia, Cambodia, and post-Katrina New Orleans.
The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship accelerates the impact of the world's leading social entrepreneurs by uniting them with essential partners in a collaborative pursuit of learning, leverage and large scale social change.
http://www.skollworldforum.orgThe Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems.
http://www.skollfoundation.orgAbout the Site 🌐
This site provides links to random videos hosted at YouTube, with the emphasis on random. 🎥
Origins of the Idea 🌱
The original idea for this site stemmed from the need to benchmark the popularity of a video against the general population of YouTube videos. 🧠
Challenges Faced 🤔
Obtaining a large sample of videos was crucial for accurate ranking, but YouTube lacks a direct method to gather random video IDs.
Even searching for random strings on YouTube doesn't yield truly random results, complicating the process further. 🔍
Creating Truly Random Links 🛠️
The YouTube API offers additional functions enabling the discovery of more random videos. Through inventive techniques and a touch of space-time manipulation, we've achieved a process yielding nearly 100% random links to YouTube videos.
About YouTube 📺
YouTube, an American video-sharing website based in San Bruno, California, offers a diverse range of user-generated and corporate media content. 🌟
Content and Users 🎵
Users can upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos, with content spanning video clips, music videos, live streams, and more.
While most content is uploaded by individuals, media corporations like CBS and the BBC also contribute. Unregistered users can watch videos, while registered users enjoy additional privileges such as uploading unlimited videos and adding comments.
Monetization and Impact 🤑
YouTube and creators earn revenue through Google AdSense, with most videos free to view. Premium channels and subscription services like YouTube Music and YouTube Premium offer ad-free streaming.
As of February 2017, over 400 hours of content were uploaded to YouTube every minute, with the site ranking as the second-most popular globally. By May 2019, this figure exceeded 500 hours per minute. 📈
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