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Ben Wellington: How we found the worst place to park in New York City - using big data

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City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this entertaining talk, sometimes they just don't know what to do with it. He shows how a combination of unexpected questions and smart data crunching can produce strangely useful insights, and shares tips on how to release large sets of data so that anyone can use them.
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28 авг 2024

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@soiceyboy33 9 лет назад

This guy was literally SCREAMING the entire time but he made great points lol . He made me think about how I wish there was open data about the parking tickets given at my school.

@vtrofimova 2 года назад

my thoughts exactly - great talk but WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING SO HARD??? I guess he really wanted to bring the energy. Thank you Ben :)

@TalladegaTom 9 лет назад

GREAT talk! Mr. Wellington is right on.

@Noxbite 9 лет назад

WHY IS HE SHOUTING LOL!!!

@WayneJohnsonZastil 9 лет назад

Why are you shouting?

@finfan7 9 лет назад

He's from New York. Every New Yorker I've met does the same thing. I think they just get used to shouting over the sound of the crowd.

@gasmith841 9 лет назад

My first thought too. Listening to this guy gives me a headache.

@Kongolox 9 лет назад

Thats very true! most people just complain and do nothing about, they don't call or send email or even write a letter of complain.

@mshara1 9 лет назад

Kongolox Bystander effect.

@MaZe741 9 лет назад

how about you guys adopt the meter before you try to normalize how the world codes their adresses? good talk tho, not much technical detail on how its done, but nice messages.

@cowbell400 9 лет назад

Watched at 0.5x speed. Was not disappointed.

@HardwareG33k 9 лет назад

Could've just as easily brought the point across in half the time

@mckennacisler01 9 лет назад

This is a good reason for why I think we should educate American citizens more widely on programming, so they are able to use big data like this easily and without requiring a go-between who knows how to handle it. Then anyone could use this data to make their own conclusions and create their own evidence to support some argument, empowering them to not just file a complaint, but address public issues themselves as Ben Wellington did.

@73h73373r357 9 лет назад

His conclusion that rush hour is from 8AM to 6PM based on average taxi speed can probably be attributed to when taxi's pick up the most people. Taxi's probably pick up the most people between 8AM and 6PM which means that the average speed will be low since they are stopped quite frequently.

@benwellington 9 лет назад

The data is only after someone is picked up. So all data points are for taxis with passengers.

@triston175 3 года назад

Can someone give me a summary on this video, i need to write a summary for my discussion post and i dont feel like watching this

@abrilgarcia2652 2 года назад

Someone answer this guy please. I need the answer too

@Dgfrmxon 9 лет назад

The pdf issue is honestly more complicated and subversive than what this makes it seem like. In these conversations, we need to recognize that corporate model which is at play. By becoming a de-facto standard, Adobe created something which can be monetized, and they do this by locking down the tools which allow for better automation - putting them in more expensive versions of their software. In fact, I would wager that some of the scripts that extract data from pdf files referenced in this talk are technically illegal. Considering that public data is treated in this way, that's clearly constitutes antitrust case of some type. People don't get data from a pdf by a standard, they get it by hacking. Considering that updates can change the encoding algorithms on the fly, then we clearly have a problem of legality in the deployment of the format.

@thezionsoho 9 лет назад

great talk. bravo

@qwerty74 9 лет назад

Holy crap this could be loads of fun!

@waqqashanafi 9 лет назад

My neighbors complained there's a guy shouting because of this video.

@BurkeLCH 9 лет назад

The truth shall set us free

@neddyladdy 9 лет назад

I wonder if the speker comes first at steeplechase too.

@BenignCentaur 9 лет назад

That was fucking exhausting.

@trygvij1604 9 лет назад

put the speed of the video on 0.5 it's pretty funny :P

@TheUltimateRare 9 лет назад

Trygvi Johannesen He sounds like he's talking at normal speed at .5... O_o... geez slow down man.

@MakoSDV 9 лет назад

Not titled well. It should say "using open data", not "using big data".

@marcellocapone4925 9 лет назад

Why is this sped up?

@4tech69 9 лет назад

This is what all government installations should be doing from the biggest to smallest item. As we speak, here in the US we don't even keep data on how many people police kill a year. You would think that would be important enough to do.

@pizi87 9 лет назад

awesome,NYC is the leader for open data

@MaJoRMJR 9 лет назад

I wish there was a way to grab data and put it into a spreadsheet automatically, I was tasked with sourcing all coaches contact information for NCAA Division 1 and 2 Men's basketball teams, took me nearly 30 hours to complete it. If I had a way to grab that data automatically I wouldn't have had to spend anywhere near that amount of time. I'm all in favour of making life easier for collecting data!

@JonathanHartwig 9 лет назад

That's something a computer could do in seconds if you knew which software to use. GoodData is worth taking a look at if this is a frequent problem. They crunch big data and make pretty reports with it. It's pretty awesome. I'm talking millions and millions of entries.

@elschlonzo7204 7 лет назад

Seems like his mouth was having rush hour in these 12 minutes

@CoffeePoints 9 лет назад

que pasa?

@xPhantomPoopx 9 лет назад

Soon enough data will calculate the agenda of our angels and demons. Humanity needs this.

@TheGerogero 9 лет назад

Open data, money out of politics; win.

@stefftraveler 9 лет назад

please pronounce better and more slowly so we can understand, Google translate can't figure it out. Why does TED allow this and banning better videos telling about the real truth????

@obi1kendobi 9 лет назад

Great speaker, great topic, great conclusion. But wow this guy talks really, really, REALLY loud. 6:30 "I've done that!" HAHAHAHA

@ruphuloid 9 лет назад

Im giving up watching, couldn't he talk like a normal person?

@amonra5436 9 лет назад

Waste of time.

@orionrei 9 лет назад

Could you speak faster?

@sofia.eris.bauhaus 9 лет назад

youtube has speed controls, just make it faster yourself. ;) (ok slowing down talkink people usually sound kinda drunk and uncomfortable, also a 0.75 speed option would be good)

@ex0duzz 9 лет назад

sofias. orange How do you change the speed it's played at? And why would you do that in the first place anyway?

@sofia.eris.bauhaus 9 лет назад

***** resolution and speed can be changed with the little gear-button next to the buttons for "watch later", subtitles, theater mode and fullscreen mode. why change playing speed? because there are plenty of slow speakers on the world and my time on earth is limited. (because i will go to space ;) )

@ex0duzz 9 лет назад

sofias. orange Thanks for the replies. But i don't seem to have any option to change speed.. i just have(from left to right) watch later, the gear button for reso, cinema mode, and full screen. Where is the playing speed 'button' or whatever meant to be? Also don't seem to have subtitles. Is it only meant to be for certain videos(like subtitles), or the speed thing is supposed to be on every video?