Adam Laiacano

I'm a data engineer working here at tumblr, living in Brooklyn, and
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2012-02-22 Notes: 4

The Big Data Evolution: The Creep Factor

bigdataathawkeye:

-Why Some Companies Get It, and Others Don’t

if my pharmacy used my prescription records to send me targeted catalogs, I would be upset because they have violated a confidence I had in them.  However, if they used that same information to warn me of possible drug interactions, or suggest a generic product during a store visit, I would be very grateful.

This is a great little piece on the good and bad uses of data mining.

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    great little piece on...bad uses of data mining.
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