Sunday, 24 August 2014

Who is afraid of Big Data ?



ME !!

You don’t believe it?

Yes, truly. Why ?

I am afraid of:

-          not understanding Big Data
-          not to be aware of what is doing Big Data
-          being a dummy about Big Data
-          missing opportunities from Big Data
-          to find Big Data hidden behind my cup of tea, under my shoes, into my bed, around my preferred chocolate milk…

Big Data hidden behind my cup ?



Will Big Data knock on my door, early one morning, shouting “Open the door ! Wake up man “ ! It seems that Big Data knows everything about me, where I was born, where I live, to what religion a belong to, who is my preferred Hollywood actress, my blood pressure, the colour of my socks, the name of all my friends at Lyceum when I was 16 years…

I am not a computer specialist, not a rocket scientist, not a Nobel price (nor Fields price) and my QI is below 200.

So what can I do?

I can talk and exchange about Big Data and this is the point of this blog. Talk and exchange with everybody who is non specialist of Big Data.

What are my weapons for understanding Big Data?

They are:
-          commons sense,
-          everyday life experience
-          analogy and similarity
-          others experiences
-          straightforward thinking
-          your experience
-          simplicity
-          others

Yes ! Everybody can talk about Big Data because Big Data seems to be intrusive to all of us. The other way round would be unfair, don’t you think ?

My scientific tools are: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These four weapons will crash down all temptation of fuzzy explanations coming from more complicated formulas

Choose your tool



Join the fight !
So I invite you to join this fight so that the fierce, powerful and frightening tiger of Big Data becomes a nice pussy cat. Look at the pictures below for better explanation

From fierce to sweet - Yes we can !


Your tools: questions, common sense, experience, communities, networks…

Cheers
Robert