Creating a Digital World: Data As Design Material
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000315.php

Follett, Jonathan
UXmatters
2008

Abstract:

The common wisdom is that we now live in the age of information; the freedom and access we have to data is unprecedented in history; and the efficiency and convenience of online commerce, research, and communication has already transformed our lives for the better. While this is true, of course, our excitement should be tempered by a few realizations.