Ron Diver

Johannes Ullrich provides some handy scripts for mining data from the popular picture hosting site TwitPic. Over two-thirds of the images contained detailed EXIF information, providing wealth of info about the device used, location, even cardinal orientation and direction of travel from your handy iPhone.  A small number of files also revealed the photographer’s name.  [...]

A recent survey by the Global Information Industry Center claims that American consumed 3.6 zettabytes of intormation in 2008, an unfathomable amount of data.  The estimated volume is many times higher than previous studies and I’m sure the methodologies will be scrutinized. Not surprisingly, television still anchors our daily information budget (41 percent of hours) [...]