News from the Data-Community: MyData Weekly Digest

Laurie Voss talks about the structure of data teams, based on his experience at npm and more recently Netlify. He suggests that Airflow and dbt are the data world’s equivalent of frameworks like Rails: opinionated tools that solve core problems and which mean that you can now hire people who understand how your data pipelines work on their first day on the job. #learn   #processing

After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will make its first two data streams available to the public on June 22. It launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020, and is a U.S.-European collaboration to measure sea surface height and other key ocean features, such as ocean surface wind speed and wave height. #health-data   #uk

Too often, well-intentioned companies start groups to celebrate these differences, such as those focused on women or minority ethnic groups. Studies have shown this only makes things worse. One 2015 review found that efforts to celebrate differences can lead non-dominant members to feel uncomfortably aware of their group identities. They feel more marginalized, not less. #community   #diversity

Apple has begun testing passkeys, a new authentication technology it says are as easy to use as passwords but vastly more secure. #apple   #identity   #security

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed work life profoundly and concerns regarding the mental well-being of employees’ have arisen. Organizations have made rapid digital advancements and have started to use new collaborative tools such as social media platforms overnight. Our study aimed to investigate how professional social media communication has affected work engagement before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of perceived social support, task resources, and psychological distress as predictors and moderators of work engagement. #coronavirus   #paper   #social-media

Pie charts and scatter plots seem like ordinary tools, but they revolutionized the way we solve problems. #visualization

This is a book of strategies and tactical plays, written by practitioners, for practitioners. It is designed to help innovators develop more effective approaches to benefitting from early stage university research. #collaboration   #research

The general definition of trust is the willingness to take a risk relying on somebody else. Some criminals chose to trust a social app without ensuring either accountability or cryptographic assurance from the service provider (FBI). #messaging   #trust

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Brave, the maker of a popular ad blocking browser, opened on Tuesday a public beta of its privacy-focused search engine, a first step in creating a product that could compete with market titan Google. #browser

I’m trying to gather a collection of good tools for getting quick insights/visualisations from the data you get back from GDPR requests, e.g., things like “Location History Visualizer”.  #location-data   #visualization

Just discover this interesting initiative from Taiwan that primarily operates online with a large hackathon occurring once every two months. #community   #hackathon

SmashHit project contributes to the data economy by creating new and better services by using the data from the connected car.