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The problem with "Big Data"
- dscape 15y agoPeople who are interested in smalldata check smalldata.org and #smalldata on freenode
- gfodor 15y agoI'm sorry, but all I see here is a giant strawman. Which companies is he talking about? What are examples where they've claimed to be using big data in an unjustified way?
- btcoal 15y agoAs a stats person, I've seen lots of job postings for "data scientists" that are along the lines of "We need someone to turn our massive amount of data into profit!" I hesitate to name names, but if you search for data scientist jobs you will see what I'm talking about. My reaction is always, "Great, but what business question are you trying to answer?"
- Jach 15y agotl;dr: Google uses Big Data techniques because they have a problem to solve, unnamed companies X,Y,Z try making a business out of just the Big Data techniques without a problem to solve, and this pisses the guy off.
- knowtheory 15y agoNo I don't think that's right. Randall's complaint is that there are people fetishizing big data, as well as cargo culting.
- next_guy 15y agono connection no real reference to anything. this is nothing more than self-adulation of someone who thinks he knows the truth about a certain topic. how foolish and shortsighted!
- rfrey 15y agoAuthor is trying too hard to be notorious. To me it comes off as an un-funny Ted Dziuba.[1] [1] Yeah, one could argue that Ted himself is an unfunny Ted Dziuba, but that's a different debate.
- knowtheory 15y agoRandall does actually speak like this in person(to an extent). Regardless of that, he's right on the substance of the post, and probably on the level of frustration.
- tedjdziuba 15y agoHe mad.
- hammock 15y agoWhat do you mean "trying to be notorious"? I found the entire article to be effing hilarious. Great writing style. And useful info too- I work in a place where we encounter this stuff, and it really is all about asking the right questions.