Comments for Blog about Stats http://blogstats.wordpress.com ______ All about Dissemination of Official Statistics Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Eye Tracking (1): Testing a Statistic’s Website by Alexis http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/eye-tracking-1-testing-a-statistics-website/#comment-4422 Alexis Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:15:14 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/eye-tracking-1-testing-a-statistics-website/#comment-4422 Hiya ... I stumbled on this site by mistake. I was searching in Google for PDF software that I had already purchased when I came upon your site, I must say your page is pretty cool I just love the theme, its amazing!. I don't have the time this minute to fully read your entire site but I bookmarked it and also will sign up for your RSS feed. I will be back around in a day or two. Thanks again for a great site. Hiya … I stumbled on this site by mistake. I was searching in Google for PDF software that I had already purchased when I came upon your site, I must say your page is pretty cool I just love the theme, its amazing!. I don’t have the time this minute to fully read your entire site but I bookmarked it and also will sign up for your RSS feed. I will be back around in a day or two. Thanks again for a great site.

]]> Comment on A Bridge between Statistics and Citizens by Tom Barefoot http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/a-bridge-between-statistics-and-citizens/#comment-4415 Tom Barefoot Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:47:41 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/a-bridge-between-statistics-and-citizens/#comment-4415 Excellent! We need a dashboard for spaceship earth. We are hosting a conference June 1-4 in Burlington, Vermont -- GNH 2010: Changing what we measure from Wealth to Well-Being. We are launching a Gross National Happiness information and best practices movement in the USA. The conference will give us an opportunity to discuss research on indicators in the progressive laboratory of Vermont and to explore best practices for business, NGO's and Governments to implement social progress indicators in their operations and planning. Check our website for information on the conference (there will be a call for papers in November) and we have started a repository of links to useful information. Please give us information on other sites that we should link to. Also there is a conference in Brazil, November 20-23 the 5th International Gross National Happiness Conference -- the website is www.felicidadeinternabruta.org.br Excellent! We need a dashboard for spaceship earth.

We are hosting a conference June 1-4 in Burlington, Vermont — GNH 2010: Changing what we measure from Wealth to Well-Being. We are launching a Gross National Happiness information and best practices movement in the USA. The conference will give us an opportunity to discuss research on indicators in the progressive laboratory of Vermont and to explore best practices for business, NGO’s and Governments to implement social progress indicators in their operations and planning. Check our website for information on the conference (there will be a call for papers in November) and we have started a repository of links to useful information. Please give us information on other sites that we should link to.
Also there is a conference in Brazil, November 20-23 the 5th International Gross National Happiness Conference — the website is http://www.felicidadeinternabruta.org.br

]]> Comment on International Marketing and Output Data Base Conference (IMAODBC) September 14 to 18, 2009 by Mira Todorova http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/international-marketing-and-output-data-base-conference-imaodbc-september-14-to-18-2009/#comment-4414 Mira Todorova Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:20:33 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=1764#comment-4414 this conference is a very good opportunity to see the news in data dissemination. this conference is a very good opportunity to see the news in data dissemination.

]]> Comment on Google’s Interest in Statistics by Simon Field http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/googles-interest-in-statistics/#comment-4411 Simon Field Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:33:32 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=1992#comment-4411 It would be interesting to see whether Google class semantically linked data as the same as "traditional" API. As your paper suggests, it could become something quite different. In the UK, Sir Tim and Prof. Nigel Shadbolt are advising the Government on how to "make public data public", using the semantic web. Developers are trying things out, and discovering that statistical datasets are not so easy to represent in rdf triples. The work is led by computer scientists, who are mostly not statisticians - there is a real need for more statistical contributions, otherwise the work that went into SDMX will get lost in the semantic rush. I'd like to see this become a more international effort - you can apply to join the trial development community here: http://groups.google.com/group/uk-government-data-developers/ Simon Field It would be interesting to see whether Google class semantically linked data as the same as “traditional” API. As your paper suggests, it could become something quite different.

In the UK, Sir Tim and Prof. Nigel Shadbolt are advising the Government on how to “make public data public”, using the semantic web. Developers are trying things out, and discovering that statistical datasets are not so easy to represent in rdf triples. The work is led by computer scientists, who are mostly not statisticians – there is a real need for more statistical contributions, otherwise the work that went into SDMX will get lost in the semantic rush.

I’d like to see this become a more international effort – you can apply to join the trial development community here:

http://groups.google.com/group/uk-government-data-developers/

Simon Field

]]> Comment on “Tourist Maps” of statistics on Slovenia by Lars Thygesen http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/isas/#comment-4407 Lars Thygesen Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:59:39 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=1453#comment-4407 I think the Slovenian atlas is very well made, easy to understand, and well presented prominently on the front page of the office where it deserves to be. Congratulations! It seems to me to be the most accessible statistical maps from a NSO I have been able to find in the world - I may of course have missed some. I am studying this in order to prepare a strategy for maps in Statistics Denmark, and I am interested in hearing hints about other excellent maps. I would like to establish a discussion between people working actively with this. Could it be in this blog? I have noticed that many are doing similar things and probably wasting time. I think the Slovenian atlas is very well made, easy to understand, and well presented prominently on the front page of the office where it deserves to be. Congratulations! It seems to me to be the most accessible statistical maps from a NSO I have been able to find in the world – I may of course have missed some.
I am studying this in order to prepare a strategy for maps in Statistics Denmark, and I am interested in hearing hints about other excellent maps. I would like to establish a discussion between people working actively with this. Could it be in this blog? I have noticed that many are doing similar things and probably wasting time.

]]> Comment on BetaWorks from Australian Bureau of Statistics by Tnelson http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/betaworks-from-australian-bureau-of-statistics/#comment-4403 Tnelson Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:28:58 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=1922#comment-4403 Hey very nice blog!!....I'm an instant fan, I have bookmarked you and I'll be checking back on a regular....See ya Hey very nice blog!!….I’m an instant fan, I have bookmarked you and I’ll be checking back on a regular….See ya

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]]> Comment on Business Cycle Analysis Tool from Eurostat by sandrar http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/business-cycle-analysis-tool-from-eurostat/#comment-4389 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:39:38 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=375#comment-4389 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Twitter – ABS launches TableBuilder by Julia http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/twitter-abs-launches-tablebuilder/#comment-4388 Julia Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:20:41 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/?p=1919#comment-4388 You can also view work done by the ABS in regards to future web design and data visualisation examples by visiting BetaWorks - www.abs.gov.au/betaworks and by following us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/YourABS You can also view work done by the ABS in regards to future web design and data visualisation examples by visiting BetaWorks – http://www.abs.gov.au/betaworks and by following us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/YourABS

]]> Comment on Naked Data? by Naked Data nakeddata http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/naked-data/#comment-4387 Naked Data nakeddata Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:30:05 +0000 http://blogstats.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/naked-data/#comment-4387 Agreed. Agreed.

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