Data Quotes

The plural of anecdotes is not data

And what is the primary datum? It’s the felt presence of immediate experience. In other words, being here now is the primary datum.

Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.

Google is famous for making the tiniest changes to pixel locations based on the data it accrues through its tests. Google will always choose a spartan webpage that converts over a beautiful page that doesn’t have the data to back it up.

Windows Updates have sometimes been a pain point for users. The update pop-ups can interrupt a movie or a video game, and the automatic restarts can result in lost data or confused users.

The most important question regarding Big Data at almost any company is: How much are your customers really worth?

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: “A right to not have your data rise up and attack you.”

There was more data transmitted over the Internet in 2010 than the entire history of the Internet through 2009.

A data structure is just a stupid programming language.

Nothing beats standing in the middle of the action, with all the data I need at my fingertips