This site has been around for a while and offers quite robust data on individual cities. The owner is listed as Advameg, whose President is Lech Mazur. City-Data.com
Archive for April, 2009
City Data
April 30, 2009Still no progress on open data visualization
April 30, 2009Author JMay arguing that the data visualization space is still waiting for a killer app. See also link in blog to Microsoft’s DataDepot and WolfgramAlpha. Still no progress on open data visualization
10 lessons from a failed startup » VentureBeat
April 30, 200910 lessons from a failed startup » VentureBeat
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Google moves into public data
April 29, 2009
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Google has flattered Data360. From their blog, “We just launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data.” They have a nice dynamic graphing capability, although they don’t have any of the reporting and data calculation capabilities of Data360. I also can’t see how you can download their data or upload data into their site. Click here to see Google’s new data product. Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data#
Venture Beat has the following to say about Google’s entry into public data:
Google just launched an awesome new tool that allows you to chart public data, starting with unemployment and population numbers, making the information much more accessible.
The information that Google has charted, as well as the data it plans to add in the future, is already online, and usually available through, yes, a Google search. But finding, then navigating through, the web sites of organizations like the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics can be a pain — I speak from experience, since I was constantly looking for these sorts of numbers in my last job as a small-town government reporter. Google is trying to make it easier to find data through a Google search, and to help users better understand the data with its charts.
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SFGate Data Center
April 26, 2009
Kudos to the Chronicle for beginning to post data, but they’re only showing the haystacks of data. No insight. They’ve got some work to do to get this right, but this is on the right track. SFGate Data Center – Data and Searchable Databases
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Imagine Earth without people – environment – 12 October 2006 – New Scientist
April 26, 2009
Thanks to Frank G. for pointing out this article, about the impacts humans are having on the environment. Great chart of the data from CDIAC. Imagine Earth without people – environment – 12 October 2006 – New Scientist.
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More on the Future of News – Most Emailed
April 26, 2009
My news reading habits are changing…rapidly. I no longer even try to read print editions because I just can’t keep up and I can’t dedicate that much time to something for which I don’t know the return. I have taken to focusing on reading the “most emailed” sections of The New York Times and other papers as a way of getting at the things that are interesting to others that I don’t want to miss. I was just on yahoo looking at the comics. They have a huge section of comics, but I don’t have the time to wade through all of them every day. I started looking immediately for a “most emailed” for comics. They don’t have it, but they do have it for major news. I’d be especially interested in most emailed or most popular amongst my family and friends and clients. Wouldn’t that be cool if some company could build that? I’ll be LinkedIn is thinking about that.
makerfaire.com: Maker Faire
April 24, 2009This looks very interesting to me. I really hope I can take my family to see this!!!
From www.makerfaire.com
4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area: Re-Make America
Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” The fourth annual Maker Faire will showcase individual creativity and grassroots innovation in the largest festival devoted to DIY culture and technology in the country.
Op-Ed Columnist – Swimming Without a Suit – NYTimes.com
April 22, 2009
You’ve got to read this article! If you have any doubt about the importance of education to our economy and our future, please read this article. The data is compelling. Warren Buffett apparently once said, “only when the tide goes out do you find out who is not wearing a bathing suit.” Well, America is naked in education and the tide has yet to go out…but it’s coming soon. Op-Ed Columnist – Swimming Without a Suit – NYTimes.com
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