Big Data and the Rhetoric of Information

Naja: Making Women Feel Strong and Sexy

I know when someone thinks “lingerie,” the first word that comes next is rarely “empowerment.” However, at Naja, a lingerie...

American Breast Cancer Foundation: A Public Good?

The company I chose was the American Breast Cancer Foundation, whose claim is to “provide financial assistance for breast cancer...

Public Good and Feeding America

The company I’ve chosen for my public good evaluation is one that I’m particularly partial to: Feeding America. A nonprofit,...

Extra Credit: Secrecy, Intelligence, and Big Data

As Dr. Hugh Gusterson began his presentation on secrecy and intelligence, I must admit I found myself wondering how it...

The23andMe and Public Good

The company that I chose is The23andMe. I Googled companies that use big data for public good and there was...

[Extra Credit] Classification and Privacy

Hugh Gusterson’s talk on “Secrecy and It’s Discontents” was both informative and thought provoking. Along with laying out the secret...

The National Inclusion Project

The National Inclusion Project

I actually interned for a nonprofit company last summer called The National Inclusion Project. The company was founded in the...

Open Data and The Public Good: Company Ethics

The company I choose for this assignment is a company most of you probably know pretty well, Apple. A for...

Data at Khan Academy

For this post I looked at the very well established nonprofit, Khan Academy. I saw it after a google search...

Commodification

To me, I feel that the most marketable type of data comes from credit card companies. If I was wanting...